Peers Quotes - Page 23

• Indians are very racist. It's deeply ingrained. But there is so much pressure by peer groups, magazines, billboards and TV adverts that perpetuate this idea that fair is the ideal.

  Nandita Das

  Ideas, Groups, Racist

  "India's unfair obsession with lighter skin" by Monisha Rajesh, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2013.

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• Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.'

  Chris Bosh

  Leader, Looks, Tone

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• Any media-brainwashed automaton can summon the insipid courage to peer into the horrifying abyss. But it takes a freaking genius with a fearless imagination to peer into the maw of happiness.

  Rob Brezsny

  Media, Imagination, Fearless

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• But it is as silly to think about peer-to-peer as applying just to music as it would have been to think about the Internet as applying just to pornography. Whatever the initial use of the technology, it has nothing to do with the potential of the architecture to serve many other extremely important functions.

  Lawrence Lessig

  Silly, Technology, Thinking

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• Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.

  Tony Robbins

  Love You, Clue, Power Of Love

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• During my 8 years as chairman, I had the privilege to peer into the future to see dynamic citizen astronauts returning to and from the heavens which we can expect in the future.

  Dana Rohrabacher

  Years, House, Heaven

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• The ugly reality is that peer pressure reaches its greatest intensity at just the age when kids tend to be most insensitive and cruel.

  Walt Mueller

  Kids, Reality, Age

  Walt Mueller (1999). “Understanding Today's Youth Culture”, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• During the time that my recording career seemed to be in a slump a music called disco came on the scene and literally took over radio stations as well as having radio stations created to play it which sort of negated my music as well as that of some of my peers.

  Dionne Warwick

  Play, Careers, Slumps

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• I had said before that I'd never write an autobiography because I've been around, and there's a lot that I've seen and heard that stays with me. That's just mine. I didn't want to do a kiss-and-tell, as some of my peers have.

  Dionne Warwick

  Writing, Kissing, Want

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• Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art of Suffering, provides a safety net. An individual will push harder and risk more in the company of trustworthy peers.

  Mark Twight

  Art, Pain, Safety

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• We don't always endorse what businesses sell through Stripe, but we do think it's critical that we and our peers don't act as gatekeepers for what is and isn't acceptable content.

  Patrick Collison

  Thinking, Stripes, Gatekeepers

  "Stripe Says It's Processing Payments For 'The Interview' In The Name Of Online Freedom" by Jillian D'Onfro, www.businessinsider.com. December 24, 2014.

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• All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.

  Robin Sharma

  Success, Leader, Titles

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• Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers.

  Bob Ross

  Want, Recognition, Painter

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• It's very important not to do what your peers think you should do, not do what your parents think,your teachers or even your culture. Do what's inside of you.

  George Lucas

  Motivational, Teacher, Thinking

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• As soon as I was old enough to peer over the worktops, I remember being fascinated by what went on in the kitchen. It just seemed such a cool place, everyone working together to make this lovely stuff and having a laugh doing it.

  Jamie Oliver

  Laughing, Lovely, Kitchen

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• Spoken word teaches that if you have the ability to express yourself and the courage to present those stories and opinions, you could be rewarded with a room full of your peers or your community who will listen.

  Sarah Kay

  Community, Stories, Rooms

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• Do not be afraid of seeming different and being criticized for what might seem to be losing or out of fashion; your peers but adults too, especially those who seem more distant from the mindset and values of the Gospel, are crying out to see someone who dares to live according to the fullness of humanity revealed by Jesus Christ.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Fashion, Jesus, Humanity

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• The combination of creative energies and the need to perform at the highest level to keep up with peers leads to an otherwise unattainable commitment to excellence.

  Ken Robinson

  Commitment, Creative, Excellence

  Ken Robinson Ph.D., Lou Aronica (2009). “The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything”, p.84, Penguin

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• I'm good at killing, I'm known as a bullfighter who kills well, and that I can kill well, that I can compete technically with my male peers in my technique in killing, gives me satisfaction.

  Bette Ford

  Giving, Satisfaction, Technique

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Kids ... can get to the point where they feel peer pressure that isn't even there simply because of how they see themselves.

  Walt Mueller

  Kids, Peer Pressure, Feels

  Walt Mueller (1999). “Understanding Today's Youth Culture”, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I had invited 50 or 60 peers and friends, most of whom were parents, to see the film [Trust], and I asked about the last scene. It was interesting because it was split right down the middle, 50/50. About half the audience wanted it to end with the very emotional scene between Clive and Liana, and that feeling of realization and catharsis. And, the other half were adamant about keeping that last scene.

  David Schwimmer

  Emotional, Interesting, Parent

  Source: collider.com

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• Students judge how well they might do in a chemistry course from knowing how peers, who performed comparably to them in physics, fared in chemistry

  Albert Bandura

  Knowing, Judging, Might

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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• Most Internet business theorists are really looking at preserving the necks of giant, Fortune 500 companies, rather than promoting the digital, peer-to-peer economy that actually wants to happen.

  Douglas Rushkoff

  Giants, Want, Digital

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I certainly like working harder than a lot of my peers. The trick is embracing it.

  Topher Grace

  Tricks, Harder

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• Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative standing among the peers with whom they affiliate in activities that determine prestige and popularity

  Albert Bandura

  Children, Prestige, Popularity

  Albert Bandura (1986). “Social foundations of thought and action: a social cognitive theory”, Prentice Hall

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