Participants Quotes - Page 12

• Sports constantly make demands on the participant for top performance, and they develop integrity, self-reliance and initiative. They teach you a lot about working in groups, without being unduly submerged in the group.

  Byron White

  Sports, Integrity, Self

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• In a few years, men will be able to communicate more effectively through a machine than face to face. That is a rather startling thing to say, but it is our conclusion.

  J. C. R. Licklider

  Believe, Book, Men

  "In memoriam, J.C.R. Licklider, 1915-1990".

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• A movement starts because of the social habits of friendship and the strong ties between close acquaintances. It grows because of the habits of a community, and the weak ties that hold neighborhoods and clans together. And it endures because a movement's leaders give participants new habits that create a fresh sense of identity and a feeling of ownership.

  Charles Duhigg

  Strong, Ties, Giving

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• No individual anonymous participant can influence the prices and therefore you really can speculate in the market without paying attention to morality. That's one of the positive features of markets. That's why they function.

  George Soros

  Attention, Morality, Influence

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• Books demand more. You have to be a more active participant.

  Paul Auster

  Book, Demand, Active

  Paul Auster, James M. Hutchisson (2013). “Conversations with Paul Auster”, p.194, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• The reason I do workshops is so I can learn, and I am fortunate that I've probably gained more from the whole experience of teaching than any one participant has. It is all about asking.

  John Sexton

  Photography, Teaching, Asking

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• I'm a citizen in a democracy. To call me an activist would be redundant. It's not a spectator sport. If we all become non-participants, it no longer works.

  Michael Moore

  Sports, Democracy, Would Be

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• Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, "Oh, that's a cool way to say it," and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.

  Larry Wall

  Way, Next, Language

  Source: bigthink.com

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• We call upon people everywhere to work for peace, to forget the quiet comfort of their homes, to leave behind their fears and feeling of powerlessness, their privileges and possessions, and join us as active participants and co-workers for peace.

  Petra Kelly

  Home, People, Feelings

  Petra Karin Kelly (1984). “Fighting for Hope”, p.74, South End Press

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• In contact with materials, I can see so much more with my hands than I can just with my eyes. I'm a participant, not a spectator. I see myself both as an object and a material, and the human presence is really important to the landscapes in which I work.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Eye, Hands, Important

  "Andy Goldsworthy Goes Into The Wind". Interview with Katherine Cusumano, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 26, 2015.

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• Another point is that ultimately, as far as the budget is concerned, of major importance is who offers more money during the bidding that must be organized as a part of the privatization process. In this sense, we cannot discriminate against any market participants, not one of them, but this is not relevant at the moment, as the Government has decided to postpone the privatization of Bashneft.

  Vladimir Putin

  Government, Bidding, Moments

  Source: thesaker.is

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• As for the criticism we receive, you know, even Mr. [Donald] Trump's team criticize us. For instance, one of the participants or members of his team claimed that Russia was giving money to the Clintons through some funds and that in fact Russia is controlling the Clinton family. This is nonsense.

  Vladimir Putin

  Team, Russia, Giving Money

  Source: thesaker.is

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• Almost all the bars in Southeast Asia are lady bars. The listener and participants who interact and frequent the clubs are exclusively male who become actively involved with the ladies, not the music. Coming to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.

  Alan Bishop

  People, Males, Bars

  "An Interview with Alan Bishop". July 1, 2008.

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• If the participants regret participating, then you won't have something that reveals some greater truth about human condition or allow some other perspective. You need people to want to be there so they can talk at length and want to continue talking to you.

  Rod Blackhurst

  Regret, Talking, Perspective

  Source: www.mtv.com

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