Morley may refer to:
Thomas Morley (1557 or 1558 – October 1602) was an English composer, theorist, editor and organist of the Renaissance, and the foremost member of the English Madrigal School. He was the most famous composer of secular music in Elizabethan England and an organist at St Paul's Cathedral. He and Robert Johnson are the composers of the only surviving contemporary settings of verse by Shakespeare.
Morley was born in Norwich, in East England, the son of a brewer. Most likely he was a singer in the local cathedral from his boyhood, and he became master of choristers there in 1583. However, Morley obviously spent some time away from East England, for he later referred to the great Elizabethan composer of sacred music, William Byrd, as his teacher; while the dates he studied with Byrd are not known, they were most likely in the early 1570s. In 1588 he received his bachelor's degree from Oxford, and shortly thereafter was employed as organist at St. Paul's in London. His young son died the following year in 1589.
The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Persons in History is a 1978 book by Michael H. Hart, reprinted in 1992 with revisions. It is a ranking of the 100 people who, according to Hart, most influenced human history.
The first person on Hart's list is the Prophet of Islam Muhammad. Hart asserted that Muhammad was "supremely successful" in both the religious and secular realms. He also believed that Muhammad's role in the development of Islam was far more influential than Jesus' collaboration in the development of Christianity. He attributes the development of Christianity to St. Paul, who played a pivotal role in its dissemination."
The 1992 revisions included the demotion of figures associated with Communism, such as Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong, and the introduction of Mikhail Gorbachev. Hart took sides in the Shakespearean authorship issue and substituted Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford for William Shakespeare. Hart also substituted Niels Bohr and Henri Becquerel with Ernest Rutherford, thus correcting an error in the first edition. Henry Ford was also promoted from the "Honorary Mentions" list, replacing Pablo Picasso. Finally, some of the rankings were re-ordered, although no one listed in the top ten changed position.
Neil deGrasse Tyson ( /ˈniːəl dəˈɡræs ˈtaɪsən/ born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist and science communicator. He is currently the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space, and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2006 he has hosted the educational science television show NOVA scienceNOW on PBS, and has been a frequent guest on The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Jeopardy!. It was announced on August 5, 2011, that Tyson will be hosting a new sequel to Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage television series.
Tyson was born as the second of three children in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, but was raised in the Bronx. His mother, Sunchita Feliciano Tyson, was a gerontologist and his father, Cyril deGrasse Tyson, was a sociologist, human resource commissioner for the New York City mayor, John Lindsay, and was the first Director of HARYOU. Tyson attended the Bronx High School of Science (1972–1976, astrophysics emphasis) where he was captain of the wrestling team and was editor-in-chief of the school's Physical Science Journal. Tyson had an abiding interest in astronomy from the age of eleven, following his visit to the Hayden Planetarium at age nine. Tyson recalls that "so strong was that imprint [of the night sky] that I'm certain that I had no choice in the matter, that in fact, the universe called me." He obsessively studied astronomy in his teens, and eventually even gained some fame in the astronomy community by giving lectures on the subject at the age of fifteen.
Christopher Morley (May 5, 1890 – March 28, 1957) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet. He also produced stage productions for a few years and gave college lectures.
Christopher Morley was born in Haverford, Pennsylvania. His father, Frank Morley, was a mathematics professor at Haverford College; his mother, Lilian Janet Bird, was a poet and musician who provided Christopher with much of his later love for literature and poetry.
In 1900 the family moved to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1906 Christopher entered Haverford College, graduating in 1910 as valedictorian. He then went to New College, Oxford, for three years on a Rhodes scholarship, studying modern history.
In 1913 Morley completed his Oxford studies and moved to Garden City, New York. On 14 June 1914 he married Helen Booth Fairchild (with whom he would have four children). They first lived in Hempstead, and then in Queens Village. They then moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1920 they made their final move, to a house they called "Green Escape" in Roslyn Estates, New York. They remained there for the rest of his life. In 1936 he built a cabin at the rear of the property (The Knothole), which he maintained as his writing study from then on.
Love me when nobody else can see
Touch my soul, then treat me like I am a stranger
This is not the way I want to feel
Should have known a love this strong
Would bring some danger
But if it's all in my head
I'll find a way to make it end
It's magic and it's tragic
Slingshots whisper my teardrops an answer
What am I to you
Slingshots you forgot my kisses don't miss this
What am I to you
Shame, how you got me
Ripping words off my lips to keep from asking
I fall when you call
Press my ear against the phone to hear your lips move
I guess it's all in my head
And in time I'll make amends
It's magic but it's so tragic
I want you so bad
What's wrong with me baby
I want you so bad
What's wrong with you baby
Love me when nobody else can see
Touch my soul then treat me like a stranger
This is not the way I like to feel
I should have known a love this strong
Would bring some danger
Slingshots whisper my teardrops an answer
What am I to you
Slingshots you forgot my kisses don't miss this
What am I to you
Beads fall from a delicate string
My love is too strong to want you
Sweet, sweet lemonade
Around the corner I wait
For you start the flashlight
Up and down your blue shade
No one knows our hands flow
Now we're making rainbows
Fell into it, now I'm in it
This is what my soul knows
Oooh When I love you
Street lamps turn to treetops
Reaching for the sky
Oooh When I love you
Traffic turns to horses
And they're runnin' wild
Soft eye, strong thigh
Sipping on a milkshake
Just a minute, put me in it
Now you know it tastes great
Elevate me, re-create
A place so far away from here
I'm giving, everything I feel dear
Oooh When I love you
Street lamps turn to treetops
Reaching for the sky
Oooh When I love you
Traffic turns to horses
And they're runnin' wild
(oooh)
(ohhh)
(ahhh)
Everything we give babe
Is everything we feel
Anytime you sigh babe
I will appear
Oooh When I love you
Street lamps turn to treetops
Reaching for the sky
Oooh When I love you
Subways turn into a magic carpet ride
Oooh When I love you
All the dreams I forgot
Come back to my mind
Oooh When I love you
Traffic turns to horses
I lost you because of truth / don’t try anymore /
it’s all the guilt that’s in your eyes /
gripping our lungs with sad goodbyes / don’t hide anymore
Judgment has no place near me as far as I can see /
you’re a struggling angel with one missing wing /
I’m just like you / did you ever catch my fall /
you’re just like me / why do you wait so long? / Imagine
all we could be / difference is a sad affair when there
is so much love to share /
if we were together / It’s been so long since last we
spoke /
sometimes silence brings new songs / you must have known
that silence / would bring your child guidance / quicker
than you could speak / No bitterness in my heart / must
been a plan from the start /
I’m a struggling angel with one missing wing / I’m just
like you / did you ever catch my fall /
you’re just like me / why do you wait so long? / Imagine
all we could be / difference is a sad affair / when there
is so much love to share / if we were together / just
like you / could you ever think of that / just like me /
oh so much more than fact /
just like you / every living thing must breathe /
just like me / eternal love will set you free / if we
were together / I see the life everlasting signal in the
sky / reminds me all I have to do while I’m alive / give
to live and not to get until the day that I ascend /
there’s no one like you in my life. /
Call on me
If you find yourself standing in a courtyard
Of a dream that's not your own
Flashes of silver and saffron, wind off the ocean floor
You can call on me
Cause I haven't moved
Since the last time you pulled yourself through
You can call on me
Cause I haven't strayed
Since the last time you found your own way
Spinning off into the thunder
Trying to out run man kinds hunger
With blood and soil on your knees
Over those country roads, over those ghettos
Staggering through war zones now
Look at all those fires you could never put out...
Alone
Call on me
'Cause I haven't moved
Since the last time you pulled yourself through
Can call on me
Cause I haven't strayed
Since the last time you found your own way
Night brings space to city streets where you have been
wandering constellations colliding what do you know to
But don't you worry, in each direction,
If you look into my eyes you will see your perfection
Call on me
'Cause I haven't moved
Since the last time you pulled yourself through
Call on me
'Cause I haven't strayed