#had

For years, I had heard about the lack of interest in literature in the U.S. and I had complained about it. I failed to understand how people could fail to be moved by art. ↗

— Rita Dove

#art #complained #could #fail #failed

If I had my way, if I was lucky enough, if I could be on the brink my entire life - that great sense of expectation and excitement without the disappointment - that would be the perfect state. ↗

— Cate Blanchett

#could #disappointment #enough #entire #entire life

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#does #had #man #mean #pleasure

Now with Pro Tools, you can play with layers and 100s and 100s of tracks. When we used to do it back in the day, you had one shot, or you would have to wipe it and carry on over that track. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#carry #day #had #layers #now

To some degree. I think that I've always been very much of a chordal person. The chords are the foundation of everything. Some of Yes' stuff is very linear, albeit complex, but it's single-line melodic stuff. So I kind of had to wear a different cap working with Yes. It's not so much chord-based. ↗

— Geoff Downes

#always #been #cap #chords #complex

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#because #downs #had #happy #i

As for ABC you can't take it personally. We had three good years. ↗

— Sela Ward

#good #had #personally #take #three

You got to realise that when I was 20 years old, I had a house, a Mercedes, a Corvette and a million dollars in the bank before I could buy alcohol legally. ↗

— Dr. Dre

#bank #before #buy #could #dollars

The first light of day today revealed what we had feared. The devastation is greater than our worst fears. It's just totally overwhelming. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#devastation #feared #fears #first #greater

We didn't lose as many lives as had been predicted although we're still in the process of finding those we lost. ↗

— Kathleen Blanco

#been #finding #had #lives #lose