Events Quotes - Page 29

• Over the last decade, - economists seemed to share a broad consensus about economic policy, with the old splits between monetarists and Keynesians apparently being settled by events. But the Great Recession of the last two years has changed everything.

  Gavyn Davies

  Years, Two, Splits

  "The great economics rift reopens" by Gavyn Davies, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

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• I learned what I need to do in the long jump, what I needed to do in the javelin and I've been able to rectify those events. It's been a bit of a learning curve, which is good.

  Jessica Ennis

  Curves, Long, Javelin

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I don't look at Twitter between events because it's a distraction but I will ring my fiance and parents to let them know how it's going.

  Jessica Ennis

  Parent, Looks, Distraction

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.

  Jeff Goodell

  Energy, Coal, World

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• It's a great event to get outside and enjoy nature. I find it very exciting no matter how many times I see bald eagles.

  Karen Armstrong

  Eagles, Matter, Enjoy

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• The most distinguishing element of my novels is that I try as hard as I can - within the context of a popular commercial thriller - to make them feel authentic. Drawing on real locations and real events is part of that authenticity.

  Alex Berenson

  Real, Drawing, Trying

  "Fact and Fiction in The Shadow Patrol". Interview with June Thomas, www.slate.com. April 10, 2012.

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• There's never going to be a decathlon that you're going to have 10 events that your satisfied with. You're always, always going to be dissatisfied in something, and that always draws you back to try to retry that the next time you do a decathlon. It's like you go for the perfect 10.

  Ashton Eaton

  Perfect, Trying, Next

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• It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.

  Asghar Farhadi

  Drama, Everyday, Littles

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• It's been 18 months since I won on the European Tour and to win the flagship event, I could not have asked for any more.

  Rory McIlroy

  Golf, Winning, Months

  "McIlroy rallies to win BMW PGA Championship". www.foxnews.com. May 25, 2014.

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• If we can abstract pathogenicity and hygiene from our notion of dirt, we are left with the old definition of dirt as matter out of place. This is a very suggestive approach. It implies two conditions: a set of ordered relations and a contrevention of that order. Dirt then, is never a unique, isolated event. Where there is dirt there is a system. Dirt is the by-product of a systematic ordering and classification of matter, in so far as ordering involves rejecting inappropriate elements.

  Mary Douglas

  Unique, Order, Hygiene

  "Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo". Book by Mary Douglas, 1966.

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• Events and developments, such as ... the Copernican Revolution, ... occurred only because some thinkers either decided not to be bound by certain "obvious" methodological rules, or because they unwittingly broke them.

  Paul Feyerabend

  Science, Revolution, Development

  Paul Feyerabend (1993). “Against Method”, p.14, Verso

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• The doctrine called Philosophical Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act might be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event.

  John Stuart Mill

  Philosophical, Character, Science

  John Stuart Mill (2016). “A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive: Mill's Works”, p.852, VM eBooks

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• [About the demand of the Board of Regents of the University of California that professors sign non-Communist loyalty oaths or lose their jobs within 65 days.] No conceivable damage to the university at the hands of hypothetical Communists among us could possibly have equaled the damage resulting from the unrest, ill-will and suspicion engendered by this series of events.

  Joel Henry Hildebrand

  Loyalty, Jobs, Science

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• The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external situations and events.

  Anthony Giddens

  Body, Coping, Entity

  Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.61, John Wiley & Sons

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• Abstract systems depend on trust, yet they provide none of the moral rewards which can be obtained from personalised trust, or were often available in traditional settings from the moral frameworks within which everyday life was undertaken. Moreover, the wholesale penetration of abstract systems into daily life creates risks which the individual is not well placed to confront; high-consequence risks fall into this category. Greater interdependence, up to and including globally independent systems, means greater vulnerability when untoward events occur that affect those systems as a whole.

  Anthony Giddens

  Fall, Mean, Independent

  Anthony Giddens (2013). “Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.140, John Wiley & Sons

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• The Flutie Bowl is a great event that brings together people who really care about the autism community. We always have a great time bowling and playing music.

  Doug Flutie

  Autism, People, Community

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• What you compose with is neither here nor there, you compose with words, or you compose with stone plants and trees, or you compose with events; the Sheriff's officer, or whatever.

  Ian Hamilton Finlay

  Tree, Stones, Plant

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• Life is a glass of wine and having your feet washed - it's a biblical event, might I add. This is part of mankind's story. You are always looking for a moment to take a break.

  Mick Fleetwood

  Wine, Biblical, Glasses

  "Bartender Wisdom: Mick Fleetwood Edition" by Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. October 11, 2011.

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• Even as the population doubled from three to six billion, we managed to race ahead with all kinds of technological and scientific events in agriculture - from using more fertilizers to mechanization to advanced plant breeding.

  Nina Fedoroff

  Race, Agriculture, Population

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• If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.

  Arlie Russell Hochschild

  People, Choices, Together

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• It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it.

  Jaime Hernandez

  Moving, Next Move, Stories

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• When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.

  Lucy Hale

  Dream, One Day, Dresses

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• You know, we lose more homes every year to flooding than we do any other event in America.

  Russel Honore

  Home, Years, America

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• But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share.

  Trip Hawkins

  Technology, Economy, Share

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• Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.

  Felicity Jones

  Makeup, Mascara, Eyeliner

  "Felicity Jones Analyzes Her ‘Like Crazy’ Outfit", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2012.

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