#pera

Saudi Arabia operates according to the belief that God made young men and women so utterly and completely without self-control that they must be physically segregated every moment of the day and night. ↗

— James Buchan

#arabia #belief #completely #day #every

To illustrate what I mean, an apt dancer may be in thorough unison with the others in that particular group, and at the same time reveal a difference in dancing temperament, rhythm or technique; she may phrase, accentuate or actually interpret differently. ↗

— Florenz Ziegfeld

#actually #apt #dancer #dancing #difference

At the moment I'm enjoying a new challenge at the Royal Opera House, but I'm also keen to pursue my interest in television and particularly in science. ↗

— Deborah Bull

#challenge #enjoying #house #i #interest

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#clinic #different #different levels #i #levels

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#desperate #hunger #i #know #like

Black magic operates most effectively in preconscious, marginal areas. Casual curses are the most effective. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#black #black magic #casual #curses #effective

Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#hurricane #loves #middle #middle age #opera

At a certain point, I got into the older, cooler crowd, and they listened to hip-hop. I was desperately trying to fit in. ↗

— Rose Byrne

#certain point #cooler #crowd #desperately #fit

I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#medical #medicine #never #novels #operation

Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions. ↗

— James Callaghan

#experience #firm #however #incapable #intellect