#ling

It's like a piece of music; you never lose sight of the theme. Each scene pushes off to the next like music builds and you can almost hear the next chord progression, so it has a strict structure, which is very compelling. ↗

— David Strathairn

#builds #chord #compelling #each #hear

If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void. ↗

— Levi Strauss

#been #composer #delicious #experience #falling

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#allowed #commitment #feeling #her #man

When I came to Congress, like our first panel, small business people, 64 percent of the people had health insurance. We'd buy it. Now, we're down to about 34 percent. That's why we have to do something on health care in this country because the cost is killing us. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#because #business #business people #buy #came

We may overcompensate for our feelings of powerlessness by attempting to control and manipulate other people and our environment. Or we may eventually burst forth with uncontrolled rage that is highly exaggerated and distorted by its long suppression. ↗

— Shakti Gawain

#burst #control #distorted #environment #eventually

When you're jumping, it's just an aggressiveness, but I think the exhilaration and the fun comes after you make the bar and you're falling. That's the best part - a few seconds to celebrate and relax. ↗

— Jenn Suhr

#aggressiveness #bar #best #best part #celebrate

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves. ↗

— William Graham Sumner

#confess #dare #dreams #faith #know

Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do. ↗

— Billy Sunday

#conversion #jesus #surrender #wants #willingness

When I was young, I would go to the races and it was an unbelievable feeling when you'd watch them race. ↗

— Mats Sundin

#go #i #race #races #them

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal. ↗

— John Sununu

#any #because #capability #chemical #disposal