“There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.” IfsReasonCasesModernWindBalanceEqualObviousCombinationStringsInterpretationSatisfyingCompositionOrchestraAdaptedModern Music Author:John Philip Sousa
“You could not presume that people were healthy. You could not presume that they would welcome the little nudges and jostlings of life. You had to behave as though everyone you met was walking a thin wire far above the earth, where the slightest wind might rock them off their balance and send them tumbling to the ground.” PeopleLittlesMightEarthRocksWindBalanceWalkingHealthyMetsWelcomeBehaveWireNudgeTumbling Author:Kevin Brockmeier
“God made the forests, the tiny stars, and the wild winds-and I think that he made them partly as a balance for that kind of civilization that would choke the spirit of joy out of our hearts. He made the great open places for the people who want to be alone with him and talk to him, away from the crowds that kill all reverence. And I think that he is glad at times to have us forget our cares and responsibilities that we may be nearer him-as Jesus was when he crept away into the wilderness to pray.” PeopleThinkingWantHeartKindMayMadeCareJoySpiritJesusStarsForgetResponsibilityWindPrayingBalanceCivilizationCrowdsTinyGladForestsWildernessReverenceChokeWants To Be Alone Author:Margaret Elizabeth Sangster
“Companies should not have a singular view of profitability. There needs to be a balance between commerce and social responsibility... The companies that are authentic about it will wind up as the companies that make more money.” NeedsShouldSocialViewsResponsibilityCompanyWindBalanceMore MoneyCommerceSocial ResponsibilityProfitability Author:Howard Schultz
“The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening. Often he had to get up. No sound but the wind in the trees. He rose and stood tottering in that cold autistic dark with his arms outheld for balance while the vestibular calculations in his skull cranked out their reckonings.” NightSoundHurtDarkTreeWindArmsListeningColdBalanceEarsRoseGet UpCalculationsSkullsBlacknessAutisticReckoningWind In The Trees Book:The Road Source: The Road
“That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do I - even here, even now - as it sweeps us like leaves into his backseat corner, dancing us to shreds against the stones. V'la l'bon vent, v'a l'joli vent. I though we'd silenced it for good. But the smallest thing can wake the wind@ a word, a sign, even a death. There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back on the road, telling ourselves - well maybe next time” WellsMadeMovingMotherNextFeltGoneWindBalanceCostStonesAddDancingCornersSmallestNext TimeBackseatTrivial ThingsMaybe Next Time Author:Joanne Harris
“Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you- not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again?” IfsHelpingMotherFallRealizingLosesKnownWindBalanceHusbandPicksExpectedViolentYour HusbandPick Yourself Up Author:Amy Tan