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Isabella Bird Quotes

Unlike many other places, Hilo is more fascinating on closer acquaintance - so fascinating that it is hard to write about it in plain prose.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: explorer
Nationality: english
Birth: October 15, 1831 - October 7, 1904

Topics

Places More Write Hard Closer Prose

Music is important.

Music Important

I was a keen sportsman, and became school captain in soccer and cricket.

School Cricket Soccer Captain Keen

It's just not right that so many things don't work when they should. I don't think that will change for a long time.

Work Change Time Think Long Will

I never stopped dreaming of how to create a wearable to communicate with our thoughts, how to do this at consumer electronics pricing.

Mary Lou Jepsen

Thoughts Create Never Dreaming Our

I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on the bestseller list! My ideas were right, but I hadn't done them fast enough.

History Ideas Doing Enough Fast See

It's what the Pixies always said about music - they were writing songs and just trying not to be boring. That was their main motivation and it worked for them. I remember reading that and thinking that was the way to do it.

Jonny Greenwood

Music Writing Reading Thinking Said

Between each album I try to gain a new insight that I didn't have before and perhaps write a song about something that I've written about before, but from a fresh viewpoint.

Song New Try Insight Write Fresh

I'm not too big on feelings.

Colin Kaepernick

Feelings Big Too

The best advice I ever got as an organizer was that if you can organize your family, you're a good organizer.

Family Good Best Advice You Got

I grew up in the South, and our way of dealing with each other was teasing, ribbing, making fun and scrapping in the street. Criticism doesn't bother me so much. It actually made me, when I was younger, more aggressive. But you get into middle age, and you lose interest in that stuff. It's not serious.

Wynton Marsalis

Age Fun Me Criticism You Lose

I like Miami in the winter: there's no humidity, no bugs, no mosquitoes. You go out and wear your jacket, and you're all good!

Winter Good Miami You Go Jacket

Retire? Not on your life. I have no plans to stop singing. What are you going to do when you love music? It's a terrible disease. You can't stop. Of course, I'd like to get off the road.

Life Love Music Singing Road You

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