#posing

For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highest quality to your moments as they pass, and simply for those moments' sake. ↗

— Walter Pater

#comes #frankly #give #highest #highest quality

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law. ↗

— Joseph Prince

#imposing #judgment #law #listen #without

Our nation is too different, too diverse to say that what works in Massachusetts is somehow going to be grabbed by the federal government, usurping the power of states and imposing a one-size-fits-all plan on the nation. That will not work. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#diverse #federal #federal government #going #government

The soldier's main enemy is not the opposing soldier, but his own commander. ↗

— Ramman Kenoun

#enemy #his #main #opposing #own

The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous. ↗

— Dan Savage

#expected #imposing #made #men #mistake

I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#been #composing #done #god #had

Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house. ↗

— Franz Schubert

#castle #fine #garden #house #i

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#exciting #hate #i #life #me

To suppose as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and stay sober. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#behave #could #day #drink #like

In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed. ↗

— Howard Staunton

#being #completed #demand #first #king