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classical listened scottish solo study sung time
I was 16 when I got a scholarship to study classical composition at a conservatory. By that time I had already listened to Scottish folksong with my mother, sung in church choirs, and had sung solo with Benjamin Britten conducting.
american-author flattery life rather slow sudden
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
hits lost players
A lot of our players have lost everything. It really hits home.
lifted weight
He said, 'Coach, the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders.
nobody-knows
Nobody knows why they were born or where they come from.
balanced compliment fair glance nearly player realized stood superstars team tribute
At first glance I thought it wasn't fair that we were the second-place team and we only had one on the first-team, but when I thought about it I realized it was a tribute to our team. We don't have many superstars or standouts. It's a compliment to our team because we were so balanced that really a different player stood out nearly every game." ()
mountains national olympic originally park preserve
This park was not set up to preserve the mountains and the glaciers, it was set up to preserve the elk herd. It was originally Mount Olympus National Monument, to preserve the Olympic elk.
simply
I'm simply a businessman who has seen his share of failures and successes.
rapidly
It was really a very small company when I started and it changed very rapidly during those first periods.
concept time
It's a concept that we've never done before, but we need to do something. Time is very critical.
phenomenon running social
Running is a new social phenomenon in our country.
ignore talked
It's exciting. We talked a lot about this being just another game. But you couldn't ignore all the people. It was always there in the back of your mind.
racing
It's just going to be different because they have a different way of racing than we do.
charming cities escape industrial invested main money move moving offer people rather streets throwing towns
At first, I thought money invested into revitalizing main streets rather than industrial development was like throwing money down a rat hole. But now many people are moving out of the big cities to escape the rat race. They want to move to small, charming towns that offer a sense of place.