#instruments

I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writ of Assistance is. ↗

— James Otis

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Modern instruments were designed to throw sound all in one direction. ↗

— Marc Ribot

#direction #instruments #modern #sound #throw

I enjoy singing, and the instruments which truly move me are the horn, the trumpet and the cello. ↗

— Roger Bannister

#enjoy #horn #i #instruments #me

Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well. ↗

— David Ives

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Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them. ↗

— George Santayana

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Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#current #famous #instruments #know #most

I don't let the children watch TV on weeknights. They practice playing musical instruments instead. Both my sons play piano, drums and guitar, so my husband and I listen to them in the evening. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#children #drums #evening #guitar #husband

In China, remember, the the banks are arms of state policy. They loan because the local party official or regional party official tells them we need a new stadium. They are instruments of state policy. ↗

— James Chanos

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I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music. ↗

— Edgard Varese

#am #any #conceive #electrical #handicapped

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a large chorus and with it I want to use several of your instruments - augmenting their range as in those I used for my Equatorial - especially in the high range. ↗

— Edgard Varese

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