#tempo

[while dancing] The man who was supposed to be her new partner had taken the caller’s final instruction to extremes. From the way Adam’s mouth was locked against Kitty’s he seemed to be anticipating not a temporary split but a lengthy separation. More of a French Fancy than a farmer’s fancy, thought Coralie. ↗

— Christine Stovell

#romantic-comedy #romantic

As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#contemporary #dictate #ear #eye #madonna

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#balancing #choices #contemporary #facing #greater

The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#governments #interpreted #interventions #markets #perceived

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#human #human beings #large #possible #regarded

Sure we have skilled players, but the biggest thing might just be that we are so well conditioned and how we can play for 90 minutes at a high tempo which is needed in soccer at an international level. ↗

— Claudio Reyna

#biggest #biggest thing #conditioned #high #how

As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives. ↗

— John G. D. Clark

#alternatives #between #chose #contemporary #contemporary history

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#adopt #considerable #either #else #fads

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life. ↗

— Billy Joel

#always #around #artist #contemporary #contemporary life

I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#contemporary #events #i #i am #i love