#nation

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune, in time with a good sound that's already high level. Those three are the main things. ↗

— Ruggiero Ricci

#always #course #cult thing #difficult #difficult thing

Half a world away nations that once lived under oppression and tyranny are now budding democracies due in large part to America 's leadership and the sacrifices of our military. ↗

— Bob Riley

#away #budding #democracies #due #half

You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery. ↗

— Colin Powell

#about #argued #congress #court #deal

I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. ↗

— Colin Powell

#except #i #international #international community #know

Although my seat is a contest between Labour and the Lib Dems, it could well make the difference between a Labour and a Tory government at the next election. In terms of international development, this choice is a very clear one. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#between #choice #clear #contest #could

Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#beijing #centre #cycling #example #for example

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#big #campaigning #cash #democratic #dinners

The desire to live in our imagination is driven by this suspicion that we're disembodied sensibilities cobbled into our bodies. That idea has infused most of human thought since the very beginning. ↗

— Richard Powers

#bodies #cobbled #desire #driven #human

For some reason, the evolutionists have not come up with an evolution-based explanation for why human beings react so powerfully to music. But surely they will. ↗

— Dennis Prager

#come #explanation #human #human beings #music

My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane. ↗

— Tom Waits

#blind man #bulb #cane #imagination #like