#standing

Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. ↗

— Eric Liu

#low #our #past #public #system

There is technique to it-he is just standing there flexing his arm, and I am standing there making faces as if I am being choked. You keep your head in a certain angle for the camera. ↗

— Ron Livingston

#angle #arm #being #camera #certain

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding. ↗

— John Locke

#ideas #mind #our #reflection #regard

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. ↗

— John Locke

#enable #ends #first #improvement #increase

What I really have in my head, my imagination, my understanding of music, I never really get that out. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#head #i #imagination #music #never

I went to law school. And I became a prosecutor. I took on a specialty that very few choose to pursue. I prosecuted child abuse and child homicide cases. Cases that were truly gut-wrenching. But standing up for those kids, being their voice for justice was the honor of a lifetime. ↗

— Susana Martinez

#became #being #cases #child #child abuse

As a songwriter, there's nothing better than winning Song Of The Year. But I couldn't really celebrate, because it wasn't right. Luther wasn't standing next to me, to receive the award. ↗

— Richard Marx

#because #better #celebrate #i #luther

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#beethoven #conductor #deep #heard #heroic

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. ↗

— Rollo May

#community #intimacy #leads #mutual #understanding

Radiative transfer calculations I can do standing on my head. ↗

— Christopher Monckton

#head #i #i can #standing #transfer