During periods of discontinuous, abrupt change, the essence of adaptation involves a keen sensitivity to what should be abandoned - not what… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
Many of us have made our world so familiar that we do not see it anymore. An interesting question to ask yourself… — John O'Donohue Copy Share Image
Genet raised his hand, and I squeezed my eyes shut, sure I would be receiving the worst backhanded slap of my life.… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
I started writing because there's an absence of things I was familiar with or that I dreamed about. One of my senses… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
Do portraits of people in familiar and typical attitudes, above all give to their face the same choice of expression that one… — Edgar Degas Copy Share Image
My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Leave home, leave the country, leave the familiar. Only then can routine experience--buying bread, eating vegetables, even saying hello--become new all over… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
I grew up in Honolulu. It's not the ballet cultural mecca by any stretch of the imagination. People are much more familiar… — Joan Chen Copy Share Image
Not that I knew who you were until last month. But now that I've got you, I'm not letting you go." "You're… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I think, when the African-American community understands my record on criminal justice, my record on economics, the agenda we're bringing forth, raising… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I turn on the TV sometimes, start watching something and think: 'This seems quite good, a bit familiar.' Then I realise... It's… — Alan Parker Copy Share Image
In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that… — Enid Bagnold Copy Share Image
I watched that new reality show on ABC with Charlie Gibson, 'America's Next Top Vice President.' ... Oh, what an exciting show… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have experienced God in extraordinary ways - in dramatic surprises or soul-expanding insights or unexplainable mystical encounters. More often, I… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
I'm not that familiar with Andrew Garfield, but if the powers that be chose him, I'm sure he'll be good. — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
You are very familiar with Western ways, but you are too young. You go everywhere to follow the big news, but the… — Jiang Zemin Copy Share Image
Fear keeps us rooted in the past. Fear of the unknown, fear of abandonment, fear of rejection, fear of not having enough,… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
I am simply impressed by the unexpected insights which shower down on me when my job is to imagine, as contrasted with… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Oppressed groups are frequently placed in the situation of being listened to only if we frame our ideas in the language that… — Patricia Hill Collins Copy Share Image
Sometimes the last thing learners need is for their preferred learning style to be affirmed. Agreeing to let people learn only in… — Stephen Brookfield Copy Share Image
