“Grief is a bad moon, a sleeper wave. It's like having an inner combatant, a saboteur who, at the slightest change in the sunlight, or at the first notes of a jingle for a dog food commercial, will flick the memory switch, bringing tears to your eyes.” FirstsEyeMemoriesGriefDogTearsMoonNotesWaveSunlightSleepersJinglesDog FoodSaboteurs Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“The musicians recommend that I sing a sing the way it is written the first time and then start to look for other notes that aren't in the melody.” WayFirstsLooksWrittenMusicianFirst TimeNotesMelody Author:Margaret Whiting
“The silver Swan, who, living, had no Note, when Death approached, unlocked her silent throat. Leaning her breast upon the reedy shore, thus sang her first and last, and sang no more: 'Farewell, all joys! O Death, come close mine eyes! More Geese than Swans now live, more Fools than Wise.'” FirstsEyeLastsJoyWiseMinesFoolNotesSilentBreastsSilverShoreThroatFarewellGeeseSwansFirsts And Lasts Author:Orlando Gibbons
“So that’s what we want is a secure and sovereign nation and, you know, I don’t know that all of you are Latino. Some of you look a little more Asian to me. I don’t know that. What we know, what we know about ourselves is that we are a melting pot in this country. My grandchildren are evidence of that. I’m evidence of that. I’ve been called the first Asian legislator in our Nevada State Assembly.” KnowsWantFirstsLooksLittlesCountryStatesWholeNationsRoomsStudentsEvidenceUnionsNotesSecureTeenagerPotSovereignGrandchildrenAsianLatinoAssemblyMeltingLegislatorsHispanicMy GrandchildrenMelting PotNevada Author:Sharron Angle
“A list of your own making is the most powerful list of all... The good stuff can be 'love at first sight' - in need of study, courting and claiming. And like a love note, it's nice to have things in writing.” LoveNeedsWritingFirstsStuffPowerfulStudyNiceSightNotesListsMost PowerfulLove At First Sight Author:Robert Genn
“You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down... So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. In climbing, take careful note of the difficulties along your way; for as you go up , you can observe them. Coming down, you will no longer see them, but you will know they are there if you have observed them well.” IfsKnowsWayFirstsWellsDoeMotivationalForeverDifficultyNotesCarefulTake CareBotherClimbingSummitWhy Bother Book:Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership Source: Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership
“What is our life but a succession of preludes to that unknown song whose first solemn note is sounded by death?” LifeFirstsSongOur LivesNotesSolemnSuccessionLife DeathPrelude Author:Alphonse de Lamartine
“I took some lessons as a kid but trained myself by ear. I did it the way jazz musicians used to learn years ago, which is to play records and slow them down to figure out the notes. At first I tried to imitate Red Garland, who was my favorite jazz pianist.” WayYearsFirstsPlayKidsUsedRecordsFiguresLessonsMusicianRedYears AgoEarsJazzNotesMy FavoriteJazz MusicPianistJazz MusicianGarlands Author:Donald Fagen