#pera

Beckham is unusual. He was desperate to be a footballer. His mind was made up when he was nine or ten. Many kids think that it's beyond them. But you can't succeed without practising at any sport. ↗

— Bobby Charlton

#beckham #beyond #desperate #footballer #his

In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is the potential, inherent in covert media operations, for manipulating or incidentally misleading the American public. ↗

— Frank Church

#american public #cia #committee #concern #covert

Ministers regularly meet soldiers that have returned from operational tours to hear about their experiences, including those who have recovered from their injuries. ↗

— Geoff Hoon

#experiences #hear #including #injuries #meet

And if these be unprincipled agents who scruple at nothing, he will be a bold man who will deny that there are always to be found men at the bar who lend their services most cordially to back and support these agents in their most desperate cases. ↗

— George Combe

#always #back #bar #bold #cases

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #certain #circles #continue #dead

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event. ↗

— Stewart Copeland

#film #last #main #movie #music

It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up. ↗

— Piers Corbyn

#around #carbon #carbon dioxide #case #dioxide

The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other. ↗

— Piers Corbyn

#been #carbon #carbon dioxide #dioxide #each

Well, the very best operas are the ones written by the very best composers. ↗

— John Eaton

#composers #ones #operas #very #well

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative. ↗

— Mike Curb

#davis #gray #gray davis #i #i remember