Oliveros Quotes & Sayings

Sam responded to my mental request, his leg tensing and relaxing, and then coming up against my sex, repeatedly, pounding, as I dropped onto him with furious desire. I pulled Sam to me, as I tensed every muscle in my body in one last spasm of agony, and found my glorious release. Then, I came a second time. I held Sam's head and kissed him, coming a third time as Sam slowed the motion of his leg, and I finally collapsed against him, breathing heavily, fully spent. — Simone Freier

The theory of high-intensity, anaerobic, bodybuilding exercise is not true because I or anyone else, no matter how many might agree, say it is true. It is the fact that the logic of the theory is unassailable which makes it true. — Mike Mentzer

Puts a weight on ya. Goin' out lookin' for somepin you know you ain't gonna find. — John Steinbeck

But that's why you pay for insurance, right? If you never file a claim, then they've beaten you. — Jonathan Tropper

It was all a part of being trustworthy - of being a piece of sea glass. High tides, low tides, storms, sand and mistakes all contributed to the polishing process. Though difficult to endure at the time, the demanding elements helped smooth the surface, transforming one into a better person, not worse. A person who learned from the harsh environment, who knew the storm would end, and who felt confident she would still be in one piece. — Maria V. Snyder

I feel that students always learn more from each other than they do from their professor. They learn by doing and not by trying to soak up information from one person. — Pauline Oliveros

In times of suffering, don't turn inward to self-pity or outward to revenge, but turn to the lover of your soul, Jesus. — Crystal Mary Lindsey

I think I have a clue how much you love me now, Hop," I told him when he broke the kiss.
"Good to know, baby," he said through a grin.
"Thank you," I whispered.
"So far from a hardship, it isn't funny, lady, but you're welcome. — Kristen Ashley

Deep Listening is listening in every possible way to everything possible to hear no matter what you are doing. Such intense listening includes the sounds of daily life, of nature, or one's own thoughts as well as musical sounds. Deep Listening represents a heightened state of awareness and connects to all that there is. As a composer I make my music through Deep Listening — Pauline Oliveros

Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening — Pauline Oliveros

I try to schedule the Intensives wherever I go. — Pauline Oliveros

Deep Listening is listening to everything all the time, and reminding yourself when you're not. But going below the surface too, it's an active process. It's not passive. I mean hearing is passive in that soundwaves hinge upon the eardrum. You can do both. You can focus and be receptive to your surroundings. If you're tuned out, then you're not in contact with your surroundings. You have to process what you hear. Hearing and listening are not the same thing. — Pauline Oliveros

That is the bitterest of all,
to wear the yoke of our own wrong-doing. — George Eliot

I am also interested in music expanding consciousness. By expanding consciousness, I mean that old patterns can be replaced with new ones. — Pauline Oliveros

Listening is selecting and interpreting and acting and making decisions. — Pauline Oliveros

When I am composing, the sounds are leading me to the way I want them to organize. — Pauline Oliveros

My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music has a relationship to dance styles - The Well and the Gentle or The Wanderer for example. — Pauline Oliveros

My writing has always been a rather non-linear process. I've found if I get something down, I can listen to it and other things start to come. — Pauline Oliveros

Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening. — Pauline Oliveros

Great Martian Potato Migration. Anyway, — Andy Weir

Working in theoretical systems can take away the juice. It can also be very beautiful, but when you're trying to satisfy a theoretical principle rather than a sonic reality, then it can become dry. — Pauline Oliveros

Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears — Pauline Oliveros