#ene

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#because #bottom #generalized #intellectuals #international

Although I'm not shy when I'm singing, I am whenever I hear applause. I don't know if you've noticed, but I giggle a lot on-stage. That's shyness. And the stage manager is always telling me to take a longer bow whenever I come off-stage. I still haven't learnt to do that properly. I see other artistes milking the applause, but I can't quite do it. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#always #am #applause #bow #come

Oh, stuff the critics. I don't care. Too many people are snooty about classical. Look, I wasn't brought up in a home where we listened to classical music. It was a singing teacher that thought it would be best for my voice. Then I moved into crossover. And if that makes the music accessible to more people, then great. ↗

— Katherine Jenkins

#accessible #best #brought #care #classical

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good. ↗

— Roy Jenkins

#best #dangers #enemy #good #great

But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened. I'm a part of the music that happened. My voice is one more instrument, is what it is. So that's the way I feel about people who play on sessions. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#am #feel #happened #i #i am

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne. ↗

— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen

#book #comes #determination #history #inevitably

I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit. ↗

— Carly Rae Jepsen

#bad idea #bit #cringe #especially #everyone

Speaking as a black person, welfare is the worst thing that's ever happened to us. ↗

— Charles Evers

#ever #happened #person #speaking #thing

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend. ↗

— Jewel

#how #knows #mend #needle

Complacency by the watchdogs hurts both taxpayers and beneficiaries. ↗

— Charles Grassley

#both #complacency #hurts #taxpayers