Factors Quotes - Page 40

• Pessimists see problems as stemming from stable and universal causes, thus making them less susceptible to corrective action. Optimists, in contrast, view problems as temporary and resulting from specific factors that will either change or be changed.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Views, Optimism, Causes

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• The power efficiency of computing has improved by a factor of a billion from the ENIAC computer of the 1950s to today's handheld devices. Fundamental physics indicates that it should be possible to compute even another billion times more efficiently. That would put the power of all of today's present computers in the palm of your hand. That says to me that the age of computing really hasn't even begun yet.

  R. Stanley Williams

  Hands, Age, Fundamentals

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• There are two different conceptions about the nature of the universe: (1) the world as a unity dependent on humanity; (2) the world as a reality independent of the human factor.

  Albert Einstein

  Independent, Reality, Two

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.327, Princeton University Press

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• The greatest admission a human can make is that perhaps he does not have the intelligence, the vision, the grasp to fully understand the universe, and that perhaps no human ever will. To put it all down to some omnipotent deity is a cop-out. Factor in fairy tales of an afterlife and it becomes a comforting cop-out.

  Neal Asher

  Afterlife, Comforting, Vision

  Neal Asher (2009). “The Line of Polity”, p.261, Pan Macmillan

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• I strongly believe as a mother, as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism and some of it is very much the chemicals in our environment and in our food.

  Kelly Preston

  Mother, Husband, Believe

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• If I don't get the goose-bump factor when I'm reading it than I can't do it.

  Russell Crowe

  Reading, Bumps, Geese

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• I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of Jim Crow and slavery has not gone away. It is not an accident that African-Americans experience high crime rates, are poor, and have less wealth. It is a direct result of our racial history.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Believe, Race

  "On the Road with Barack Obama". www.essence.com. December, 16, 2009.

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• Any creative work that is truly alive is influenced by a thousand chance factors in its generation.

  Starhawk

  Creative, Generations, Alive

  Starhawk (1999). “Spiral Dance: Slipcase”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• A straight factor is important in any comedy, because you need something to tee it up and also to ground it.

  Jason Bateman

  Important, Needs, Comedy

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• You know what? I never really factor Hollywood into anything. I'm a black actor, so I can't really control what Hollywood thinks. I gotta go do my thing, and my jokes have got to be funny. Whatever I do has got to be great.

  Jamie Foxx

  Funny, Thinking, Black

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• She's (Christy Martin) voluptuous and intoxicating no smear lipstick. Here's a woman who pounds it out and her lipstick don't smear. Revlon should jump on that like white on rice, you know what I mean? Max Factor, Elizabeth Arden.

  Don King

  Mean, White, Max

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• I believe the earth gets warmer, and I also believe the earth gets cooler, and I think history points out that it does that and that the idea that man through the production of CO2 which is a trace gas in the atmosphere and the manmade part of that trace gas is itself a trace gas is somehow responsible for climate change is, I think, just patently absurd when you consider all of the other factors.

  Rick Santorum

  Believe, Men, Thinking

  "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. June 8, 2011.

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• I love Fear Factor, but I think they're running out of fears. It's only a matter of time before they're sitting around doing shots of Hepatitis C.

  Dave Attell

  Running, Thinking, Sitting

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• A critical factor in its success was that the X developers were willing to give the sources away for free in accordance with the hacker ethic, and able to distribute them over the Internet.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Giving, Able, Ethics

  Eric S. Raymond (2001). “The Cathedral & the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary”, p.12, "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

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• Lisp was far more powerful and flexible than any other language of its day; in fact, it is still a better design than most languages of today, twenty-five years later. Lisp freed ITS's hackers to think in unusual and creative ways. It was a major factor in their successes, and remains one of hackerdom's favorite languages.

  Eric S. Raymond

  Powerful, Thinking, Years

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• It is no accident that television has been dominated by a handful of corporate powers. Neither is it accidental that television has been used to re-create human beings into a new form that matches the artificial, commercial environment. A conspiracy of technological and economic factors made this inevitable and continue to.

  Jerry Mander

  Television, Environment, Conspiracy

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• Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.

  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  War, Successful, Morale

  Dwight D. Eisenhower (1948). “Crusade in Europe”

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• I'm a big fan of all those singing competition shows. Most recently, I've been into The Voice. It's one of my secrets! And I'm definitely looking forward to The X Factor, especially because I'm a huge Simon Cowell fan. Personally, I sing for fun, but mainly in the shower, when I'm alone. Other people definitely do not want to hear me sing.

  Taylor Lautner

  Fun, Voice, People

  "Taylor Lautner Talks TV Guilty Pleasures 'The X Factor,' 'The Voice'". www.hollywoodreporter.com. September 6, 2011.

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• Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Different, Way, Helping

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• Its an honor to be a part of such a legendary group of stars representing Max Factor, such as Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe, ... Im so excited to start working on the campaign.

  Carmen Electra

  Stars, Honor, Groups

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• One reason milk consumption may lead to cancer risk is insulin-like growth factor, IGF-1 (not to be confused with bovine growth hormone, rBGH). Milk contains IGF-1 for good reason: milk is designed for babies, and IGF-1 helps us grow. IGF-1 affects growth, as well as other functions, and is normally found in our blood. Higher levels of IGF-1, however, appear to stimulate cancer cells.

  Alison Stewart

  Baby, Cancer, Confused

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• I definitely think the European weather has more of a factor than the European clay. I think the European weather changes from week to week, I mean, last year it was sunny and hot and this week it's kind of playing tricks on us a little bit. I definitely think that is a factor.

  Andy Roddick

  Mean, Thinking, Years

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• All of the factors that make up a quality city - safe streets, high paying jobs, strong neighborhoods, etc. - emanate from a strong educational premise.

  Alan Autry

  Strong, Jobs, Educational

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• This is a limiting factor in the way we have been able to help, ... We need to determine to what extent does an 'emergency declaration' go.

  Richard Burr

  Doe, Needs, Able

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• Successful investors tend to be unemotional, allowing the greed and fear of others to play into their hands. By having confidence in their own analysis and judgement, they respond to market forces not with blind emotion but with calculated reason. Successful investors, for example, demonstrate caution in frothy markets and steadfast conviction in panicky ones. Indeed, the very way an investor views the market and it’s price fluctuations is a key factor in his or her ultimate investment success or failure.

  Seth Klarman

  Successful, Keys, Views

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