#earned

Both my grandmothers had upright pianos, and I just knew how to play since I was a child. Nobody taught me. I sounded like a grown-up, and then I learned how to read music. I played so well by ear I could fool the teacher to believe I could play the notes. She'd make the mistake of playing the song once, and I could play it. ↗

— Valerie Simpson

#both #child #could #ear #fool

The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception. ↗

— Peter Singer

#anonymity #beyond #brought #deception #each

I've learned that football sometimes was an outlet. It was a way for me to release anger, release frustration. ↗

— Emmitt Smith

#football #frustration #i #learned #me

I learned that surrounding myself with people who are able to help me is like being surrounded by tangible godliness. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#being #godliness #help #i #learned

I found out through the Internet that I have AIDS. I learned that I was dead. Where else would I find these things? ↗

— Layne Staley

#dead #else #find #found #i

I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you. ↗

— William Shatner

#find #i #interviews #learn #learned

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#besides #dirty #get #i #learned

I think what drove me insane for a long time is feeling like I hadn't earned most of what I achieved because it came so fast. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#because #came #drove #earned #fast

The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency. ↗

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

#considered #excellency #gentleman #glorious #greatest

We learned pretty early on in this band that you can't have snobbery in music. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#early #learned #music #pretty #snobbery