“England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box.” FeelsCountryFactsLeftFeltPoorAttentionStrangeDutyKingsIntellectualStandingHorseEnglandInstitutionsWingsBoxesCirclesStealingAshamedRacingNationalityEnglishmenLeft WingGreat CountryPuddingDisgracefulHorse Racing Book:A Collection of Essays Source: A Collection of Essays
“There is also a beast, a beast of strange dimensions. He has the head of a horse and the body of a man who needs a lot of attention. He represents me in college: I was a dork-ataur.” MenNeedsBodyAttentionCollegeStrangeHorseBeastDimensionsDork Author:Demetri Martin
“I think nervousness - a heightened sense of nerves and attention is a very healthy thing for a performer. It is an artificial environment that you are going into whether it's concert or recital, or stage. When I know something so well, I've done it so often, and you kind of walk out for Tuesday night's performance, or you feel like that, that makes me more nervous then being geared up. A little bit like race horses. In the same way that the horses are always difficult to get into that lineup, the worst time of my life is the 10 or 15 minutes before I go on stage.” ThinkingKindDoneDifficultAttentionEnvironmentWorstHealthyHorseNervousTuesdayNervousness Author:Thomas Hampson
“Finn, do you see the lias—whatever, the orange-haired girl?” Razo Gestured ahead. “Do you think she’s pretty?” Finn glanced Dasha’s way, then returned his attention ot his horse. “She’s all right.” “Really? Just all right?” Finn shrugged. Razo rolled his eyes. “What am I saying? He doesn’t think any girl is pretty but Enna.” “Are there any girls but Enna?” Finn called back. “There’d better be.” ThinkingWayEyeGirlAttentionHorseHis EyesOrange Author:Shannon Hale
“Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.” MeanAttentionHorseManagementStableLove MeansEquestrianGreat Horse Author:George H. Morris