A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Growth and mastery come only to those who vigorously self-direct. Initiating, creating, doing, reflecting, freely associating, enjoying privacy-these are precisely what the… — John Taylor Gatto Copy Share Image
Trump doesn't need to spend a dime to get his message out. Trump doesn't have to run an ad. Trump doesn't have… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Our struggle to put first things first can be characterized by the contrast between two powerful tools that direct us: the clock… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Next, take a look at the quality of the people who surround you. Do these people back you emotionally, or not? If… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
I was thinking maybe about being a lawyer. I realized I was interested in becoming a priest at one point. I was… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
The continuing, direct operation of the Holy Ghost on those who are called to be God's children implies, in fact, a broadening… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Tolerance is not a spiritual gift; it is the distinguishing mark of postmodernism; and sadly, it has permeated the very fiber of… — John Stott Copy Share Image
We don't always have a choice how we get to know one another. Sometimes, people fall into our lives cleanly--as if out… — John Irving Copy Share Image
If you put someone in a room with no script to direct, they're just going to sit there. Writing scripts is the… — John Patrick Shanley Copy Share Image
To utilize social media tools effectively and properly, you must absolutely generate spontaneous communications in direct response to what others are saying… — Aliza Sherman Copy Share Image
Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
Solve all your problems through meditation. Exchange unprofitable religious speculations for actual God-contact. Clear your mind of dogmatic theological debris; let in… — Lahiri Mahasaya Copy Share Image
In contrast, compassion manifests in us as the offering of kindness rather than withdrawal. Because compassion is a state of mind that… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a film-maker when I was younger, not an actor. I was an eight-year-old who dreamed of being… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
All that we are is the result of what we have thought; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
I started directing videos at the same time that Michel Gondry was starting to direct videos, and I watched what he'd do.… — Spike Jonze Copy Share Image
I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
Of course it is of no use to direct our steps to the woods, if they do not carry us thither. I… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In no way have we contemplated the intervention of the army in tasks that belong to police at the different levels of… — Ruben Aguilar Copy Share Image
Life is a matter of choice. Everything we manifest in our day to day lives is the direct result of our choices… — Dannion Brinkley Copy Share Image
The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears… — Marshall B. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Any attempt to capture the direct experience of the nature of mind in words is impossible. The best that can be said… — Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche Copy Share Image
It is marriage, perhaps, which had given man the best of his freedom, given him his little kingdom of his own within… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
As an infantry officer who served in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, I have led men in combat and trained them on… — Pete Hegseth Copy Share Image
Nature never gives to a living thing capacities not particularly meant for its benefit and use. If Nature gives to us capacities… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
My mother worked all of her life, she was a dance teacher and I also noticed, to be honest, that most of… — Garry Marshall Copy Share Image
Yes, I direct commercials as well. I get these really weird offers and then I have to bid on them and win… — Andy Dick Copy Share Image
I had often heard Mentor say, that the voluptuous were never brave, and I now found by experience that it was true;… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short… — Wayne McGregor Copy Share Image
I don't like to be overly directing people either. I tell them what I want and I tell them when it's wrong.… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
Each of us contributes our own piece to the whole, each in our own way, each in our own time with the… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct… — Philip Baker Hall Copy Share Image
Photographs should celebrate the contingent, the spontaneous, the incomplete, the fortuitous. Direct, unblinking vision should be coupled with deliberate indifference as to… — Douglas McCulloh Copy Share Image
Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity… — Moses Finley Copy Share Image
It is not certain that with this aid alone [possession of arms], they would not be able to shake off their yokes.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There are direct paths to a successful career. But there are plenty of indirect paths, too. So many young people I speak… — Clayton Christensen Copy Share Image
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