#setting

The moon went slowly down in loveliness; she departed into the depth of the horizon, and long veil-like shadows crept up the sky through which the stars appeared. Soon, however, they too began to pale before a splendour in the east, and the advent of the dawn declared itself in the newborn blue of heaven. Quieter and yet more quiet grew the sea, quiet as the soft mist that brooded on her bosom, and covered up her troubling, as in our tempestuous life the transitory wreaths of sleep brook upon a pain-racked soul, causing it to forget its sorrow. From the east to the west sped those angels of the Dawn, from sea to sea, from mountain-top to mountain-top, scattering light from breast and wing. On they sped out of the darkness, perfect, glorious; on, over the quiet sea, over the low coast-line, and the swamps beyond, and the mountains above them; over those who slept in peace and those who woke in sorrow; over the evil and the good; over the living and the dead; over the wide world and all that breathes or as breathed thereon. ↗

— H. Rider Haggard

#dusk #heavens #horizon #life #mist

The pitcher setting up the batter. It's chess, and you play with it. ↗

— Al Leiter

#chess #pitcher #play #setting #up

I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested. ↗

— David Naughton

#bad #character #films #go #good

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#before #getting #goal #got #i

In setting out the walls of a city the choice of a healthy situation is of the first importance: it should be on high ground, neither subject to fogs nor rains; its aspects should be neither violently hot nor intensely cold, but temperate in both respects. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

#both #choice #city #cold #first

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem. ↗

— Jane Porter

#gem #nobility #setting #virtue #without

It's not about how loud you turn the amp up. That's not what makes it sound big. What makes it sound big is fooling around with different delays and reverb settings. ↗

— Brian Setzer

#amp #around #big #delays #different

Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing. ↗

— Warren Spahn

#hitting #pitching #timing #upsetting

My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

#convey #effort #elevation #give #human

Positive energy is your priceless life force. Protect it. Don't allow people to draw from your reserves; select friends who recharge your energies . . . I'm not asking you to cut people out of your life, but I am asking you to invest your time with people who will push you to be your best. Winners love to see other people win. ↗

— Chalene Johnson

#diet #fitness #goal-setting #goals #relationships