When I perform Strauss, it is as if the music fits me like a glove. My voice seems to lie in a happy area in this music, which is lyrical and passionate at the same time. Kiri Te Kanawa areafitglove Change image and share on social
The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains. Julian Barbour braincreateillusion Change image and share on social
The other advantage is that in conventional manufacturing processes, it takes a long time for a factory to produce an amount of product equal to its own weight. With molecular machines, the time required would be something more like a minute. K. Eric Drexler advantageamountconventional share on social
If I do something stupid, which is pretty much the whole time, I hate it. I just hate it. Nicole Polizzi hateprettystupid Change image and share on social
I just didn't have time to deliver a Buffalo accent in a day, so I didn't even try it. Josh Holloway accentbuffaloday Change image and share on social
If you ask any person on this crew what they think of Hugh Jackman they'll admit they've never seen anything like it. I'll give him an emotional note and he'll hit it every time. Darren Aronofsky admitcrowemotional Change image and share on social
The spirit around leaving New York, for me, was that I just felt I needed to do something really outside of my comfort zone. And I really couldn't tell you at the time why I needed to do it. It wasn't like I was running from something dark; it was a desire to shake things up. John Curran comfortdarkdesire share on social
In baseball you have individual responsibility, and if you fail it, you get an error. But at the same time, your focus is on the common goal of the team to win. This is part of what resonates with people about baseball. This is how they would like society to work. Jed S. Rakoff baseballcommonerror share on social
For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course. Ian Hislop admitchangechoose share on social
In the '70s and '80s, what private equity did is it changed corporate America. It started holding companies accountable, and for the first time managers started thinking like owners. Henry Kravis 70s80saccountable Change image and share on social
