Impressed Quotes - Page 11

• Economics in college was very poor; I was not very impressed with it. I actually wanted to study statistics. I discovered mathematical statistics as an undergraduate and was fascinated with it.

  Kenneth Arrow

  College, Statistics, Study

  Source: www.minneapolisfed.org

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• Justin Martyr says that he was impressed in his study of the Old Testament, at the seriousness and contents of these writings, and became convinced that Jesus fulfilled these texts.

  Larry Hurtado

  Jesus, Writing, Study

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• The people who have impressed me most - and the closest I've come to having heroes - are the people who have devoted their lives to making things better for others. These are people whose names you never hear, people who work for Doctors Without Borders, Oxfam, and other humanitarian groups. They're just out there in the world, doing stuff.

  Bruce Cockburn

  Hero, Doctors, Names

  Source: progressive.org

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• When I met my first savant in 1962, I was impressed by the abilities in these youngsters who had severe disabilities. They appeared to me to be islands of genius in the sea of disability. So I've maintained that word picture since that time, of these islands of genius that are so striking and so jarring when you see them, especially in people who have severe disability.

  Darold Treffert

  Islands, Sea, People

  "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part I: De". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 11, 2011.

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• What impressed me about Plato and Sartre was their conviction that we should live our lives in the light of big truths about reality and human existence.

  David E. Cooper

  Plato, Reality, Light

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I've met dedicated people from all sectors of society who are committed to giving children the tools they need for a better future. I'm always impressed by the passionate young leaders I meet. As the pace of change accelerates, so do the challenges we face. However, the chances to solve them increase too.

  Shakira

  Children, Giving, People

  Source: www.americasquarterly.org

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• I'm just somebody that isn't that impressed by [Michael Jordan]. There really isn't anybody in the world I'm impressed with.

  Tim Duncan

  World, Jordan

  Source: www.nydailynews.com

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• One of the things that really impressed me about Anna Karenina when I first read it was how Tolstoy sets you up to expect certain things to happen - and they don't. Everything is set up for you to think Anna is going to die in childbirth. She dreams it's going to happen, the doctor, Vronsky and Karenin think it's going to happen, and it's what should happen to an adulteress by the rules of a nineteenth-century novel. But then it doesn't happen. It's so fascinating to be left in that space, in a kind of free fall, where you have no idea what's going to happen.

  Elif Batuman

  Dream, Fall, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm just impressed when someone can capture all the crazy beauty of the light that is all around us. It's amazing to me. I don't consider myself a photographer, but I really want to get into it.

  Todd Carey

  Crazy, Light, Want

  Source: www.fanbolt.com

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• I was very impressed with that that women have come here to say that we're going to fight you, Donald Trump.

  Maxine Waters

  Fighting, Trump

  Source: www.npr.org

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• [My father] was very impressed when he saw "Death of a Salesman," I must say. He recognized himself to some extent.

  Nat Hentoff

  Father, Saws, Salesman

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• I had begun to read books and things and, in fact, one of the persons who started me thinking seriously was an atheist that I, another negro inmate whom I'd heard in a discussion with white inmates and who was able to hold his own at all levels. And he impressed me with his knowledge, and I began to listen very carefully to some of the things he said.

  Malcolm X

  Atheist, Book, Thinking

  Source: nyx.uky.edu

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• I remember being in Dublin in a café and seeing him [Jack Gleeson] two or three years ago, and he came in - Joffrey[from the Game of Thrones] came in - and I remember being so star-struck. I don't like famous people and I don't really get star-struck. But I remember seeing him and being so impressed that he was walking around. So I really like Joffrey.

  Taika Waititi

  Stars, Games, Two

  Source: www.ign.com

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• I've always done a lot of stunts in the past, and I sound like I'm tooting my own horn here, but I've always impressed the people I've worked with and they've let me do more and more.

  Lucas Till

  Past, People, Sound

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm always impressed that as we go through life most of the stuff we do doesn't matter that much, at least not ostensibly: you go to the grocery store, you work, you go to school. If any of that were omitted, most days, it wouldn't matter much.

  Debra Hamel

  School, Matter, Stuff

  Source: keeperofthesnails.blogspot.com

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• [Mackenzie Foy] is really a fantastic actress and she's very professional, but she is still a kid and that's really nice to see, whenever there is a balance and they're able to have fun and play on set, but still go home and hang out with friends her age. I was really impressed with her. I think the biggest change for us is that we had a "swear jar." And she was rich - she made more money than us.

  Ashley Greene

  Fun, Nice, Home

  Source: my.xfinity.com

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• I try not to get impressed. I just try to look at what I see.

  Gregg Popovich

  Trying, Looks

  Source: newsok.com

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• Ever read any [Friedrich] Hayek? He's great. The Road To Serfdom is like... I'm not a big political-science reader, but I actually dog-eared my copy. I ended up going back through it and writing a précis, I was so impressed by this book. It's all about what happens when government tries to make everything right.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Dog, Book, Writing

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm currently very impressed with the level of understanding and of interest in listening that I experience wherever I go. That motivates me to dig deeper into what I've been doing all of this time, to find new ways and also to get over the thought that it's not happening.

  Pauline Oliveros

  Understanding, Listening, Way

  Source: www.artpractical.com

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• That whole day [ of the space flight] is very vividly impressed on my memory because it was such a new experience. We hadn't done that before. And then I've recalled it so often since then I think that it's a - it's remained very vivid over the past 50 years, seems to me like about a week or two instead of 50 years.

  John Glenn

  Memories, Past, Thinking

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Needless to say, I was impressed by Felicia [Day] and her moxie with how to do a web series. I mean, she's the queen of the web.

  Brent Spiner

  Queens, Mean, Moxie

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I'm sure that Plotinus wasn't that impressed by the Christians.

  Peter Adamson

  Christian

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• If I may, to underline first of all that I am very much impressed that in spite of the very tough election campaign, this transition period in the United States of America follows democratic principles and is all about the American people. It's about the destiny of the American people.

  Angela Merkel

  Destiny, America, People

  Source: time.com

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• Trotsky found out about him - Leon Trotsky - because A.J.[Muste] worked. He was an activist. And he organized the first sit-in strike in Toledo in a factory. And Trotsky was very impressed with that.

  Nat Hentoff

  Toledo, Firsts, Factories

  Source: thedailyhatch.org

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• My parents inspired me by their example. They both grew up in the Depression, and both of them had to quit school when they were quite young to work, because there actually was no choice. So they've always impressed me with their resilience, their good spirits, their courage. I just remember them carrying on and just doing their lives. They really made a strong impression on me.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Strong, School, Parent

  "America's Foremost Woman of Letters". American Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2006.

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