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William Billings Quotes

It is much the best way... to lay the emphasis on the first part of the bar in triple time, and on the first and third parts of the bar in common time.

William Billings

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1746 - September 26, 1800

Topics

Time Best Way First Bar Common

I think we're experiencing a resurgence of fantasy-type conventions in general because people want to get out around kindred spirits. Cons are a great place to meet people you've been tweeting and FB'ing with, and since you've had an online relationship with them, it's not like meeting for the first time.

Mel Odom

Relationship Great Time People Think

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don't clean it up too quickly.

Andy Rooney

Day World Living Christmas Clean Up

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

John Ray

Time Nothing Same Same Time Invented

I'd say that the director I had most involvement with was Alex Rockwell in 'In the Soup'. It was one of my earliest leading roles, and he gave me a lot of responsibility as an actor.

Steve Buscemi

Responsibility Me Soup Say Actor He

I don't think writing or co-writing my songs makes me a better singer, but I haven't really got an excuse not to do it as I've got too many opinions!

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Me Writing Think Better Opinions

I haven't been offstage for more than two days since I started doing comedy.

Tony Rock

Comedy Doing More Two Days Started

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You don't really have any kind of spiritual law, just a kind of a rabid mental illness. The songs are a little slice of life.

Joni Mitchell

Life Ignorance Religion Spiritual

Guys will take one pair of jeans, five T-shirts and three pair of socks and that'll get you by for 10 weeks.

Jon Bon Jovi

You Socks Three Will Jeans Take

As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of us will continue to be fighting over an ever smaller percentage of total resources. This is not a happy thought.

Dean Kamen

Happy People Gold Thought Fighting

The U.S. and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians, just slaughtering them, for years. Robbing them and slaughtering them.

Bobby Fischer

Years Israel Been Just Them Robbing

It is kinda strange when people know exactly where I've been because they saw it in the newspaper. But this is the culture we live in now, where people are interested in what you're doing on holiday, so we have to just basically accept it.

Ashley Cole

Live Culture People Doing You Know

The positive aspects of modernity are to be acknowledged unreservedly: we are all grateful for the marvellous possibilities that it has opened up for mankind and for the progress in humanity that has been granted to us.

Pope Benedict XVI

Positive Grateful Progress Humanity