#icu

But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#basically #become #company #demands #enormous

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups. ↗

— Sean Parker

#diffused #drain #early #gets #investors

It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed. ↗

— Tony Parker

#am #biggest #career #difficult #digest

Of course there may well be particular reasons why Spencer rather than others is dead, as there were also particular reasons why he rather than others made such a stir. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#course #dead #made #may #others

There are a handful of barbecue seafood shacks on the beach at Hat Nai Yang, which is a fabulous place to have dinner. It's very much run for locals and they serve the catch of the day, which might be lobster, white snapper or squid. It's ridiculously reasonable, too. ↗

— Tony Parsons

#beach #catch #day #dinner #fabulous

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. ↗

— Louis Pasteur

#heroes #makes #surmounting

At times like that it's difficult to remember what's at stake, that history is in the making. As a player you feel so cut off sometimes, it can be tough... Which is why it is an enormous advantage to play at home. ↗

— Michel Patini

#cut #difficult #enormous #feel #history

During such a competition players are there for a long time as well as all the people around them. They need to train, to eat, to go out. There ought to be something in it for everyone. On that particular point, my experience has been a bonus. ↗

— Michel Patini

#been #bonus #competition #during #eat

I'm, like, a compulsive eater. I'm going to be so fat when I'm older, it's ridiculous. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#eater #fat #going #i #like

If it's just screaming - and I know this sounds so ridiculous - that gets old. But sometimes when there's literal chaos, it's like being in a war zone, and that's kind of exciting. You're just running through the crowd of people chasing after you and no one knows what's going on. ↗

— Robert Pattinson

#being #chaos #chasing #crowd #exciting