#rio

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. ↗

— James Taylor

#direct #me #mysterious #one thing #process

New Orleans has to learn to live with water rather than in fear of water, and we need a master plan that shows us how to do this. It's so critical that we send a signal to everyone in the country that we're serious about rebuilding New Orleans. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#country #critical #everyone #fear #how

The immediate, highest priority need, in my humble opinion, is that we build quickly the interim structures that can channel water away from population and businesses in the New Orleans area. ↗

— Billy Tauzin

#away #build #businesses #channel #highest

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way. ↗

— James Taylor

#being #being quiet #discovery #emotional #emotional experiences

Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit. ↗

— Jeremy Taylor

#direct #spirit

I can hardly express in words my deep feeling and sympathy for them, knowing as I do, the many serious handicaps and obstacles that will confront them in almost every walk of life. ↗

— Major Taylor

#confront #deep #deep feeling #every #express

Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers. ↗

— Tecumseh

#country #defend #fathers #form #graves

Any active sportsman has to be very focused; you've got to be in the right frame of mind. If your energy is diverted in various directions, you do not achieve the results. I need to know when to switch on and switch off: and the rest of the things happen around that. Cricket is in the foreground, the rest is in the background. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#active #any #around #background #cricket

I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result. ↗

— Sachin Tendulkar

#give #ground #hours #i #result

I don't mean this, but I'm going to say it anyway. I don't really think of pop art and serious art as being that far apart. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#apart #art #being #far #going