Concrete Quotes - Page 17

• With all the conceptual truths in the universe at His disposal [Jesus] did not give them something to think about together when He was gone. Instead, He gave them concrete things to do - specific ways of being together in their bodies - that would go on teaching them what they needed to know when He was no longer around to teach them Himself ... "Do this" He said - not believe this but do this - "in remembrance of me.

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Jesus, Teaching, Believe

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• Every religion I know of has changed its views with respect to concrete controversies over long periods of time. People's views about the morality of homosexuality are likely to undergo some change, even though they're making judgments based on their religious beliefs. Because in fact, religion is an extremely durable, and yet flexible, way of trying to apprehend what's good and what's bad in the world. In fact, its durability comes from its flexibility. Now, speaking from inside a religion, it's hard to talk that way.

  Jack Balkin

  Religious, Views, Long

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• History makes one wise, but not competent to solve concrete problems.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Wise, Problem, Solve

  Ludwig Von Mises (1960). “Epistemological Problems of Economics”, p.78, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• The secret of the creative life is how to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. We're all in the dirty laundry business and we're being paid to take risks and look silly. Race car drivers get paid to risk their lives in a more concrete way; we get paid to risk our lives in an emotional way.

  Paul Schrader

  Silly, Dirty, Emotional

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• Very simply, a platform is the thing you stand on to get heard. It's your stage. But unlike a stage in a theatre, today's platform is not built of wood or concrete or perched on a grassy hill. Today's platform is built of people. Contacts. Connections. Followers.

  Michael Hyatt

  People, Theatre, Connections

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• A small win is a concrete, complete, implemented outcome of moderate importance. By itself, one small win may seem unimportant. A series of wins at small but significant tasks, however, reveals a pattern that may attract allies, deter opponents, and lower resistance to subsequent proposals. Small wins are controllable opportunities that produce visible results.

  Karl E. Weick

  Winning, Opportunity, Opponents

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• [Vladimir] Putin spoke unabashedly about the importance of national sovereignty in Syria, a concept apparently near and dear to his heart, unless it comes to the sovereignty of Georgia, Ukraine or any other country in which he intervenes. Then he offered his cooperation, but without making any concrete concessions at all. And he didn't have to, either. He knows what he can rely on. He has assets that are more valuable than words: He has tanks in Ukraine, fighter jets in Syria - and Barack Obama in the White House.

  Garry Kasparov

  Country, Heart, White

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Pick up a camera and start shooting. You need to wade in in order to figure out how to move forward and do something concrete. I firmly believe that a lot dynamic and revolutionary work flows from those who summon all of their personal energy and just go out and make something.

  Andrew Neel

  Believe, Moving, Order

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• All Buddhas preach emptiness. Why? Because they wish to crush the concrete ideas of the students. If a student even clings to an idea of emptiness, he betrays all Buddhas.

  Bodhidharma

  Crush, Ideas, Wish

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• Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to conceive of the source of wealth or of the motivation of those who produce it.

  Ayn Rand

  Motivation, Greed, Wealth

  Ayn Rand (1966). “Capitalism, the Unknown Ideal”, Signet Book

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• I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk!

  Natalie Goldberg

  Dog, Writing, Somewhere Else

  Natalie Goldberg (2011). “Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer’s Craft”, p.78, Open Road Media

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• Each particular being, in its individuality, its concrete nature and entity, with all its own characteristics and its private qualities and its own inviolable identity, gives glory to God by being precisely what He wants it to be here and now, in the circumstances ordained for it by His Love and His infinite Art.

  Thomas Merton

  Art, Giving, Individuality

  Thomas Merton (2007). “New Seeds of Contemplation”, p.30, New Directions Publishing

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• Good web text has a lot in common with good print text. It's plain, concise, concrete and 'transparent': even on a personal site the text shouldn't draw attention to itself, only to its subject.

  Crawford Kilian

  Attention, Common, Site

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• Globalization really is a concrete, fundamental fact in everybody's lives, and you really see that come to life in soccer stadiums.

  Franklin Foer

  Soccer, Fundamentals, Facts

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Life on the planet and in our galaxy is so complex, I don't hope to have any substantial effect in it, but if I can touch a few people deep in their psyche, by making my personal subjective journey concrete for others, then I am very happy.

  Roger Ballen

  Journey, People, Planets

  "Roger Ballen and The Making of The Room". Interview with Caia Hagel, logger.believermag.com. October 16, 2013.

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• That's precisely the reason we need less paper and more concrete political decisions - the protection of endangeres species is not some luxury item by Gucci or Hermès, for people who have no problems.

  Klaus Topfer

  Luxury, People, Decision

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• When your head is smashing into the concrete you don't have question about whether it's a real sensation. And ultimately, that's what's going to unmake us all - smashing up against the physical reality of death and decay, and being unmade.

  Will Sheff

  Real, Decay, Smashing

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• The concrete is better than the abstract. The detail is better than the commonplace. The sensual [through the senses] is better than the intellectual. The visual is better than the mental.

  Ellen Hunnicutt

  Intellectual, Sensual, Details

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• There aren't any concrete steps to becoming a comic.

  Cristela Alonzo

  Becoming, Steps, Comic

  "Five Things to Know About ABC's 'Cristela'" by Bryn Elise Sandberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 10, 2014.

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• You can try to change New York, but it's like Jay-Z says: Concrete bunghole where dreams are made up, there's nothing you can do.

  LIZ

  Dream, New York, Trying

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• If you simply announce that things are irrational, then that alone doesnt get you very far. You have to replace rational agents with some concrete notion of what it means to be irrational.

  Lars Peter Hansen

  Mean, Agents, Irrational

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• When a mother comes home with her new baby, she will find her abstractions are all concrete now. 'Freedom' now means being able to take a shower. 'Mobility' means being able to reach the glass of water on the dresser while not breaking the baby's suction on the breast. 'Flexibility' means being able to push the Record function on the VCR without dropping the baby.

  Marni Jackson

  Mother, Baby, Mean

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• Concrete examples of successful women and their stories of achievement are the best inspiration and [means of] empowerment for other women to seek the heights in their professional career and take a leading role in society.

  Dalia Grybauskaite

  Inspiration, Mean, Successful

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• The time has come to put into practice the charity taught by the masters and priests of all times. The words said between the pigeons' cooing under the sacred porticos of all the temples should now turn into concrete reality.

  Samael Aun Weor

  Reality, Practice, Charity

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• Can one be a saint if God does not exist? That is the only concrete problem I know of today.

  Albert Camus

  Atheist, Atheism, Doe

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