#cal

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there. ↗

— Brian Eno

#behind #extremely #felt #focal #focal point

My Dad died during the flu epidemic in 1918 when I was 4 years old. He left a lot of classical recordings behind that I began listening to at an early age, so he must have been a music lover. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#been #began #behind #classical #dad

Technically, I've been retired for some time now. All I ever do is occasionally write songs for friends, such as one, for a friend who had just turned 80. I wrote a song for him called, The First 80 Years are The Hardest. ↗

— Tom Glazer

#called #ever #first #friend #friends

My mother was a good recreational cook, but what she basically believed about cooking was that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you. ↗

— Nora Ephron

#basically #believed #cook #cooking #else

I wanted to understand the secrets behind my chemical experiments and behind the processes in nature. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#chemical #experiments #i #nature #processes

Litigation is the pursuit of practical ends, not a game of chess. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#ends #game #litigation #practical #pursuit

My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city. ↗

— Richard Ernst

#city #ernst #father #high #high school

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#california #desert #design #dream #dwellers

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#achilles heel #americas #confidence #cultural #heel

It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#calls #conviction #firm #firm conviction #go