#scale

On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. ↗

— T. Boone Pickens

#probably #scale

I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#dealing #i #i think #might #minutiae

George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#assault #away #bush #civil #civil liberties

The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like. ↗

— Lara St. John

#concept #know #like #love #made

Historically, the notes of scale systems anywhere have been based on these pure harmonics. ↗

— Lara St. John

#based #been #harmonics #historically #notes

I love making people laugh and feel good, and that's awesome and special for me to be able to do that, but there really is nothing like kicking ass whether it's on a major scale, or whether it's in more of a dramatic fashion. Being physical and taking care of business the old-fashioned way is something that I love doing. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#ass #awesome #being #business #care

So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions. ↗

— Rafer Johnson

#except #had #hershey #i #kids

We are a people trying not only to solve the problems of the present: unemployment, inflation... but we are attempting on a larger scale to fulfill the promise of America. ↗

— Barbara Jordan

#attempting #fulfill #inflation #larger #larger scale

It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. ↗

— B. B. King

#asleep #else #everybody #everybody else #had

Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding? ↗

— Philip Roth

#human #human being #intelligent #large-scale #likely