#red

Why we play as children is not because it is our work or because it is how we learn, though both statements are true; we play because we are wired for joy, it is imperative as human beings. ↗

— John Thorn

#beings #both #children #how #human

After one hundred years of federal rule, the United States House of Representatives has moved to provide for the first meaningful route to self-determination for the Puerto Rican people under our federal system. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#federal #first #house #hundred #meaningful

Apparently tired of waiting for clear direction from Congress, the people of Puerto Rico have used the tools provided by their own local constitution to schedule a vote for Dec. 13 on the status of the island. ↗

— Dick Thornburgh

#clear #congress #constitution #dec #direction

The un-conscious distortion of the facts is almost harmless compared to the unconscious neglect of an animal's mental life until it verges on the unusual and marvelous. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

#animal #compared #distortion #facts #harmless

I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree to polish up the craft. I've been pretty lucky in that I seem to have found people online who are willing to constructively tear it apart for me, and indicate its weaknesses. ↗

— David Knopfler

#apart #been #considered #constructively #craft

Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made in some low-budget situation, primarily with a view to selling a few hundred copies at their concerts. ↗

— David Knopfler

#copies #few #go #hardly #hear

While listening, to things like western swing, for instance, I'd work something out in my head, then play it on my National; not the same song, but one that captured the feeling of the original tune. ↗

— Mark Knopfler

#feeling #head #i #instance #like

For years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio. ↗

— Gene Tierney

#judgment #me #never #occurred #question

When I was younger, I always dreamed of being a legend, to be remembered in figure skating. ↗

— Michelle Kwan

#being #dreamed #figure #figure skating #i

At Harvard I majored in chemistry with a strong inclination toward math. ↗

— William Standish Knowles

#harvard #i #inclination #majored #math