#thou

In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within. ↗

— Chen Ning Yang

#anger #been #china #corruption #decadent

I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#exciting #i #like #lot #music

When I was a kid, I thought I was going to be an architect, because when I was 12 years old I had a guidance counselor that convinced me that that was the best career choice for me. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#because #best #career #career choice #choice

I dread naming pieces of music because being instrumental, most of the time the songs that I write are instrumental, I want the listener to make up their own story as to what it is and get the emotion pure without using logic. ↗

— Yanni

#being #dread #emotion #get #i

The bicycle is a former child's toy that has now been elevated to icon status because, presumably, it can move the human form from pillar to post without damage to the environment. ↗

— Brock Yates

#been #bicycle #child #damage #elevated

I kind of remember a friend of mine saying, like, you guys should make a rap record. You know, because we were already making punk records. We were a punk band. And I kind of thought, that's crazy. ↗

— Adam Yauch

#band #because #crazy #friend #guys

Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education. ↗

— Robert Charles Winthrop

#education #emancipation #freeman #half #hands

I'm thought of as a celebrity. Everything I've ever done... has been for children. As long as I was working constantly, that was fine, because, although I don't have any children, I do relate better to them than adults. ↗

— Jack Wild

#any #because #been #better #celebrity

I told my father I had to try political science for a year. He thought I was throwing my life away. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

#father #had #i #life #my life

I'm no wizard, and I don't like being thought of in that light at all. I think of a wizard as being some sort of magician or something, doing something on the sly or something, and I don't want to be thought of in that way. ↗

— John Wooden

#doing #i #i think #light #like