#want

The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought. ↗

— William Ellery Channing

#awaken #best #books #his #interest

What American people and what the markets want is a fair and level playing-field, where the rules are clearly elucidated, where the referees are competent, and where we know that the game is not rigged. ↗

— James Chanos

#american people #clearly #competent #elucidated #fair

Movies are a fad. Audiences really want to see live actors on a stage. ↗

— Charlie Chaplin

#fad #live #movies #really #see

If you've chosen someone to be in your bridal party, she should be a good enough friend that she does not want to upstage you. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#chosen #does #enough #friend #good

Vegas is everything that's right with America. You can do whatever you want, 24 hours a day. They've effectively legalized everything there. ↗

— Drew Carey

#day #effectively #everything #hours #legalized

A lot of people are singing about how screwed up the world is, and I don't think that everybody wants to hear about that all the time. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#everybody #hear #how #i #lot

I don't control it at all. It's all up to the musicians in the group. They control it. They make all the cues, and they tell me what they want, and then I act like a mirroring device so that everyone can see what the cues are. ↗

— John Zorn

#control #cues #device #everyone #group

Forget the image, forget the ensemble, forget the rumours, forget the short skirts, the big hair, whatever! I owe this to the fans and I will never forget you so I want to accept this award on behalf of all of you. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#award #behalf #big #big hair #ensemble

I understand people want to hold on to their roots. ↗

— Mariah Carey

#i #people #roots #their #understand

Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You don't want it to be too comfortable. In fact, a good sound check, a good rehearsal usually means a bad performance. ↗

— John Zorn

#bad performance #check #classical #comfortable #fact