#ear

People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences. ↗

— Richard Thompson

#experiences #extremes #hear #human #human nature

I'd get 3-4 cheap home runs every year. You know, little 'wood shots' down either line. They would be pop flies in any other park. But, goodness me, they didn't count the number of long outs! ↗

— Bobby Thomson

#cheap #count #down #either #every

I look at you and I write down what I hear. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#hear #i #i write #look #write

Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#done #fear #figure #get #haven

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can. ↗

— Virgil Thomson

#avoid #being #concept #i #learned

Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#alive #churchill #forty #forty years #his

We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#efficient #energy #energy sources #existing #forms

Federal program and services outlay in Puerto Rico is approximately $10 billion per year. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#billion #federal #outlay #per #program

That is why, with optimism instead of fear, all those who want to see Puerto Rico's status resolved should seek the truth about each option, including the upside and the downside of each. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#downside #each #fear #including #instead

Human beings are accustomed to think of intellect as the power of having and controlling ideas and of ability to learn as synonymous with ability to have ideas. But learning by having ideas is really one of the rare and isolated events in nature. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#accustomed #beings #controlling #events #having