Task Quotes

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Many who become theologians in our time think their task is to try to determine how much of what has passed for Christianity they still… — Stanley Hauerwas
Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more willing to enter… — Sendhil Mullainathan
Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental… — Sendhil Mullainathan
We ought to arrange calendars as we arrange art on our walls and ask: how does this task fit next to the surrounding ones? — Sendhil Mullainathan
The bottom line is that finding orphan planets - small, faint, and located who-knows-where - is not for the faint of heart. The task is… — Seth Shostak
Only do what you feel called in your heart to do, and then give all of yourself to the task. — Marianne Williamson
Our task, in the aftermath of September 11, was and continues to be the transformation of the effects of evil into something beautiful and good. — Marianne Williamson
The first scholarly edition of Magna Carta was published by the eminent jurist William Blackstone. It was not an easy task. There was no good… — Noam Chomsky
It is not a very difficult task to make what is commonly called an amusing book of travels. Any one who will tell, with a… — James Fenimore Cooper
I can only speak for particle physics. But it has become obvious that on the experimental side, there has been a huge evolution in the… — Peter Higgs
We will not put a lid on opinions. On the contrary, it is more important than ever that political debates are open and free, even… — Jens Stoltenberg
In Washington, task forces work like Tylenol: they reduce the symptoms of scandal while leaving the substance untouched. — Jonathan Turley
For me, I always think about keeping my upper body relaxed, my hips level, and my right side down on the turn. If I work… — Brittany Bowe
Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009,… — Lael Brainard
I spoke at TED Global 2010 about the ways that video games engage the brain, and in particular, the idea of reward structures: how a… — Tom Chatfield
I do everything. Of course, I have 50 people who work for me to do the drudgery of mold making and all the foundry. This… — Richard MacDonald
When you sit down to write, you have to be prepared to strip all of those voices away, all of the censors away, and talk… — Pearl Cleage
My mother made me take piano lessons, and because I am her oldest and she had not yet been worn down by the task of… — Sheri L. Dew
The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars. — Buzz Aldrin
To rewrite history on the bases of hypotheses which have not materialized is not only a fruitless task, but, in my eyes, meaningless. — Jean Monnet

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