Direct Effect Quotes

• Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

  Beverly Sills

  Art, Indulge In, Voice

  "Beverly: An Autobiography". Book by Lawrence Linderman, 1987.

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• Education, and I regret to say this as an educator, but there's no indication that education has a direct effect on happiness.

  Derek Bok

  Regret, Educator, Effects

  "Should Governments Make Happiness A Priority?". Interview with Alison St. John, www.kpbs.org. April 26, 2011.

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• The incidence of Alzheimer's disease is growing at a pace like never before, affecting people at a younger and younger age. This is the direct effect of nuclear radiation polluting the air of our planet from the power stations and other nuclear experimentation.

  Benjamin Creme

  Alzheimer's, Air, People

  Source: www.edgemagazine.net

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• But many researchers operate as if it is their responsibility to demonstrate that video violence has a direct effect on the behaviour of young children, because that will help to explain why society is becoming more violent.

  Hugh Mackay

  Children, Responsibility, Violence

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• The direct effect on our mind is achieved by the words, the text, the thought, which arouse consideration. Our will is directly affected by the super-objective, by other objectives, by a through line of action. Our feelings are directly worked upon by tempo-rhythm.

  Constantin Stanislavski

  Feelings, Mind, Lines

  Constantin Stanislavski (2013). “Building a Character”, p.208, A&C Black

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• For every young person living on the streets tonight, there are many at home zoning out inside their homes through video games, and even more who disengage from school. These are direct effects of internalized discrimination based on their age.

  Adam Fletcher

  Home, School, Games

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• The part of the brain most affected by early stress is the prefrontal cortex, which is critical in self-regulatory activities of all kinds, both emotional and cognitive. As a result, children who grow up in stressful environments generally find it harder to concentrate, harder to sit still, harder to rebound from disappointments, and harder to follow directions. And that has a direct effect on their performance in school.

  Paul Tough

  Children, Growing Up, Disappointment

  "How Children Succeed". Book by Paul Tough, January 25, 2013.

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• Are we likely to see rising sea-levels? Not in our lifetimes or hose of our grandchildren. It is not even clear that sea-levels have risen at all. As so often in this domain, there is conflicting evidence. The melting of polar or sea ice has no direct effect.

  Don Aitkin

  Grandchildren, Ice, Sea

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• Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - difficulties, contradictions, humiliations, all the soul's miseries, her burdens, her needs - everything, because through them, she learns humility, realizes her weakness. Everything is a grace because everything is God's gift. Whatever be the character of life or its unexpected events - to the heart that loves, all is well.

  Therese of Lisieux

  Faith, Father, Inspiration

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• Coral reefs, the rain forest of the ocean, are home for one-third of the species of the sea. Coral reefs are under stress for several reasons, including warming of the ocean, but especially because of ocean acidification, a direct effect of added carbon dioxide. Ocean life dependent on carbonate shells and skeletons is threatened by dissolution as the ocean becomes more acid.

  James Hansen

  Stress, Rain, Ocean

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• I am for an art that takes into account the direct effect of the elements as they exist from day to day apart from representation.

  Robert Smithson

  Art, Elements, Accounts

  Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.155, Univ of California Press

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• Think about it: Reducing crime and poverty and ensuring that we have an educated, stable work force has a direct effect on you and me and the future of our country.

  Jane Fonda

  Country, Thinking, Poverty

  "Community-Based Doulas: A Good Investment in the Future" by Jane Fonda, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.

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• The damage that we do in the service of whatever motivates us in life has a direct effect, mostly on our kids.

  Oren Moverman

  Kids, Damage, Effects

  "Rampart Director, Oren Moverman Interview". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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