Obligado Music Quotes & Sayings

All that we need explicitly to note is that, the more the passive attention is relied on, by keeping the material interesting; and the less the kind of attention requiring effort is appealed to; the more smoothly and pleasantly the classroom work goes on. — William James

My limitations are - I'm not Meryl Streep. I'm not playing anything in a foreign language, or anything too far from who I am. — Greg Grunberg

Going online and asking questions is the best way to learn. — Tom Felton

Take care of difficult calls or emails as quickly as possible. Procrastinating just makes it harder; getting them done gives a big boost of relieved energy. — Gretchen Rubin

Why is everything so easy for me? — Kristen Stewart

None of us really cheer for glory, prizes, tourneys. None of us, maybe, know why we do it at all, except it is like a rampart against the routine and groaning afflictions of the school day. You wear that jacket, like so much armor, game days, the flipping skirts. Who could touch you? Nobody could. My question is this: The New Coach. Did she look at us that first week and see past the glossed hair and shiny legs, our glittered brow bones and girl bravado? See past all that to everything beneath, all our miseries, the way we all hated ourselves but much more everyone else? Could she see past all of that to something else, something quivering and real, something poised to be transformed, turned out, made? See that she could make us, stick her hands in our glitter-gritted insides and build us into magnificent teen gladiators? — Megan Abbott

Having played in Boston will help me a ton moving to New York. — Jason Bay

We went to see all the shows. American musical theater and jazz were very big. — Carly Simon

She looks like someone I want to know, or maybe even be. — Jennifer Egan

Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise is the cause of many of today's diseases. If we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of taking a vehicle. It is good exercise. Only if we have to go far should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. This will save money, too. — Mata Amritanandamayi

Why is it surprising that scientists might have long hair and wear cowboy boots? In fields like neuroscience, where the events you are recording are so minute, I suspect scientists cultivate a boring, reliable image. A scientist with a reputation for flamboyance might be suspect. — Steven Pinker

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? — Colin Powell

The spreading wide my narrow Hands / To gather Paradise-. — Emily Dickinson

If I died tomorrow, he wouldn't cheer, he wouldn't break down. He wouldn't do anything. — James L. Rubart

I'm not a painter who's saying, "I want people to see my work when I die; it will be this and that." That's not satisfying to me. — Paul Feig