Tools Quotes - Page 7

• Sometimes I want to work with a DP, sometimes I want to work myself. I go to 35mm, 16mm, it's all the same, but it depends on what you want to tell and what are the tools you need.

  Agnes Varda

  Needs, Want, Sometimes

  Interview with Noel Murray, film.avclub.com. June 30, 2009.

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• As we discern a fine line between crank and genius, so also (and unfortunately) we must acknowledge an equally graded trajectory from crank to demagogue. When people learn no tools of judgment and merely follow their hopes, the seeds of political manipulation are sown.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  People, Political, Genius

  "An Urchin in the Storm". Book by Stephen Jay Gould. "The Quack Detector", p. 245, 1987.

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• Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities.

  Major Owens

  Technology, Community, Needs

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• Everybody should want to make sure that we have the cyber tools necessary to investigate cyber crimes, and to be prepared to defend against them and to bring people to justice who commit it.

  Janet Reno

  People, Justice, Want

  "Exit Interview: Janet Reno". Interview with Jim Lehrer, www.pbs.org. January 18, 2001.

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• I believe that education is freedom. It provides the tools to affect one's own destiny.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Believe, Destiny, I Believe

  "Online Extra: A Talk with Oprah Winfrey". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. November 29, 2004.

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• The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life. Though the hive is not part of any individual bee, it is part of the colony, both shaped by and shaping the lives of its inhabitants.

  Clay Shirky

  Use, Bees, Individual

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• We humans have indeed always been adept at dovetailing our minds and skills to the shape of our current tools and aids. But when those tools and aids start dovetailing back - when our technologies actively, automatically, and continually tailor themselves to us, just as we do to them - then the line between tool and user becomes flimsy indeed.

  Andy Clark

  Technology, Skills, Mind

  Andy Clark (2004). “Natural-born Cyborgs: Minds, Technologies, and the Future of Human Intelligence”, p.7, Oxford University Press, USA

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• I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.

  David Livermore

  Successful, Thinking, Impact

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• And I quote, Michael Cole is still a massive tool!

  Edge

  Wwe, Stills, Massive

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• Montefiore's impression of Jesus was wrong. Jesus loved the Pharisees, although He denounced them publicly. And I love the Communists, as well as their tools in the Church, although I denounce them.

  Richard Wurmbrand

  Jesus, Church, Pharisees

  Richard Wurmbrand (2017). “Tortured for Christ: 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.81, David C Cook

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• Now we understand that the most important thing we do is market the product. We've come around to saying that Nike is a marketing-oriented company, and the product is our most important marketing tool.

  Phil Knight

  Nike, Marketing, Important

  "High-Performance Marketing". Interview with Geraldine E. Willigan, hbr.org. July/August 1992.

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• I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.

  Haim Ginott

  Inspirational, Teacher, Children

  "Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom". Book by Rick Wormeli, p. 9, 2006.

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• In essence, money gives us the calories we need to survive. Over time, we became aware that exchange and cooperation increase our chances for survival. Eventually we create tools to facilitate trade. One of these tools is called money.

  Kabir Sehgal

  Essence, Giving, Survival

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Virtually every company will be going out and empowering their workers with a certain set of tools, and the big difference in how much value is received from that will be how much the company steps back and really thinks through their business processes, thinking through how their business can change, how their project management, their customer feedback, their planning cycles can be quite different than they ever were before.

  Bill Gates

  Thinking, Differences, Empowering

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• History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

  Ted Koppel

  History, Historical, Tourism

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• NVC gives us tools and understanding to create a more peaceful state of mind.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Giving, Understanding

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• As we have all said, we understand that electronic surveillance is a vital tool in the war on terror. We all want to know when Osama bin Laden is calling: when he is calling, who he is calling, and what he is saying.

  Chris Van Hollen

  War, Calling, Want

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• Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.

  Henrik Ibsen

  Literature, Pillars, Knows

  Henrik Ibsen (1961). “The Oxford Ibsen: Pillars of society. A doll's house. Ghosts”

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• I have always been interested in conducting research that yielded new methods by which to make cloth, and in developing new materials that combine craftsmanship and new technology. But the most important thing for me is to show that, ultimately, technology is not the most important tool; it is our brains, our thoughts, our hands, our bodies, which express the most essential things.

  Issey Miyake

  Technology, Hands, Brain

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• The empowerment of girls and women is an essential tool to preventing the HIV/AIDS emergency from exploding any further

  Ashley Judd

  Girl, Empowering, Empowerment

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• Michael Bloomfield was the antithesis of a collector ... he didn't care how old a guitar was; all he wanted was something that sounded good when played it ... and he cared nothing about the collectibility of an instrument ... his philosophy was "A good player can make any guitar sound good" ... to Michael, a guitar was just a tool.

  Nick Gravenites

  Music, Philosophy, Player

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• Sustainability at Nike means being laser-focused on evolving our business model to deliver profitable growth while leveraging the efficiencies of lean manufacturing, minimizing our environmental impact and using the tools available to us to bring about positive change across our entire supply chain.

  Mark Parker

  Nike, Mean, Impact

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• The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline.

  Norm Dicks

  Environmental, Decline, Endangered Species Act

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• Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade.

  Chris Chocola

  Police, Illegal, Trade

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• So as I thought about it, the most important "tool" you can have today in business is insatiable curiosity. The minute you lose it, you're dead.

  Steve Rubel

  Business, Curiosity, Important

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