Responding Quotes

• People want to see musicians sing things that come from their own mind and own heart in real time, responding to the moment for them.

  John Mayer

  Real, Heart, People

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• Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives for responding to conflict - alternatives to passive or aggressive responses, alternatives to violence.

  Dorothy Thompson

  Peace, War, Ubuntu

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• I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

  Steven Spielberg

  Israel, Favors, Threatened

  "Spielberg: Israel Entitled to Strong Response". Time Magazine Interview, www.ynetnews.com. June 12, 2005.

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• I was with this girl the other night and from the way she was responding to my skillful caresses, you would have sworn that she was conscious from the top of her head to the tag on her toes.

  Emo Philips

  Funny, Girl, Humor

  YouTube Channel "zappbrannigan"/"Emo Philips - 1983 (part 1 of 2)", www.youtube.com. October 15, 2007.

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• No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it.

  James Allen

  Heart, Men, Temptation

  James Allen (2016). “Above Life's Turmoil”, p.35, BookRix

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• Our emotions need to be as educated as our intellect. It is important to know how to feel, how to respond, and how to let life in so that it can touch you.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Happiness, Education

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Feb 25, 2015

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• Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Positivity, Intelligent

  Laozi, Archie J. Bahm (1996). “Tao Teh King”, p.57, Jain Publishing Company

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• The truth is you and I are in control of only two things - how we prepare for what might happen and how we respond to what just happened. The moment when things actually do happen belongs to God.

  DeVon Franklin

  God, Truth, Two

  DeVon Franklin (2011). “Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success without Losing Your True Self”, p.16, Simon and Schuster

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• People say that to me and I think what unites all my characters is that they are hurt; it's most accurate to say I play characters that are hurt but are responding to their environment.

  Ashley Judd

  Hurt, Character, Thinking

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• But actually just yesterday we raised the key of one of my songs two steps up, so my voice is obviously responding. It's a muscle, and the more you use it, the more you use it right, the more you should get out of it. So yes, I sing.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Song, Voice, Yesterday

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• The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts.

  Edward H. Levi

  Art, College, Giving

  Edward H. Levi (2008). “Point of View: Talks on Education”, p.89, University of Chicago Press

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• In responding to a terrorist attack, there are only two choices - take the fight to the enemy or wait until they hit you again. In my estimation, America chose the first.

  Kay Granger

  Fighting, Two, America

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• I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

  Steven Spielberg

  Israel, Machines, Favors

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• The reason why I buy into the Democratic Party more than the Republican Party is because there are over 2,000 verses of Scripture that deal with responding to the needs of the poor.

  Tony Campolo

  Party, Scripture, Reason Why

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• Salads was a big indicator of that - there was a huge market out there for it. And why not tap it? Some of the things we are doing now around the globe are responding to customers. It's not because some guy sued you.

  Jim Cantalupo

  Guy, Why Not, Salad

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• In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology, what readers want to see is how people cope, and so the character are present to cope, or fail to cope.

  James Gunn

  Change, Character, Technology

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• Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports, Challenges, Desire

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• The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I think, also makes it true.

  Peter Singer

  Thinking, Impact, Ideas

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• Basically, you can live your life in one of two ways. You can let your brain run you the way it has in the past. You can let it flash any picture or sound or feeling, and you can respond automatically on cue, like a Pavlovian dog resp‎onding to a bell. Or you can choose to consciously run your brain yourself. You can implant the cues you want. You can take bad experiences and sap them of their strength and power. You can represent them to yourself in a way that no longer overpowers you, a way that "cuts them down" to a size where you know you can effectively handle things.

  Tony Robbins

  Life, Strength, Happiness

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Feb 21, 2012

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• The practice of patience guards us against losing our presence of mind. It enables us to remain undisturbed, even when the situation is really difficult. It gives us a certain amount of inner peace, which allows us some self-control, so that we can choose to respond to situations in an appropriate and compassionate manner, rather than being driven by our disturbing emotions.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Patience, Buddhist

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• Keep in mind, hurting people often hurt other people as a result of their own pain. If somebody is rude and inconsiderate, you can almost be certain that they have some unresolved issues inside. They have some major problems, anger, resentment, or some heartache they are trying to cope with or overcome.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Hurt

  "Is It Too Late Now To Say Sorry? The Power of Forgiveness" by Margaret Hession, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 4, 2017.

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• The economy is not the problem, how people respond is the problem!

  Grant Cardone

  Inspirational, People, Entrepreneur

  FaceBook post by Grant Cardone from May 19, 2016

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• ...man can no more survive psychologically in a psychological milieu that does not respond empathetically to him, than he can survive physically in an atmosphere that contains no oxygen.

  Heinz Kohut

  Sympathy, Men, Compassion

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• We must learn to help those who deserve it, not just those who need it. Life responds to deserve not need

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Attitude, Helping Others

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Apr 29, 2017

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• I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.

  Septima Poinsette Clark

  Inspirational, Truth, Believe

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