“The way that words mutate reminds me of fashions in music. The word--the note--is a constant. But the setting and chord in which it occurs alters with the mood of a nation from major to minor, from the assertive to the mournful and foreboding.” WayNationsFashionMajorsConstantNotesMoodSettingSettingsMinorsChordsAssertiveForeboding Book:Games with Shadows Source: Games with Shadows
“If... [Alban] Berg departs so radically from tradition, through his substitution of a symmetrical partitioning of the octave for the asymmetrical partionings of the major/minor system, he departs just as radically from the twelve-tone tradition that is represented in the music of Schoenberg and Webern, for whom the twelve-tone series was always an integral structure that could be transposed only as a unit, and for whom twelve-tone music always implied a constant and equivalent circulation of the totality of pitch classes.” IfsClassMajorsTraditionStructureConstantSeriesToneTwelveMinorsUnitsTotalityCirculationImpliedSubstitutionSymmetricalSchoenbergWebern Author:George Perle
“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.” MayImportantAttentionMajorsConstantOperationsNurseNursingSurgeonsCognitive Behavioral TherapyInspirational NurseInspirational NursingBrain SurgeonsCognitive TherapyInspiring NursingNursing SchoolGreat NursingStethoscope Author:Dag Hammarskjold
“The constant petty behests of life permit few opportunities for major satisfactions, and when one is offered it should be seized.” ShouldOpportunityMajorsConstantSatisfactionPermitPetty Book:FAMILY AFFAIR Source: FAMILY AFFAIR
“We are reaching the point where the temperature standstill is becoming the major feature of the recent global warm period that began in 1980. In brief, the global temperature has remained constant for longer than it has increased."” BecomingPeriodsMajorsConstantWarmFeaturesReachingTemperatureStandstill Author:David Robert Whitehouse
“The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively address complex, long-term problems like the climate crisis. Which brings me to my other major concern - the short-term focus of capitalism. It distorts the allocation of resources and the decision-making processes of companies.” LongProblemProcessTermDecisionCompanyFocusMajorsCapitalismResourcesConcernCrisisConstantDollarsClimateComplexesCampaignsLong TermAddressesDecision MakingShort TermWashington DcAllocationDecision Making Process Author:Al Gore