Discussion Quotes - Page 33

• The themes that the anti-globalization protesters bring to the discussion are of extraordinary importance. However, the theses that they often bring to it, sometimes in the form of slogans, are often oversimple.

  Amartya Sen

  Sometimes, Globalization, Form

  Interview with David Barsamian, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. September 29, 2011.

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• I'm abstaining from romance and the discussion of romance.

  Lauren Mayberry

  Romance, Abstaining

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• FAQ regarding my book were not about my use of commas or how the images went berserk, but about the political situation in Bosnia, about guilt and shame, about victims and perpetrators, about reasons, arguments and beliefs that led to the conflict in the first place, etc. All of this needed and still needs answering and ongoing discussions, but I mostly felt overwhelmed and unqualified to articulate anything worth more than personal experiences of the siege, of fear and refuge - all the things which I wrote about anyway.

  Sasa Stanisic

  Book, Political, Guilt

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

  Robert Schwentke

  Screenplays, Documents

  "Director Robert Schwentke Interview THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. August 10, 2009.

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• This whole notion that the robot has to declare nuclear war is one part of the discussion, but it may not be reality. Reality is, maybe it can empathize to a far greater degree than we can and experience a way wider range of emotions. So, why not have a robot that can do that?

  Neill Blomkamp

  War, Reality, Degrees

  Source: collider.com

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• You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

  Todd Lieberman

  Character, People, Stories

  Source: collider.com

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• When the entire country was watching one show there was a major discussion happening; is it possible for that to happen in a 1 million channel universe?

  Judd Apatow

  Country, Shows, Happens

  "Judd Apatow: ‘Love’ was made for the Netflix binge, and ‘Girls’ should be weekly". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. February 17, 2016.

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• As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion.

  Wayne Flynt

  Teacher, School, Icons

  "Harper Lee Remembered As Reclusive". "Weekend Edition Saturday" with Linda Wertheimer, www.npr.org. February 20, 2016.

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• We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces. All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Special, Phases, Planning

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• Knowing about the neurobiological and evolutionary basis for social behavior can soften the arrogance and self-righteousness that often attends discussions of morality. It may help us all to think a little more carefully and rationally.

  Patricia Churchland

  Thinking, Self, Knowing

  "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.

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• We take Aristotle seriously not when we write about his ideas, but when we take his ideas as part of our discussions.

  Jay L. Garfield

  Writing, Ideas

  "Buddhist howls". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. December 28, 2012.

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• I suggest in my own discussion of this episode, Mann invites us to set the attempt to philosophize about his predicament in the context of Aschenbach's life. The literary presentation thus adds to the naked philosophical skeleton.

  Philip Kitcher

  Philosophical, Skeletons, Naked

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• I suspect that any worthwhile exploration of these deep questions about living requires going beyond abstract discussions to the vivid presentation of possibilities. If readers are to be prompted to serious examination of their lives, anatomy isn't enough. We have to be stimulated to imagine, in some detail, what it would be like to live in particular ways.

  Philip Kitcher

  Details, Would Be, Examination

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• When I think about discussions at the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, a group which includes not only philosophers and psychologists, but also computer scientists and linguists, it is noteworthy that one can't always tell just from the content of particular contributions from the audience, whether a given questioner is a philosopher or an empirical scientist.

  Hilary Kornblith

  Philosophy, Thinking, Psychology

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• When most people turn on their TVs, they don't expect a frank discussion of philosophical ideas in their practical context. Or any context.

  David O. Russell

  Philosophical, Ideas, People

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I think if religion closes discussion or exchange of ideas or curiosity about other views, it's not true to its core.

  David O. Russell

  Thinking, Views, Ideas

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• I am kind of like the guide, the leader of this discussion. It could be from me, it could be from other people, it could be a mixture. It's a real sort of guild. I lead it and direct it and inspire it.

  Rei Kawakubo

  Real, People, Leader

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm a follower of the Christ path, and that opens a huge discussion about what we even mean by words like "Christian."

  Barbara Brown Taylor

  Christian, Mean, Followers

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• As a filmmaker, you are constantly having the discussion with your team about whether something is "relatable".

  Chris Milk

  Team, Filmmaker, Relatable

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal shame, something it seems she would want us to forget (but no one would forget). (Maybe an interesting "discussion question" for readers of Complicated Grief might be, "What do Terry Barton and Miss Havisham have in common?"?)

  Laura Mullen

  Grief, Interesting, Missing

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I think with President Obama there's going to be a discussion, because he himself is multiracial, because we have for the first time a non-white president. There's going to be talk about what does this mean? What is it? Are we in a new era?

  Michael Emerson

  Mean, Thinking, White

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think it's going to open up a wider place for a discussion about we ought to come together in our churches, in our neighborhoods, in our work places, in our clubs and our networks. I think it'll be more acceptable to talk about it. We'll see what happens. It'll take some time. But I think it will.

  Michael Emerson

  Thinking, Together, Church

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Any discussion of investment or putting monetary value on the environment must start with the populations who rely on those resources.

  Helene D. Gayle

  Population, Environment, Investment

  Source: bigthink.com

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• You know, or three kinds of ice cream bars and you'd see this and like this... okay they could clearly benefit from some more choices and I remember having these discussions with the Japanese because they you know they often like to go to Hawaii for vacation because it was definitely much cheaper for them and I would ask them, "So when you go to Hawaii, you know do eat all these other things?"

  Sheena Iyengar

  Vacation, Ice Cream, Choices

  Big Think Interview, bigthink.com.

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• "Win" is about the specific use of specific words to connect you to your employer or employees, politicians to voters - and frankly, to help people win debates, have discussions, and improve the level of communication.

  Frank Luntz

  Communication, Winning, People

  "Frank Luntz: How To 'Win' With Smart Messaging". Interview with Neal Conan, www-s4.npr.org. March 8, 2011.

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