#co

I have no problem with battling for a position. I have no problem trying to beat somebody out. It's a sport, competition, so I'm used to it. ↗

— Chris Bell

#beat #competition #i #no problem #out

Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#come #comfort #fools #greater #makes

It is the perennial youthfulness of mathematics itself which marks it off with a disconcerting immortality from the other sciences. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#immortality #itself #marks #mathematics #off

The longer mathematics lives the more abstract - and therefore, possibly also the more practical - it becomes. ↗

— E. T. Bell

#also #becomes #lives #longer #mathematics

Sometimes the best and worst times of your life can coincide. It is a talent of the soul to discover the joy in pain—-thinking of moments you long for, and knowing you’ll never have them again. The beautiful ghosts of our past haunt us and yet we still can’t decide if the pain they caused us out weighs the tender moments when they touched our soul. This is the irony of love. (MU Article, 2010) ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#bad-choices #decisions #family #friendship #hindsight

Shepley stomped into the apartment and slammed the door behind him. “She’s fucking impossible!” I kissed Travis on the cheek. “That’s my cue.” “Good luck,” Travis said. I slid in beside America, and she huffed. “He’s fucking impossible! ↗

— Jamie McGuire

#funny-couples #humorus-fights #ironic #laugh-out-loud #love

A conductor can do wild things which can feel forced, but if you're directing from within the orchestra, you can't do that, things have to feel natural. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#directing #feel #forced #natural #orchestra

No one tells you what to do if you completely flop at the beginning of a performance. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#completely #flop #performance #tells #you

You're a constant student, as a musician. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#musician #student #you

Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#country #detroit #grew #heart #i