#opera

The great advantage to labor arising out of co-operative effort has been apparent to me for many years. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#apparent #arising #been #co-operative #effort

Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera. ↗

— James Stephens

#listening #opera #sleep #way

Obviously I've spent most of my working life with men and they have this way of operating which seems a bit alien to me. ↗

— Janet Street-Porter

#bit #his way #i #life #me

It is to be feared that those who emigrate to New South Wales, generally anticipate too great facility in their future operations and certainty of success in conducting them; but they should recollect that competency cannot be obtained without labour. ↗

— Charles Sturt

#cannot #certainty #conducting #emigrate #facility

And if you're horrible to me I'm going to write a song about you and you are not going to like it. That's how I operate. ↗

— Taylor Swift

#going #horrible #how #i #like

The weird thing about this business - and I'm sure this operates in many other things, but it's very present and acute in this business - is that a lot of people don't realize that they have power. Particularly actors. ↗

— Lili Taylor

#acute #business #i #lot #many

I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself. ↗

— Julie Taymor

#feel #film #four #going #i

The key to Operations at Wal-Mart is their ability to maintain the highest standards while at the same time getting things done with lockstep execution. ↗

— Michael Bergdahl

#done #execution #getting #highest #highest standards

There isn't much in the way of pure communist spirit, because the whole nation seems to be engaged in capitalistic enterprises. Much of the country still operates under government control. ↗

— Iris Chang

#capitalistic #communist #control #country #engaged

The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate. ↗

— William Shenstone

#best #best time #cooperate #forcibly #frame