#amplified

With any group of people in life, sad things happen, and crazy things, and happy things. When you're in the public eye, it's just amplified, that's all. ↗

— Margot Kidder

#any #crazy #eye #group #happen

Do you have a name I asked?" I asked. "Yes." He stared back at me, blinking. "What is it?" "Clover." He looked away and typed something into the computer. His mouth kept twitching, like he was trying to hold in laughter. "Seriously?" He pushed his sleeve up, giving me a view of a blue clover tattooed on his forearm. "I'm half Irish." And half shithead. ↗

— Tara Kelly

#humor #humor

Because of her interest and demands, I amplified an average baritone voice into one that is loud and clear. ↗

— Johnny Olson

#average #baritone #because #clear #demands

I came from an era when we didn't use electronic instruments. The bass wasn't even amplified. The sound was the sound you got. ↗

— Stan Getz

#bass #came #electronic #era #even

We should note that this latter type of shift was successfully amplified to a considerable extent by Russian physicists using the intense light of a ruby laser whose wavelength is close to that of a transition of the potassium atom. ↗

— Alfred Kastler

#atom #close #considerable #extent #intense

We've seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#being #being ignored #blogs #grassroots #had

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that all things are held together and governed by one spirit or mind. ↗

— Lactantius

#all things #amplified #confess #exploits #frequently

I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified. ↗

— Talib Kweli

#even #i #loss #words

I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#amplified #any #border #could #cross

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified. ↗

— Virginia Graham

#bad #bad luck #basic #course #five