#stream

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#against #knows #man #stream #strength

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream. ↗

— Mark Strand

#certainly #clear #cultural #cultures #i

Composition gives proper meaning to the natural streams of sound that penetrate the world. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#gives #meaning #natural #penetrate #proper

We're making this huge changeover from underground to more mainstream audiences. I don't know if we could ever repeat this type of feeling. We're really excited. ↗

— Jon Crosby

#changeover #could #ever #excited #feeling

Well, the thought that everybody might have a personal computer at their desk or their home was certainly not on the mainstream of anybody's activity at that time. ↗

— Jack Kilby

#anybody #certainly #computer #desk #everybody

These are challenging times for all Americans. We face the specter of war abroad and a steady stream of bad economic news at home. ↗

— Robert Matsui

#all americans #bad #challenging #challenging times #economic

People are sheep. TV is the shepherd. ↗

— Jess C. Scott

#entertainment #herd-mentality #humor #hype #mainstream-media

...you are a river rock and belong in a stream - not here in this upper room sinking in my bed... ↗

— John Geddes

#love #poetry #river-rock #stream #upper-room

...and we'll see what happens when we say Yes while this rigor mortis world screams No. ↗

— Isaac Marion

#hope #hopeful #inspirational #rebellion #rebellious

I got things like the lotus position long before anybody else did, or at least in the mainstream. But I had fun. I guess my legs are pretty flexible, so I used to get a kick out of doing things like that. I would get into a full lotus with my legs and then roll around. ↗

— John Astin

#around #before #did #doing #else