Selective Quotes

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Leaving religious texts open too interpretation is the downfall of religion itself. If it is truly the word of God then there is no room… — Stephen Colbert
Love is not selective, desire is selective. In love there are no strangers. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Forgiveness is a selective remembering. It is a conscious choice to focus on someone's innocence instead of his or her mistakes...This serves *you*...Your body was… — Marianne Williamson
Human vision is untrustworthy, subjective and selective. Camera vision is total and non - objective. — Andreas Feininger
To chart a course, one must have a direction. In reality, the eye is no better than the philosophy behind it. The photographer creates, evolves… — Berenice Abbott
The sense organs, which are limited in scope and ability, randomly gather information. This partial information is arranged into judgments, which are based on previous… — Laozi
You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going in, so you… — Roy Romer
The goal of business should not be to do business with anyone who simply wants what you have. It should be to focus on the… — Simon Sinek
The best thing you can give as a leader is a reason to trust. People want to trust. They're hungry for it. But they're selective.… — Jeffrey R. Immelt
I wanna be selective... very selective. Right now, hip-hop's very boring to me. It's no excitement. — Timbaland
Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. — Richard Harris
Myth is the practical metabolism of our soulish life, the logic of our obsessions and oversights for which we have no language or code. Myth… — Kenny Smith
Parents...rigidly monitor the selection of television programs...and other forms of entertainment for your family. Foster in your homes a love of knowledge through uplifting literature;… — David B. Haight
Another activity that can detract us from the proper way is watching television excessively or viewing improper movies. While fine productions on these media are… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
Of course, we can distinguish between males and females; we can also, if we choose, distinguish between different age categories; but any more advanced distinction… — Michel Houellebecq
Millions of items in the outward order are present to my senses which never properly enter into my experience. Why? Because they have no interest… — William James
We may affirm, then, that the main drift of the later Renaissance was away from a humanism that favored a free expansion toward a humanism… — Irving Babbitt
The preoccupation with the choice of a mate both by male and female I regard as a continuing echo of the major selective force by… — Jacob Bronowski
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and… — Manning Marable
Everything you do, every thought you have, every word you say creates a memory that you will hold in your body. It's imprinted on you… — Phylicia Rashad

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