Crucial Quotes - Page 24

• Looking more deeply at the emergence of ISIS or the chaos that exists in Syria, Yemen and Libya would clearly raise crucial doubts about reliance on military intervention and drone warfare as adequate counterterrorist responses and would call attention to the detrimental effects of US "special relationships" with Israel and Saudi Arabia.

  Richard A. Falk

  Military, Israel, Isis

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• The silences express so much and are so crucial in music, and prose does not allow for the creation of these silences, these white spaces on the page or the computer screen.

  Pattiann Rogers

  White, Space, Silence

  "A Conversation with Pattiann Rogers". Interview with Carolyn Perry, Wayne Zade, poems.com. 2009.

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• Once we admit that the public sector takes an immense amount of risk along the entire innovation chain, it becomes crucial to find ways to share both risks and rewards.

  Mariana Mazzucato

  Innovation, Risk, Way

  "What the Steve Jobs Movie Won't Tell You About Apple's Success". Interview with Lynn Parramore, www.ineteconomics.org. October 23, 2015.

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• University presidents should be loud and forceful in defending the university as a social good, essential to the democratic culture and economy of a nation. They should be criticizing the prioritizing of funds for military and prison expenditures over funds for higher education. And this argument should be made as a defense of education, as a crucial public good, and it should be taken seriously. But they aren't making these arguments.

  Henry Giroux

  Military, Taken, President

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• We need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible.

  Henry Giroux

  Mean, Thoughtful, Issues

  "Higher Education Under Attack: An Interview With Henry A. Giroux". Interview with C. Cryn Johannsen, truthout.org. April 22, 2011.

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• I do feel it's crucial that women's opinions be taken equally with men's. But still'I have not been accepted by the American white feminist writers and activists, and frankly I don't care to be, so I am a womanist. I am feisty and I am given to womanish behavior.

  Kola Boof

  Taken, Men, White

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• Empathy is a human trait. But lots of humans exercise some traits more energetically than others. By "the usefulness of empathy" I mean the way in which a progressive might claim that empathy is a crucial aspect of any benign political system, and the way a conservative might argue that not only is it not necessary, but it might not even be all that helpful, in that regard.

  Jim Shepard

  Mean, Exercise, Empathy

  Source: therumpus.net

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• Soaps might not be the most highly regarding medium but it was a crucial springboard for me and I am forever grateful for it.

  Sherri Saum

  Grateful, Forever, Might

  Source: 411mania.com

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• It is crucial for the future of the Black liberation struggle that we remain ever mindful that ours is a shared struggle, that we are each other's fate.

  Bell Hooks

  Struggle, Fate, Black

  bell hooks, Cornel West (2016). “Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life”, p.41, Routledge

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• When the seasons change, we experience a sympathetic internal shift. All life-forms open themselves up to receive cosmic redirection from nature during these crucial seasonal transitions, so we are likely to be more vulnerable and unsettled.

  Maya Tiwari

  Transition, Vulnerable, Form

  Maya Tiwari (2002). “Path of Practice: Ayurvedic Book of Healing with Food, Breath and Sound”, p.349, Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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• Most of us would agree that the important thing about Jesus is not his supposed miraculous birth or the claim that he was resurrected from death, but rather how he lived. The power of his love, the penetrating simplicity of his teachings, and the force of his example of service on behalf of the disenfranchised and downtrodden are what is crucial.

  Forrest Church

  Jesus, Teaching, Simplicity

  John Beuhrens, Forrest Church (1998). “A Chosen Faith: An Introduction to Unitarian Universalism”, p.7, Beacon Press

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• Word-of-mouth marketing is a crucial component of organic growth for startups and one of the primary ways that Weebly has grown to over 15 million customers.

  David Rusenko

  Growth, Marketing, Mouths

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• We are at a point in history where a proper attention to space, and especially near space, may be absolutely crucial in bringing the world together.

  Margaret Mead

  Space, Together, Attention

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• Rooting in work is crucial to any accomplishment. Rooting in mere enthusiasm will in the long run force illusory measures to keep the fires of empty enthusiasm going. And this makes politics and politicians.

  Wilhelm Reich

  Running, Fire, Long

  Writings by Wilhelm Reich, April 19, 1951.

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• At this crucial crossroads of history, we join to call on the world to recognize that violence begets violence; that nuclear proliferation benefits no one; that we can, we will, and we must find other ways to protect ourselves, our nations and our future: for it is not sufficient to have peace in our time, but, instead, we must leave a peaceful world to our children.

  David Saperstein

  Religious, Children, Peaceful

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• Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the public be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. The marketing immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing powder.

  Jean Baudrillard

  Mistake, Government, Effort

  Jean Baudrillard (1989). “America”, p.109, Verso

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• Every day the eye is subject to a thousand tiny shocks as a thousand industries compete for the eye-kick, the visual hook that will lock the consumer into product for that crucial second where the tiny - or not so tiny - leap of the imagination is made.

  Graham Joyce

  Eye, Imagination, Tiny

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• Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.

  Anne Cassidy

  Children, Growing Up, Believe

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• It’s one thing if you are a luxury brand and have been around for 60 years and can weather the retail storm we’ve had, but if you are a new brand that’s just starting out — whether you are a writer or a retailer — innovating through social media is crucial. Those that are hidden and guarded will not progress.

  Kelly Cutrone

  Years, Weather, Luxury

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• Focus alone is not enough; putting in the time to commit is also crucial to achieve success.

  Warren Buffett

  Focus, Enough, Achieve

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• The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We've removed an ally of al Qaeda.

  George W. Bush

  Iraq, President, Allies

  Announces End of Major Combat Operations in Iraq, delivered 1 May 2003 from the USS Abraham Lincoln, off the coast of San Diego, CA

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• When you parent, it's crucial you realize you aren't raising a "mini me," but a spirit throbbing with its own signature. For this reason, it's important to separate who you are from who each of your children is. Children aren't ours to possess or own in any way. When we know this in the depths of our soul, we tailor our raising of them to their needs, rather than molding them to fit our needs.

  Shefali Tsabary

  Children, Parent, Soul

  "The Conscious Parent: Transforming Ourselves, Empowering Our Children". Book by Shefali Tsabary, November 1, 2010.

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• Making mistakes and learning from them is crucial to winning.

  Dave Ramsey

  Mistake, Winning, Making Mistakes

  Dave Ramsey (2011). “EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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• In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous, precise prose brings to life an amazing cast of characters, including Sherwood Anderson, and the often deadly battles of Prohibition. The Wettest County in the World is a remarkably compelling, highly intelligent, and deeply moving novel.

  Margot Livesey

  Moving, Character, Intelligent

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• Light and color are closely linked. The colors can make a crucial change in nature, if you switch from daylight to artificial light or just from strong to weak illumination. In addition, color perception is affected by the material structure. Even if a piece of textile can have the same color as a shiny enamel plate, then they will act completely different.

  Verner Panton

  Strong, Light, Illumination

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