#shin

I leave to others the decision as to the good or evil tendencies of my character, but such as it is it shines upon my countenance, and there it can easily be detected by any physiognomist. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#character #countenance #decision #detected #easily

I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice, and not just singing on 10 all of the time out of terror. ↗

— Neko Case

#been #big #boat #dynamic #engine

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#back #benches #blue #coming #i

When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#art #authentic #bad #beside #between

The earth is supported by the power of truth; it is the power of truth that makes the sun shine and the winds blow; indeed all things rest upon truth. ↗

— Chanakya

#blow #earth #indeed #makes #power

Other composers have taken this particular technique much further than I in the meantime, with the result that the Law of Diminishing Returns has begun to apply. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#begun #composers #diminishing #further #i

The actors that I love to work with, they're hard on me. They're pushing me. ↗

— Abel Ferrara

#i #i love #love #me #pushing

I think I came across Cecil Taylor a bit later, in 65 or 66. That really impressed me - Cecil Taylor is an amazing character... Both his music and the way he approaches the instrument are astonishing. ↗

— Luc Ferrari

#amazing #approaches #astonishing #bit #both

I've been here 21 years, and I literally did walk up and down Music Row trying to break into the business. I felt very free to go into any publishing company. ↗

— Steven Curtis Chapman

#been #break #business #company #did

I think the Clintons are brilliant. I've never met a person as intelligent as Bill, and I think Hillary is right up there with him. They're too smart for Washington. ↗

— Chevy Chase

#brilliant #hillary #him #i #i think