Problem Solvers Quotes - Page 2

• Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

  Chadwick Boseman

  Guy, Problem, Strategy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It is obvious that mathematics needs both sorts of mathematicians, theory-builders and problem-solvers.

  Timothy Gowers

  Needs, Problem, Mathematics

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• E governance can bring minimum government and maximum governance. It is easy, effective and economic governance. It brings empowerment, equity and efficiency of the economy. It is a very useful field that can be the greatest problem solver of the people.

  Narendra Modi

  Government, People, Empowerment

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• We are here as local information harvesters, local problem-solvers in support of the integrity of eternally regenerative Universe. The fact that we get away from physical problems doesn't mean we go away from problems. The problems are really rarely physical.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Integrity, Mean, Support

  "Only Integrity is Going to Count". Book by R. Buckminster Fuller, 1983.

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• The rationale for accepting or rejecting any theory is thus fundamentally based on the idea of problem-solving progress. If one research tradition has solved more important problems than its rivals, then accepting that tradition is rational precisely to the degree that we are aiming to "progress," i.e., to maximize the scope f solved problems. In other words, the choice of one tradition over its rivals is a progressive (and thus a rational) choice precisely to the extent that the chosen tradition is a better problem solver than its rivals.

  Larry Laudan

  Science, Ideas, Choices

  Larry Laudan (1978). “Progress and Its Problems: Towards a Theory of Scientific Growth”, p.109, Univ of California Press

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• The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless victim. This is well within your power, whatever fate might have dealt you.

  Martha Beck

  Hero, Fate, Important

  Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.96, Harmony

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• I think being a producer makes you a problem solver, so you kind of go, "Well there's a problem. What do we do? How do we solve it?"

  Laura Ziskin

  Thinking, Kind, Problem

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• When we strive to remove all risk from childhood we also remove the foundations of a rational adulthood, and we eliminate the very experiences that will help kids grow up to be the empowered, creative, brave problem-solvers that they can and must be.

  Gever Tulley

  Growing Up, Kids, Childhood

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• In the culture of America, in a free culture, you get what you celebrate. And in this culture, we have two obsessions, become a group that becomes a group that celebrates sports heroes and entertainment heroes. There's no room left for kids to see even a little bit of the opportunities to really, really get excited about becoming an inventor, an engineer, or a scientist, a problem solver.

  Dean Kamen

  Sports, Hero, Kids

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. June 9, 2009.

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• I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

  Herman Cain

  Politics, Problem, Politician

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• I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver, and I believe we should cut the salaries of senators and congressmen 10 percent until they balance the budget. I call that conservative common sense.

  Herman Cain

  Believe, Cutting, Common Sense

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• Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios.

  John Sununu

  Country, Educational, America

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• Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we chase. We are problem-solvers. We must be continuously tested and we continuously test ourselves. And it will not end until our lives end because of life itself.

  Art Buchwald

  Running, Tests, Doe

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• I think of myself as a problem-solver. I want to go in and help the director and the writer to get the best they can out of the text they're working with.

  Michael Emerson

  Thinking, Directors, Want

  "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. May 16, 2012.

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• I write very raw, ugly, illiterate first drafts very quickly (novels are always in first draft in under a year) and then I spend years and years fine-tuning, revising, editing, etc. What inspires me? Who knows. I am not inspired that much. That’s why I write long form fiction - I am not much of a short story writer. Ideas come seldom, but when a good one comes, I really stick to it and see it out. I’m a problem-solver - I've never thrown out an entire manuscript; I've always forced myself to repair it until it was a lovable thing again.

  Porochista Khakpour

  Writing, Editing, Years

  "Beyond Diaspora: Porochista Khakpour". Interview with Roxanne Naseem Rashedi, lareviewofbooks.org. February 17, 2013.

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• The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

  Gay Talese

  Inspirational, Real, Team

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• If you wish to learn swimming you have to go into the water and if you wish to become a problem solver you have to solve problems.

  George Polya

  Swimming, Water, Wish

  George Polya (1981). “Mathematical Discovery”, John Wiley & Sons Incorporated

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• Diverse groups of problem solvers outperformed the groups of the best individuals at solving complex problems. The reason: the diverse groups got stuck less often than the smart individuals, who tended to think similarly.

  Scott E. Page

  Smart, Thinking, Collaboration

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• Young people often serve as scapegoats for the challenges communities face. At the same time, they are routinely pushed away from connecting to their communities as serious problem-solvers capable of changing the world.

  Adam Fletcher

  People, Community, Challenges

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• I think I've done more right than wrong on foreign policy. I've criticized the president for being weak and indecisive. I've been a problem solver in Washington and I think I've got something to offer the party and nation.

  Lindsey Graham

  Party, Thinking, President

  "Sen. Graham on security of our nation's capital, 2016 plans; Sen. Sanders ready to challenge Hillary Clinton?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 19, 2015.

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• I'm a problem-solver.

  Madeleine Albright

  Problem

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• Often a successful problem-solver is one who creates a new context in which to view the problem. This can often be done by directing one's attention away from the distracting details of the difficulty. From a detached perspective, we may examine the situation in a new or different light and, after exploring information and options, choose an appropriate course of action.

  John Templeton

  Successful, Light, Often Is

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• I don't care what the political establishment says, Republican, Democrat - I'm a problem solver.

  Elizabeth Emken

  Political, Care, Problem

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• Thinking - in particular abstract thinking, which most of us are introduced to through the study of mathematics and literature - helps us learn that we can become problem solvers.

  Kathryn Lasky

  Thinking, Literature, Helping

  "An Interview With Kathryn Lasky About Marie Antoinette: Princess of Versailles". Interview with Richard F. Abrahamson, www.scholastic.com.

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• Some urge we do nothing because we can't be certain how bad the (climate) problem might become or they presume the worst effects are most likely to occur in our grandchildren's lifetime. I'm a proud conservative, and I reject that kind of live-for-today, 'me generation,' attitude. It is unworthy of us and incompatible with our reputation as visionaries and problem solvers. Americans have never feared change. We make change work for us.

  John McCain

  Attitude, Grandchildren, Live For Today

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