Flexibility Quotes - Page 7

• A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind.

  Lewis Mumford

  Inspirational, Motivational, Courage

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• Washington is still very much a male-oriented culture. Being from Los Angeles, I think it is less so there - there is less attachment to tradition, perhaps, there is more flexibility, more acceptance of change generally. That is partly because of Hollywood.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Acceptance, Thinking, Attachment

  "Dee Dee Myers : Press Secretary to an Administration Full of Talkers". Interview with Thomas B. Rosenstiel, articles.latimes.com. March 20, 1994.

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• Today the demands are for even higher standards in the quality of care, for greater flexibility and convenience in treatment times, and for more prevention through screening and health checks.

  Lucy Powell

  Quality, Prevention, Demand

  "Labour created the NHS and has safeguarded its future" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2008.

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• I run a lot. I do a lot of yoga. Hot yoga. Which is random and sounds lame, but it has definitely made my flexibility and balance 100 percent better on my skateboard. I do that and a lot of plyometric, biometrics, and surf. I train every other day of the week and skate for an hour everyday.

  Ryan Sheckler

  Running, Yoga, Everyday

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• Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Love, Nature, Fate

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• The euro is good for Europe. But only if there is flexibility all around.

  Milton Friedman

  Europe, Euro, Ifs

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• The Christian church has a long history of gradually absorbing scientific perspectives and new discoveries. It seems to me that, in fact, that has been one of the strengths of Christianity - it has ultimately had great flexibility in absorbing new information about the world that we get from science.

  George Coyne

  Christian, Discovery, Long

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• The competition to hire the best will increase in the years ahead. Companies that give extra flexibility to their employees will have the edge in this area.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Giving, Competition

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• In both life and work, stay flexible. Whether in a country, a company, or a family, the same holds true: Dictatorship and rigidity rarely work. Freedom and elasticity do.

  Robert Mondavi

  Country, Rigidity, Dictatorship

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• I didn't come to Nashville to put on a cowboy hat and pretend to be a country singer. My attraction to Nashville as Music City is the variety and flexibility: the fact that there's so many musicians at your disposal, so many amazing studios and talented people that you can draw from. ... I try to be myself, but at the same time I'm learning a lot, and I'm pulling from not only from the well of inspiration that I'm getting from Nashville, but I'm pulling from my roots.

  John Oates

  Country, Inspiration, Cowboy

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• The bones and tendons of the mind are mindfulness and awareness. Mindfulness is the mind’s strength, and awareness is its flexibility. Without these abilities, we cannot function. When we drink a glass of water, drive a car, or have a conversation, we are using mindfulness and awareness.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Glasses, Water, Car

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• Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well, maybe on an unpaid basis, let them do it. That sort of flexibility I think is incredibly important because most of our time, we spend at work.

  Richard Branson

  Golf, Thinking, Two

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• Developing protectionism regarding trade and our reluctance to place fiscal policy on a more sustainable path are threatening what may well be our most valued policy asset: the increased flexibility of our economy, which has fostered our extraordinary resilience to shocks.

  Alan Greenspan

  Resilience, Fiscal Policy, May

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• The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise.

  Russ Carnahan

  Agency, Shining, Example

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• The main problem with rail is flexibility and affordability.

  Mark Noble

  Problem, Affordability, Rail

  Source: www.columbusunderground.com

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• We have developed this capability. The heavy-water project today is a reality. This knowledge belongs to Iran. Nobody can take it from us. As they (Europeans) see Iran's determination, they will be forced to show flexibility and accept it.

  Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

  Determination, Reality, Iran

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• When the government tries to run innovation, sometimes it does it well and sometimes it doesn't. So setting up a situation where the market runs innovation, which is a cap-and-trade idea, may well have more flexibility.

  Stewart Brand

  Running, Ideas, Government

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.

  Reid Hoffman

  Persistence, Ideas, Use

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• I just really enjoying creating in general; I used to also write stories and play music and do different crafts, but illustration ended up being the creative outlet that I focused on for my career. I feel like illustration gives me the flexibility to tackle more abstract or loose ideas, as well as just enjoy the process of putting time into developing a skill.

  Julie Dillon

  Writing, Illustration, Play

  Interview with Loraine Sammy, www.apex-magazine.com. March 4, 2014.

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• Russia does continue to battle us in the U.N. time and time again. I have clear eyes on this. I'm not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia, or Mr. (Russian President Vladimir) Putin. And I'm certainly not going to say to him, I'll give you more flexibility after the election. After the election, he'll get more backbone.

  Mitt Romney

  Eye, Russia, Glasses

  "Еhe third debate between President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney". www.npr.org. October 22, 2012.

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• The 'coming of the Self' is an apocalypse for the ego, the 'you' that wants to hang along for the ride. It may be that the only way to survive the Apocalypse is to undergo it, first, within your own being.

  Daniel Pinchbeck

  Self, Grace, Ego

  Daniel Pinchbeck (2007). “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, p.120, Penguin

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• The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.

  Max Euwe

  Titles, Machines, Chess

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• A battering ram can knock down a city wall, but it cannot stop a hole. Different things have different uses.

  Zhuangzi

  Wall, Cities, Rams

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• U.S. assistance provides the Jordanian government needed flexibility to pursue policies that are of critical importance to U.S. national security and to foreign policy objectives in the Middle East.

  Richard Armitage

  Government, Middle East, Importance

  "Documents: U.S. condoned Iraq oil smuggling". edition.cnn.com. February 3, 2005.

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• Training the will in trivial and grave matters increases its strength and flexibility, and enables man to constantly strive and persevere.

  Ameen Rihani

  Men, Training, Matter

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