#tempo

I never do releases to try and make or break some contemporary band. ↗

— Thurston Moore

#break #contemporary #i #make #never

I never paid attention to what was contemporary or what was commercial, it didn't mean anything to me. ↗

— Van Morrison

#attention #commercial #contemporary #i #me

A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses. ↗

— Robert Musil

#average #contemporaries #deep #fine #geniuses

[while dancing] The man who was supposed to be her new partner had taken the caller’s final instruction to extremes. From the way Adam’s mouth was locked against Kitty’s he seemed to be anticipating not a temporary split but a lengthy separation. More of a French Fancy than a farmer’s fancy, thought Coralie. ↗

— Christine Stovell

#romantic-comedy #romantic

As a major contemporary composer, Madonna should not let the eye dictate to the ear. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#contemporary #dictate #ear #eye #madonna

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#balancing #choices #contemporary #facing #greater

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

#human #human beings #large #possible #regarded

Mother's interest in contemporary American artists emerged during the 1920s. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#artists #contemporary #during #emerged #interest

Mother's taste was eclectic and ranged from the ancient world to the contemporary from Europe to the U.S. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#contemporary #eclectic #europe #mother #ranged