The French have no such expression as 'killing time.' In their more philosophical vocabulary the term is 'passing time,' which means savoring… — Cornelia Otis Skinner Copy Share Image
In times when the tempo for struggle is not very high, you prepare populations by conducting acts of courage-building, confidence-building, respect for… — Vijay Prashad Copy Share Image
I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I… — Robert Goulet Copy Share Image
Hamp would ask me about tempos in the band: 'Jacquet,' he'd say, 'knock off that tempo.' A lot of jazz musicians didn't… — Illinois Jacquet Copy Share Image
We were always taught to swing slow with good tempo. But you have to have some acceleration throughout the swing. I think… — Helen Alfredsson Copy Share Image
We complain of the increased tempo of our lives, but our frenetic lives are just reflection of the economic system that we… — Stanley Hauerwas Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'll have a whole song done without having a beat - I'll just rap on an instrumental tempo and recreate a… — Tyga Copy Share Image
What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that… — Marc Myers Copy Share Image
The hardest thing about an easy match is making a weak opponent play poor. A poor player isn't poor because he tends… — Johan Cruijff Copy Share Image
Our modern economy privileges pure profit, momentary transactions and rapid fluidity. Part of craft’s anchoring role is that it helps to objectify… — Richard Sennett Copy Share Image
I think I learned more about writing scores for Broadway by making mix tapes in the '90s than I did in college.… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
When you're really bummed out, the last thing you want to hear is up-tempo and positive. And it lets you know that… — Steve Earle Copy Share Image
I urge pupils when studying a work and in order to master its most important aspic, the rhythmic structure, or the ordering… — Heinrich Neuhaus Copy Share Image
It's funny because you do often read in recounts of very famous albums, people tend to focus on mistakes in really positive… — Zach Condon Copy Share Image
The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly… — Constantin Stanislavski Copy Share Image
A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed. Any prelude or fugue of Bach can be played… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The tempo is the suitcase. If the suitcase is too small, everything is completely wrinkled. If the tempo is too fast, everything… — Daniel Barenboim Copy Share Image
We have the freedom to either play a tempo or not to play a tempo; to play a note or not to… — Lester Bowie Copy Share Image
I get asked all the time, "What is a George Strait song?" I know it when I hear it. I don't seek… — George Strait Copy Share Image
Thinking of a series of dreams Where the time and the tempo fly And there's no exit in any direction 'Cept the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
Running gives freedom. When you run you can determine your own tempo. You can choose your own course and think whatever you… — Nina Kuscsik Copy Share Image
Someone who only wants to play sold-out shows will find a tempo that works at the shows and then focus on making… — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
Being Slow means that you control the rhythms of your own life. You decide how fast you have to go in any… — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
It is always there, of course, when you come back from the green world. You have been living by sunrise and sunset,… — Colin Fletcher Copy Share Image
Sam [Phillips] wanted I Walk The Line up - you know, up-tempo. And I put paper in the strings of my guitar… — Johnny Cash Copy Share Image
Some bands blow it before they even play. The most important moment of any show is when a band walks out with… — Johnny Ramone Copy Share Image
“At best Americans give but a limited attention to history. Too much happens too rapidly, and before we can evaluate it, or… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
He said his friend Victor called it a lucky charm, and that it kept him safe in Iraq." She felt her pulse… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
A song, you know, you've got a tempo. You know,you've got something that is moving swiftly. You can't stop it, you know?… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
“Mas o tempo… o tempo primeiro fixa-nos e depois confunde-nos. Pensávamos que estávamos a ser adultos quando estávamos só a ser prudentes.… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
I had no idea how difficult Sondheim's music would be. All through the rehearsals, I kept flubbing. There were so many tempo… — Mako Copy Share Image
The faster you work and the more you get done, the better you feel. Most successful people work at a higher tempo… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
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