#hon

When I voted against the cap-and-trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff of the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I hadn't heard since that crossing the line ceremony on the USS New Jersey in 1983. ↗

— Eric Massa

#america #bill #cap-and-trade #ceremony #chief

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#before #concert #conductor #deeply #first

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#beethoven #conductor #deep #heard #heroic

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#again #came #did #honestly #i

I've come to understand my role. On some level, I provide the context for them to shine. I also know my role is the steward of the songs, and the center point, the artist that the stuff all revolves around. But I really try to honor that. ↗

— Kathy Mattea

#around #artist #center #come #context

From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer. ↗

— Yukihiro Matsumoto

#differ #differences #example #for example #languages

We've always had a dual role in the region - friend of Israel, and honest broker. We've given up the honest broker role completely. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#broker #completely #dual #friend #given

I don't know what to say other than you're really honored another team is looking at you. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#honored #i #know #looking #other

Honestly, at one time I though Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean I wasn't born until 1961 and I grew up in Indiana. ↗

— Don Mattingly

#babe ruth #born #cartoon #cartoon character #character

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#acutely #aware #because #cell #cell phones