Mentality Quotes - Page 24

• I guess the prime example is in North America there's a thing where if there's no opportunity to move forward with the puck, then a [hockey] player is told to dump the puck into the other zone. Just give up the puck and dump it in. Give it to the other team. And to the Soviet mentality in coaching, it just doesn't make any sense. If you're a skilled player, why are you going to give the puck away to the other team? Just give it away, right?

  Gabe Polsky

  Giving Up, Team, Moving

  Source: collider.com

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• An "I know what I like" mentality is hard to shake, but of course appreciation has space for being challenged.

  Ryan Gander

  Appreciation, Space, Shakes

  "Art-Advising in 3 Acts". Interview with Alexandra Pechman, www.vulture.com. December 19, 2014.

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• We need that same mentality in philanthropy, trying things, taking risks, recognizing the first try, maybe the second try, maybe the third try won't work. But if you stay at it and you're learning, you're talking to others, and you're learning together, eventually you'll break through and see the kind of impact you were hoping for.

  Steve Case

  Impact, Talking, Break Through

  "The Giving Pledge: A new club for billionaires". "The Giving Pledge" with Charlie Rose, www.cbsnews.com. November 17, 2013.

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• The same mentality that leads to environmental despoliation, environmental destruction, also leads to damage to people.

  Naomi Oreskes

  People, Environmental, Damage

  Source: to.pbs.org

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• When it comes to culture, religion and mentality, most Russians identify with Europe.

  Sergei Ivanov

  Europe, Culture Religion, Culture

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Everyone is equal - a strange Swedish mentality.

  Zlatan Ibrahimovic

  Strange, Swedish, Equal

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• In Russia whenever you encounter a minor official, he lets you know that he is above you and that you depend on him. It is reflected in the superpower mentality that nourishes the Kremlin. An empire always demands sacrifices from its people.

  Vladimir Sorokin

  Sacrifice, Russia, People

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• The important thing to know about playing to win and playing not to lose is that there are actually different neural networks that are being used. It's not very easy to do both at the same time and, if you are trying to have a playing to win mentality, you're going for it, there's some things that trip you up or trigger the wrong neural network. If you start worrying about your mistakes all of a sudden, if you get too focused on the facts and the details, these are going to shift your neural networks and sort of screw up your strategy.

  Po Bronson

  Mistake, Winning, Worry

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.

  Katee Sackhoff

  Home, Blue, Doors

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• We are the most amazing creatures that this world has ever produced, but we seem to also have this herd mentality; we seem to be the most stupid, also.

  Vivienne Westwood

  Stupid, World, Most Amazing

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• If you can believe in God, then you can believe in anything. It's a gang mentality.

  Greg Graffin

  Believe, Gang, Ifs

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• I typically like to train with the mentality of a high-performance athlete. I put in the work and do what it takes to be successful. A typical workout routine consists of sprint-based training combined with strength moves two days a week. Along with the balance of total-body workouts that challenge my core and shape my body twice weekly.

  Kelly Rowland

  Workout, Moving, Athlete

  Source: www.sheknows.com

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• That is a goal, to step out on stage and to actually be present. Honestly alive and present. Although, it doesn't always happen. We're fallible, we're imperfect. That's what a lot of books are written about; that's what a lot of religions have sought after is that kind of zen mentality of just being totally neutral and open and vulnerable to all of the forces in the universe without being attached to them.

  Dan Mangan

  Book, Goal, Alive

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• We really enjoy that, having a relationship with writers, developing material and getting a director, actors, that we have kind of that family kind of as a group we're going to do it together mentality in a project. Then the tough part is - so what actually goes has very little to do with us sometimes.

  Philip Seymour Hoffman

  Together, Directors, Groups

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

  Beau Willimon

  Government, Balance, Way

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• While on the level of civil rights many things have changed decisively for the better, on the level of attitudes and mentality there's still a long way to go. On the other hand it's obvious that it's much easier to change a law than to change a way of thinking.

  Dacia Maraini

  Attitude, Thinking, Rights

  "A ‘special’ writer. Dacia Maraini in interview". Interview with Vincenza Fanizza, www.threemonkeysonline.com.

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• If you're smart enough you realise that your possessions possess you in their turn. Collecting has a neurotic aspect. I find it boring when collectors found their own private museums or try to establish a memorial to themselves in the form of their collections, it's part of the old aristocratic mentality. I think a collection ought to be dismantled after the collector's death.

  Thomas Koerfer

  Smart, Thinking, Museums

  Source: www.koerferfilm.com

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• I believe this with all my heart: The greatest coach of all time in my eyes is my mom. She's instilled in me a toughness and a perseverance and just a never-quit mentality, and I thank her every day for providing me, for what she sacrificed her life for.

  Scott Brooks

  Mom, Perseverance, Believe

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• I've been to a lot of school and read a lot of thick books, but at my very core there's a made-for-TV-movie mentality I don't think i will ever shake.

  Pam Houston

  Book, School, Thinking

  Pam Houston (1993). “Cowboys are My Weakness: Stories”

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• Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don't eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting "Gotcha". It wouldn't have made any difference if they hadn't eaten it.' 'Why not?' 'Because if you're dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won't give up. They'll get you in the end.

  Douglas Adams

  Giving Up, Garden, Apples

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• I've had a mentality that I can do anything, I've never put limitations on myself

  Urijah Faber

  Mma, Can Do, I Can

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• Human beings are a part of the animal kingdom, not apart from it. The separation of "us" and "them" creates a false picture and is responsible for much suffering. It is part of the in-group/out-group mentality that leads to human oppression of the weak by the strong as in ethic, religious, political, and social conflicts.

  Marc Bekoff

  Religious, Strong, Animal

  Marc Bekoff (2013). “Why Dogs Hump and Bees Get Depressed: The Fascinating Science of Animal Intelligence, Emotions, Friendship, and Conservation”, p.310, New World Library

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• It did not seem to me that prejudice, poverty, discrimination, repression and racism were confined to the North of Ireland. I could see them everywhere I spoke and still cannot comprehend the mentality that argues that I should have pretended not to see them, because it wasn't my business.

  Bernadette Devlin

  Should Have, Racism, Prejudice

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• Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness, but it is critical that we learn how to handle small failures positively so that we can minimize their long-term destructive effects. One setback is one setback—it is not the end of the world, nor is it the end of your journey toward a better you.

  Jillian Michaels

  Journey, Long, Self Improvement

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• We easily become trapped in the 'someday' mentality. Someday I'll have all the money I need to enjoy life. Someday I'll be able to spent more time with my family. Someday I'll have time to relax and do what i love doing.

  Nick Vujicic

  Enjoy Life, Relax, Needs

  Nick Vujicic (2010). “Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life”, p.199, WaterBrook

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