Jose Feliciano

I didn't mean for it to cause such a furor, but I was the first guy to ever do the national anthem with a guitar. Everyone else had the big brass band. Nowadays it's tracks that they sing to, but in my day, we had no tracks. And I was the only orchestra that I knew that was the best orchestra and that was me and my guitar.

Puerto Rican Musician

Frank Deford

I have survived so long because I've been blessed with talented and gracious colleagues and with a top brass who let me choose my topics every week and then allowed me to express opinions that were not always popular. Well, someone had to stand up to the yackety-yak soccer cult.

American Writer

Ruth Asawa

I used to unwind the wire tags that labeled the crates of vegetables and took the fine brass and steel wires and braided and twisted them together to make bracelets, rings, and figures.

American Sculptor

Joss Whedon

I've had so much success. I had something to say, I got to say it, people heard it, and they agreed. That's every artist's dream. That's the brass ring.

Jeremiah Brent

I don't think unlacquered brass is going anywhere. And I hope the trend of mixing metals continues to live on. The trick to mixing metals is balance.

American Celebrity

George Clooney

I do happen to have a good life... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this.

American Actor

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

American Philosopher

Richard Strauss

Never look encouragingly at the brass, except with a short glance to give an important cue.

German Composer

Nell Scovell

Trump Tower is no ordinary property: It is the jewel in Donald Trump's brass crown.

American Journalist

Jason Calacanis

Selling out isn't selling out anymore. It's getting the brass ring.

American Businessman

Brass is not magnetic, so items made of brass won't stick to magnets.

Non-magnetic

Brass has natural disinfectant properties, often used in doorknobs to reduce bacteria.

Antimicrobial

Brass has a classic look, giving a vintage or traditional feel to objects.

Vintage Appeal

Brass instruments have a loud, bright sound that can be heard over other instruments.

Distinctive Sound

Playing brass instruments requires good breath control and lip strength.

Physical Endurance

Brass instruments are key in genres like jazz and for marching bands.

Jazz and Marching

Using 'brass' to talk about officers shows both familiarity and respect.

Military Respect

Lower-ranked soldiers are not referred to as 'brass,' only high-ranking officers.

Not for Enlisted

'Brass' is informal when describing officers, not typically used in formal documents.

Informal Context

 deliver them because then I realized I could make the money by this point I was definitely not going to be an employee my dad owned an automotive and industrial repair shop and he had all these old automotive parts lying around and they had this old brass and copper and so I asked him what he did with it and he said he just throws it out and I

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 a.k.a. bowling ball material. Heavy! Then we made these legs that are cast in soil with a potato root system growing in them, and beetroots out the top, and a very lovely brass toe. That's a good close-up of that one. Then another character was a half-woman, half-cheetah -- a little homage to my life as an athlete.

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 Because then I realized I could make money. By this point, I was definitely not going to be an employee. My dad owned an automotive and industrial repair shop. He had all these old automotive parts lying around. They had this old brass and copper. I asked what he did with it, and he said he just throws it out.

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 and so does Vivaldi's musical exploration of the seasons. Not until the early 19th century would such expressive instrumental program music, as it was known, become popular. By then, larger, more varied ensembles were the rule with woodwinds, brass, and percussion to help tell the tale.

Why should you listen to...

 unquantifiable magical feeling of public togetherness and emotional solidarity taking to the streets is an invaluable and necessary human act if you have ever been to a concert and sing in unison with a crowd or danced in streets to a brass band at Mardi Gras you know this

The healing power of...

 you cut yourself that's your problem what material is all this well this is hammered brass I was press right why would it be so common for them to use brass and something called like the Emperor sword the truth is functionality if you're really gonna take this into combat

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 String instruments are plucked or bowed. Woodwinds have air blown against a reed or sharp edge. For brass instruments, however, the vibration come directly from the musician's mouth. One of the first things a brass player must learn is to breathe in deeply,

How brass instruments...

 the military, and the rulers, and that a great noble lie should convince everyone to follow this structure. The noble lie he proposed was that we're all born with gold, silver, or a mixture of brass and iron in our souls, which determine our roles in life.

Plato’s best (and worst)...

 for some of sri lanka's top brass the Minister for the environment declared wreck of a beach Sri Lanka's first wildlife sanctuary for marine turtles for me today it's all about dreams coming true

Sri Lankan Marine Turtle...

 And breaking of glass can indicate the end of a relationship or a friendship. Scientists believe that dissonant sounds, for example, brass or wind instruments played very loud,