Figures Quotes - Page 17

• We can't control systems or figure them out. But we can dance with them!

  Donella Meadows

  Donella Meadows (2008). “Thinking in Systems: A Primer”, p.170, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable.

  Rudolf Otto

  Historical, Krishna, Historical Figure

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• Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the need to write. I needed to figure out what was important to me as a writer.

  Nicole Krauss

  Book, Writing, Important

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• In thinking of light, if we can think about what it can do, and what it is, by thinking about itself, not about what we wanted it to do for other things, because again we've used light as people might be used, in the sense that we use it to light paintings. We use it to light so that we can read. We don't really pay much attention to the light itself. And so turning that and letting light and sound speak for itself is that you figure out these different relationships and rules.

  James Turrell

  Thinking, Light, People

  "Roden Crater". Art21 Interview, art21.org.

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• Love was compressed for all history in that lonely figure on the cross, who said that he could call down angels at any moment on a rescue mission, but chose not to - because of us. At Calvary, God accepted his own unbreakable terms of justice.

  Philip Yancey

  Lonely, Angel, Justice

  Philip Yancey (2009). “Grace Notes”, p.111, Harper Collins

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• I once painted a concert singer and on the chestnut frame I carved the opening bars of Mendelssohn's Rest in the Lord. It was ornamental unobtrusive and to musicians I think it emphasized the expression of the face and pose of the figure.

  Thomas Eakins

  Thinking, Expression, Musician

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• I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being murdered than an ugly girl or man. I certainly don`t have to justify myself to anyone about this. I don`t care what anyone thinks or reads into it. I have often had journalists walk out of interviews when I say what I feel about this subject.

  Dario Argento

  Beautiful, Girl, Men

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• The best way to hold customers is to constantly figure out how to give them more for less.

  Philip Kotler

  Giving, Way, Customers

  Philip Kotler (2011). “Marketing Insights from A to Z: 80 Concepts Every Manager Needs to Know”, p.38, John Wiley & Sons

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• Music has shaped men’s fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically.

  Hedi Slimane

  Witty, Fashion, Military

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• Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it

  Dennis Eckersley

  Sports, Important, Want

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• The right to freedom of association is fine, but why shouldn't the cops be allowed to mine your social network to figure out if you're hanging out with gangbangers and terrorists?

  Cory Doctorow

  Association, Social Network, Cop

  Cory Doctorow (2010). “Little Brother”, p.138, Macmillan

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• There's a difference between the blues of the New Orleans guys and anyone else and the difference is in a chord, but I can't figure the name of it. It's a different chord, and they all make it.

  Jimmy Rushing

  Names, Differences, New Orleans

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• It is humanity's destiny to explore the universe. When we start thinking and working on that cosmic level, we will transcend our parochial differences and tribal natures and become global creatures, solar system creatures. Then we will figure out where we fit in.

  Story Musgrave

  Destiny, Thinking, Differences

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• We need Jesus like we need oxygen. Like we need water. Like the branch needs the vine. Jesus is not merely a figure for devotions. He is the missing essence of your existence. Whether we know it or not, we are desperate for Jesus.

  John Eldred

  Jesus, Oxygen, Essence

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• To paint a human figure you must not paint it; you must render the whole of its surrounding atmosphere.

  Umberto Boccioni

  Atmosphere, Paint, Humans

  "Futurism" edited by Didier Ottinger; Centre Pompidou / 5 Continents Editions, Milan, (p. 172), 2008.

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• I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

  Marie Windsor

  Beautiful

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• Mom used to frame everything we made, and now I'm following her example. It makes children so proud to see their work on display instead of hidden away. I figure if I take my children's work seriously, maybe they will too. And it reinforces the idea that art is not something alien and esoteric. Anyone can make art.

  Aerin Lauder

  Mom, Art, Children

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• The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can.

  Vasco Ronchi

  Stars, Fall, Clouds

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• The beard must not be plucked. Ye shall not deface the figure of your beard.

  Cyprian

  Beard

  "The Sacred Writings of Saint Cyprian".

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• We understand that as public figures, we are a target for people who have nothing to lose in their quest for fame and easy money, ... preposterous, slanderous and defamatory lies.

  Emilio Estefan

  Lying, People, Deceit

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• It takes some experimentation to figure out what people like and don't like.

  Andrew Mason

  People, Experimentation

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• And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.

  Thomas F. Wilson

  Math, Appreciate, Tears

  Interview with Chris Neumer, www.stumpedmagazine.com.

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• We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful.

  Robert Pozen

  Views, Hurtful, Looks

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• The "18/40/60" rule to happiness:
  At age 18, people care very much about what others think of them.
  By age 40, they learn not to worry what others think.
  By age 60, they figure out that no one was thinking about them in the first place.

  Daniel Amen

  Happiness, Caring, Thinking

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• When the next step is unclear, the best way to figure it out is to take action. Constant motion is the key to execution.

  Scott Belsky

  Keys, Next Steps, Way

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