#resents

America is grappling with cultural diversity, and I just want to put a show on that represents the world in which I live. ↗

— David Alan Grier

#cultural #cultural diversity #diversity #grappling #i

The time of illusion, then, is the beautiful moment of passion; it represents the artistic zone in which the poet or romance writer ought to be free to do the very best that he can. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#beautiful #best #free #illusion #moment

But I also like to shower my parents with presents. I bought them a beautiful car and a house. ↗

— Eva Herzigova

#beautiful #bought #car #house #i

But the universe, as a collection of finite things, presents itself as a kind of island situated in a pure vacuity to which time, regarded as a series of mutually exclusive moments, is nothing and does nothing. ↗

— Muhammad Iqbal

#does #exclusive #finite #island #itself

If the label presents them with a contract that the band don't want to sign, all the label has to do is wait. There are a hundred other bands willing to sign the exact same contract, so the label is in a position of strength. ↗

— Steve Albini

#bands #contract #exact #hundred #label

Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of individuality. ↗

— Billie Joe Armstrong

#always #been #doing #freedom #individuality

All war represents a failure of diplomacy. ↗

— Tony Benn

#failure #represents #war

The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds. ↗

— Hans Berger

#continuous #curve #distinguish #duration #first

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams. ↗

— David Brooks

#aspirations #certain #clash #competitive #culture

As fast as each opportunity presents itself, use it! No matter how tiny an opportunity it may be, use it! ↗

— Robert Collier

#fast #how #itself #matter #may