#art

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#defend #democracy #makes #our #refine

Putting together a counter- terrorism policy, it's very easy to look at law enforcement or defense, military action or stopping the money flows or whatever, but the really difficult part is integrating all aspects of the policy, and I think she put a lot of emphasis on that. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#aspects #defense #difficult #easy #emphasis

U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#china #chinese #comprehensive #experts #gotten

I had a ninth grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#allowing #better #grade #had #i

I just try to touch people's hearts in a way through skating, so they're not just witnessing a performance, they're feeling a performance and they're a part of it. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#hearts #i #just #part #people

I started skating and I kind of liked it because I could run circles around the guys that wouldn't pick me to play baseball. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#baseball #because #circles #could #guys

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#different #female #figure #figure skating #male

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#arts #arts education #been #better #children

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#down #had #head #i #i remember

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#apartment #bench #five #get #half