#of

I actually think that bass is probably the instrument that has evolved in a quantum leap compared to other instruments. It's the instrument that's evolved the most, especially with how it's perceived. And even how it's played, and how it's viewed from a point of view of commerce, like with the music industry. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

#bass #commerce #compared #especially #even

I am not averse to generalizing the notion of "modern" to designate a certain way of life, rather than making it purely a synonym of 'contemporary'. There are moments and places in history to which 'we moderns' could return without too greatly disturbing the harmony of those times, without seeming objects infinitely curious and conspicuous... creatures shocking, dissonant, and unassailable. ↗

— Paul Valéry

#design

It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#days #easy #every #going #having

Insult is powerful. Insult begets both rage and humor and often at the same time. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#both #humor #insult #often #powerful

Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. ↗

— Henry Clay

#benefit #both #created #officers #people

Poor animals! How jealously they guard their pathetic bodies…that which to us is merely an evening’s meal, but to them is life itself. ↗

— T. Casey Brennan

#food #gluttony #humor #life #value-of-life

The lopsided attitudes of college professors pose a serious challenge to learning because students are so susceptible to becoming lopsided sheep. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#because #becoming #challenge #college #learning

There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#around #bras #dancing #different #different world

There's something about soft, unstructured arms that's very beautiful. ↗

— Jill Clayburgh

#arms #beautiful #soft #something #very

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

#made #often #scoundrels #time #traitor