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We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

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• I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.

  

  Hal Sutton
  • Good
  • Today
  • Energy

• It's never been seen that a street artist go as far as I've gone - keep consistent without wanting to do a bunch of ventures outside of music to keep my face out there.

  

  Nas
  • Music
  • Artist
  • Street

• As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.

  

  Candice Millard
  • People
  • Long
  • Real

• The National is the most advanced package of technological wonders yet assembled under one roof.

  

  Jack Kroll
  • National
  • Wonders
  • Roof

• I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.

  

  Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Trying
  • Brain
  • Enough

• I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.

  

  Bessie Smith
  • Want
  • Drummer
  • Tempo

• Everything ends badly, otherwise it would not end.

  

  Lou Holtz
  • Ends

• He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving in his agitation. A species of dwarf crocodile lazing beside an artery.

  

  Lisa Ling
  • Body
  • Agitation
  • Crocodile

• By diminishing the value of silence, publicity has also diminished that of language. The two are inseparable: knowing how to speak has always meant knowing how to keep silent, knowing that there are times when one should say nothing.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Value
  • Silence
  • Knowing

• You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire.

  

  Peter Gabriel Genesis
  • Fire
  • Blow
  • Expression

• The happiest times in my life were when my relationships were going well -- when I was in love with someone, and someone was loving me. But in my whole life, I haven't met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I'm discontented about that. I'm angry with myself. I have regrets.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Life
  • Relationship
  • Person

• ... love moves the world along.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • World
  • Moving

• A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.

  

  Sean Astin
  • Training
  • Goal
  • Hours

• I never think I'm capable of any of [action movies]! I'm always terrified, but luckily on this one it was directed by my husband [Len Wiseman]. 'I can't possibly do it. I'm too scared, I can't do it.' He says: 'Go on. DO it!' So it is shocking as I'm not one of those people who finds that stuff easy.

  

  Colin Farrell
  • People
  • Action
  • Husband

• You need not apologize for being brilliant, talented, gorgeous, rich, or smart.

  

  Marianne Williamson
  • Smart
  • Being
  • Apologize

• When I orbited the Earth in a spaceship, I saw for the first time how beautiful our planet is. Mankind, let us preserve and increase this beauty, and not destroy it!

  

  Yuri Gagarin
  • Beautiful
  • Earth
  • Firsts

• I was afraid to watch 'Blade Runner' in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I myself had been able to imagine. In a way, I was right to be afraid, because even the first few minutes were better.

  

  William Gibson
  • Imagine
  • Firsts
  • Able

• We consider Monteverdi the first composer of opera. There was someone before, but everything started with Monteverdi.

  

  Cecilia Bartoli
  • Firsts
  • Composer
  • Opera