#ran

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ↗

— Grantland Rice

#follows #his #ignorant #makes #man

If you can play guitar and sing, you can probably get a gig down the road playing at a restaurant, but don't throw your life away chasing something that is so elusive it will only lead you to regret and may turn you bitter. ↗

— Cliff Richard

#bitter #chasing #down #down the road #elusive

Arranging is the way I put my stamp on my music as much as my guitar playing. ↗

— Lee Ritenour

#guitar #guitar playing #i #much #music

The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused. ↗

— Gene Robinson

#confused #get #home #landmarks #learn

Last year, when we were in Mobile, Al., covering Hurricane Ivan, we heard the stories of poor people, many of them black stranded downtown because they had no way out. ↗

— Al Roker

#because #black #covering #downtown #had

I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office. ↗

— James Rollins

#animal #back #be happy #before #book

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia. ↗

— Jean Claude Duvalier

#amnesia #gives #impression #laugh #makes

Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding. ↗

— Agnes Repplier

#brings #deeper #friendly #insight #irony

The value and rank of every art is in proportion to the mental labor employed in it, or the mental pleasure in producing it. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

#employed #every #labor #mental #pleasure

But, I don't think any arranger should ever write a drum part for a drummer because if a drummer can't create his own Interpretation of the chart and he plays everything that's written, he becomes mechanical; he has no freedom. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#arranger #because #becomes #chart #create