#quite

Absence of occupation is not rest; A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed. ↗

— William Cowper

#distressed #mind #occupation #quite #rest

It was quite nice meeting up because we went through a lot together and we haven't really seen each much other to communicate one to one for quite a long time. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#communicate #each #haven #long #long time

There's a focus that hasn't been there for ages and ages and some American bands are sounding quite English like they did in the late 70s and early 80s. ↗

— Graham Coxon

#american #bands #been #did #early

I encourage the translators of my books to take as much license as they feel that they need. This is not quite the heroic gesture it might seem, because I've learned, from working with translators over the years, that the original novel is, in a way, a translation itself. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#books #encourage #feel #gesture #heroic

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure. ↗

— Evan Dando

#feel #guess #human #human way #i

James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ↗

— Ken Follett

#amused #bond #cigarettes #clothing #drinks

I think one of the things about writing in the studio is that the song hasn't matured, if you like, so quite often the vocals are early attempts. Whereas once you've taken it out on the road a bit, you learn more about a song. ↗

— Peter Gabriel

#attempts #bit #early #hasn #i

I belong to quite a lot of learned societies. We collect firearms and discuss them at dinners and clubs and things. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#clubs #collect #dinners #discuss #firearms

There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it. ↗

— Laura San Giacomo

#been #deal #doing #easy #education

And as I grew older, I then auditioned for the Royal Academy of Music in London, and they said, well, no, we won't accept you, because we haven't a clue - you know - of the future of a so-called 'deaf' musician. And I just couldn't quite accept that. ↗

— Evelyn Glennie

#accept #auditioned #because #clue #deaf