“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
“The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.” SidesModernEnormousCombinationUsualBoth SidesTacticsCasualtiesOutdatedOrdnance Author:Iain Banks
“In the potential of absurdity, hiding in the disparate combination of the various different subjects which in themselves are nothing but daily items equally in the exclusive representation of a normal item taken out of their usual context, is by far the most radical - in its effect comparable to a Japanese Zen koan - paradox to be witnessed, which modern art has produced, one of the most forceful impulses that generated from it.” ArtDifferentTakenModernSubjectsEffectsNormalVariousRadicalCombinationImpulseParadoxHidingUsualRepresentationAbsurdityItemsExclusiveModern ArtDifferent Subjects Author:Antoni Tapies
“It is customary for columnists to complain about the excesses of Premiership footballers, whenever - as happens regularly - there is an incident involving some combination of sex, drugs, drink, violence and the constabulary. But modern footballers have a lot of both money and disposable time, a combination that has proved a recipe for personal disaster throughout history. And these incidents take place generally round night clubs rather than football clubs. The average Premiership player who turned up for work drunk would have a career-expectancy measurable in minutes.” HappensNightSexCareersPlayerViolenceModernMinutesFootballDrinkDrugRoundsAverageClubsComplainingDisasterDrunkSoccerCombinationAnalysisExcessRecipesIncidentsInvolvingFootballerDisposableColumnistsExpectancyFootball ClubsNight ClubSex Drugs Author:Matthew Engel
“I think of rock 'n' roll as a combination of country blues and swing band music, not Chicago blues, and modern pop.” ThinkingCountryModernRocksBandPopsCombinationChicagoRock N RollSwingsChicago Blues Author:Bob Dylan
“The first typical adolescent of modern times was Wagner's Siegfried. : the music of Siegfried expressed for the first time that combination of (provisional) purity, physical strength, naturism, spontaneity and joie de vivre which was to make the adolescent the hero of our twentieth century, the century of adolescence.” FirstsMusicModernCenturyStrengthHeroFirst TimeCombinationPurityAdolescenceTypicalTwentieth CenturySpontaneityModern TimesWagnerPhysical StrengthJoie De Vivre Book:Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life Source: Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life
“We can arrive at better solutions to any problem or pain together, than we can by ourselves. The beauty of the modern age is that you are able to source answers, and sometimes the genius is in the combination of ideas and energy that does not reside in only one person.” PersonsDoeIdeasSometimesProblemAgeAblePainTogetherEnergyAnswersModernSourceGeniusSolutionsCombinationModern Age Author:Desmond Tutu
“Nothing is more endangered in the modern world than the powerful combination of hard work toward meaningful goals joined with an exuberant embrace of the present moment.” WorldHardMomentsSuccessGoalPowerfulModernHard WorkEmbraceMeaningfulCombinationAbundancePresent MomentModern World Author:Old Tom Morris
“If you ask which of the scenarios I think is most dangerous, though, I will give a different answer. In that form of the question, I regard a nuclear attack, terrorist-generated or otherwise, as the most threatening combination of likelihood and long-term damage to modern life today.” IfsThinkingGivingLongDifferentTodayFormAsksTermAnswersModernDangerousRegardNuclearTerroristCombinationLong TermDamageThreateningModern LifeScenariosLikelihood Author:John L. Casti