Concepts Quotes - Page 32

• At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.

  Alex Lifeson

  Afraid Of Death

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• There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

  Giovanni Ribisi

  Want, Helping, Film

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• I really feel like that concept of enjoying the now and not worrying about the future is what my coach has been trying to teach me for 14 years - and that is what has made me such a different athlete 10 years later, and that is what has made me strong enough mentally to make this Olympic team.

  Melanie Roach

  Strong, Team, Athlete

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• Having people wait outside of my house sort of gives me a panic attack. I'm a believer in the concept that people should not be followed and photographed everywhere.

  Nikki Reed

  People, Giving, House

  Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. October 12, 2009.

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• My concept of an advice giver had been a therapist or a know-it-all, and then I realized nobody listens to the know-it-alls. You turn to the people you know, the friend who has been in the thick of it or messed up - and I'm that person for sure.

  Cheryl Strayed

  People, Advice, Know It All

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• Most of the dogmatic religions have exhibited a perverse talent for taking the wrong side on the most important concepts in the material universe, from the structure of the solar system to the origin of man.

  George Gaylord Simpson

  Men, Important, Sides

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• Right and wrong are concepts that only have meaning in this world, so by sorting existence on those characteristics, we are defining ourselves to exist only in this world.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Balance, Defining Ourselves

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• I've just grown a little disappointed with 'Muppets in the Old West', 'Muppets Under Water' and all these weird concept movies. I just want to go take it back to the early 80's, when it was about the Muppets trying to put on a show. That's what I'm trying to bring back.

  Jason Segel

  Water, Trying, West

  "Jason Segel taps Apatow stable for his forthcoming muppets movie" by Larry Carroll, www.mtv.com. March 17, 2008.

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• Part of my success with urban bachata is reinventing yourself as an artist and continuing to give people different kind of fusions, mixing up the elements and concepts without changing the beat.

  Romeo Santos

  Artist, People, Giving

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• In an information economy, entrepreneurs master the science of information in order to overcome the laws of the purely physical sciences. They can succeed because of the surprising power of the laws of information, which are conducive to human creativity. The central concept of information theory is a measure of freedom of choice. The principle of matter, on the other hand, is not liberty but limitation- it has weight and occupies space.

  George Gilder

  Creativity, Hands, Order

  George Gilder (2013). “Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World”, p.20, Regnery Publishing

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• If you are trying to aid people in the process of self-discovery, what you have to do is confound them with so many concepts that are contradictory, yet each make complete sense in its own right.

  Frederick Lenz

  Inspirational, Buddhism, Discovery

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• A solid answer to everything is not necessary. Blurry concepts influence one to focus, but postulated clarity influences arrogance.

  Criss Jami

  Focus, Meditation, Arrogance

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.108, Criss Jami

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• Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness.

  Criss Jami

  Fear, Loneliness, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.87, Criss Jami

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• The proposal that men and women should be treated equally under the law is hardly a controversial concept.

  Carolyn Maloney

  Men, Law, Proposal

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• Brazilian music has many of the ingredients that I strive for in my own music: Strong melodies and a disciplined but intense rhythmic concept, and interesting harmonies.

  Chuck Mangione

  Strong, Interesting, Ingredients

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• I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas.

  Merritt Wever

  Thinking, Ideas, People

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• Back in my days as a children's book editor, my superiors caught on to the fact that teenagers were using the Internet to gossip about each other, and thought it might be nifty to develop a series of books about an anonymous high-school blogger who gossips about her classmates. The concept was passed on to me.

  Cecily von Ziegesar

  Children, Teenager, Book

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• Left vs. Right is an out-dated concept and an oversimplification of 21st Century politics

  James Morcan

  Century, Oversimplification, Left

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• I think one of the most important things punk brought back was the whole concept of staying independent and doing things yourself. It made music a lot less boring in any category you can name.

  Jello Biafra

  Independent, Thinking, Names

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• Modernist architecture and town planning is inimical to human beings ... based on the Darwinian concept that evolution is open ended, that there must always be something new and better.

  Leon Krier

  Towns, Planning, Architecture

  "The godfather of urban soul". Interview with Peter Hetherington, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2006.

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• I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

  Peter Eisenman

  Believe, Ideas, House

  "Feuds? I've had a few" by Deyan Sudjic, www.theguardian.com. December 18, 2004.

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• The truth of life lies in the impulsiveness of matter. The mind of man has been poisoned by concepts. Do not ask him to be content, ask him only to be calm, to believe that he has found his place. But only the madman is really calm.

  Antonin Artaud

  Lying, Believe, Men

  Antonin Artaud, Susan Sontag (1976). “Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings”, p.109, Univ of California Press

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• Thinking in terms of two realms understands the paired concepts worldy-Christia n, natural-superna tural, profane-sacred, rational-revela tions, as ultimate static opposites...and fails to recognize the original unity of these opposites in the Christ-reality.

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

  Reality, Thinking, Opposites

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• Thinking is not the ability to manipulate language; it’s the ability to manipulate concepts.

  Leslie Lamport

  Thinking, Language, Ability

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• One of the amazing things about the Internet is that the content creators are the gatekeepers. We can think of an idea and execute it quickly, and we didn't have to pitch the idea to a major network or convince a studio head to sign-off on the concept.

  Ray William Johnson

  Thinking, Ideas, Internet

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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