Signals Quotes - Page 8

• What makes the strength of a soldier isn't the energy he uses trying to intimidate the other guy by sending him a whole lot of signals, it's the strength he's able to concentrate within himself, by staying centered.

  Muriel Barbery

  Guy, Soldier, Trying

  "The Elegance of the Hedgehog". Book by Muriel Barbery, 2006.

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• When you want to attract something into your life, make sure your actions don’t contradict your desires.. Think about what you have asked for, and make sure that your actions are mirroring what you expect to receive, and that they’re not contradicting what you‘ve asked for. Act as if you are receiving it. Do exactly what you would do if you were receiving it today, and take actions in your life to reflect that powerful expectation. Make room to receive your desires, and as you do, you are sending out that powerful signal of expectation.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Powerful, Thinking, Expectations

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• I think we are in this era right now where every element in a webpage is rendered to within an inch of its life. I think if it's a button, it looks like a physical button, you know, if it's a mailbox that's meant to signal a messaging functionality then the whole mailbox right down to the rivets on the hypothetical metallic housing is rendered.

  Khoi Vinh

  Thinking, Elements, Eras

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. March 3, 2010.

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• Rituals are a good signal to your unconscious that it is time to kick in.

  Anne Lamott

  Inspirational, Writing, Kicks

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.117, Anchor

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• How rarely do our emotions meet the object they seem to deserve? How hopelessly we signal; how dark the sky; how big the waves. We are all lost at sea, washed between hope and despair, hailing something that may never come to rescue us.

  Julian Barnes

  Dark, Sea, Sky

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• And the fact is - is if you lower - if you lower taxes, you don't have to wait for the money to get to the states, the money to get out in contracts. You send a signal immediately, and so businesses start making decisions.

  John Boehner

  Decision, Waiting, Facts

  Interview with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. November 23, 2008.

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• I think anorexia is a metaphor. It is a young woman's statement that she will become what the culture asks of its women, which is that they be thin and nonthreatening. Anorexia signifies that a young woman is so delicate that, like the women of China with their tiny broken feet, she needs a man to shelter and protect her from a world she cannot handle. Anorexic women signal with their bodies "I will take up only a small amount of space. I won't get in the way." They signal "I won't be intimidating or threatening." (Who is afraid of a seventy-pound adult?)

  Mary Pipher

  Men, Thinking, Feet

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• Anyone can sleep with a guy in 24-48 hours, but you're sending the wrong signal to the guy if you do that.

  Steve Harvey

  Sleep, Guy, Hours

  "No sex for 90 days? Exclusive Steve Harvey interview!". Interview with Samantha Brett, blogs.smh.com.au. May 29, 2009.

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• It's completely unsexy [Yello, "Oh Yeah" 1985]. It does capture that weird '80s materialism and "We're gonna get it on now" vibe. But it's a very juvenile approach. It also became a weird signal for comedy, in the sense that when you heard the song, it meant comedy was happening on screen. I feel like this song was probably done in a couple of minutes in a studio.

  Margaret Cho

  Song, Couple, Doe

  "Margaret Cho on why Yello's "Oh Yeah" reminds her of sex clubs and John Hughes". Interview with Drew Fortune, www.avclub.com. March 2, 2016.

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• A mistake is a signal that it is time to learn something new, something you didn't know before.

  Robert Kiyosaki

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures.

  Ambrose Bierce

  God, Years, Said

  Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.24, 谷月社

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• We cannot focus upon the weaknesses of one another and evoke strengths. You cannot focus upon the things that you think they are doing wrong, and evoke things that will make you feel better. You've got to beat the drum that makes you feel good when you beat it. And when you do, you'll be a strong signal of influence that will help them to reconnect with who they are.

  Esther Hicks

  Inspirational, Relationship, Strength

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• Since Pawlow [Pavlov] and his pupils have succeeded in causing the secretion of saliva in the dog by means of optic and acoustic signals, it no longer seems strange to us that what the philosopher terms an 'idea' is a process which can cause chemical changes in the body.

  Jacques Loeb

  Dog, Mean, Ideas

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• Magnitude may be compared to the power output in kilowatts of a [radio] broadcasting station; local intensity, on the Mercalli or similar scale, is then comparable to the signal strength noted on a receiver at a given locality. Intensity, like signal strength, will generally fall off with distance from the source; it will also depend on local conditions at the point of observation, and to some extent on the conditions along the path from source to that point.

  Charles Francis Richter

  Distance, Fall, Science

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• And believe it or not, she has a phone and everything. She stopped using smoking signals last year.

  Nicholas Sparks

  Believe, Phones, Years

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• Our balanced budget has an important psychological function. It is a signal that we can't continue to constantly take on debt.

  Wolfgang Schauble

  Important, Debt, Psychological

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• It's true that non-ionizing radiation lacks the power to have damage. But its damage seems to come from its modulated signal. So every 900 milliseconds, if you have a cellphone in your pocket, it's getting half of that radiation which is getting into you as it seeks the signal from the tower.

  Devra Davis

  Pockets, Towers, Half

  Source: www.salon.com

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• When you have an emotional reaction to what you see, you are judging. That is your signal that you have an issue inside of yourself - with yourself - not with the other person. If you react to evil, look inside yourself for the very thing that so agitates you, and you will find it. If it were not there, you will simply discern, act appropriately, and move on.

  Gary Zukav

  Moving, Emotional, Issues

  Gary Zukav (2007). “Soul to Soul: Communications from the Heart”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• Acting for me was an escape and it wasn't until Smoke Signals that made me realize that acting is a personal development and challenge to grow. Smoke Signals really mirrored the way I grew up and how I felt, and that movie was the first time I'd dealt with my parents' death and how I felt that loss and sadness and anger. After that movie I said, "Y'know what, I have to realistically wear my emotions now when I do a job. That's gotta be as real as it gets. It's not just dialogue anymore."

  Adam Beach

  Jobs, Real, Sadness

  "‘Diablo’ Interview: Adam Beach". Interview with Andrew Hawkins, chud.com. January 9, 2016.

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• We are invested in being together. In having friends. In joining our lives. And yet these are the people who also fail you. And when they fail you in these ways, it signals a larger understanding about who you are as a black person in the world. It's not just a little failure for me. Its something exposed.

  Claudia Rankine

  People, Understanding, Black

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It also signals to me, when I pick up a pencil, that this is a rough draft. This is not going anywhere, and no one's going to see it. You have permission to make all the mistakes you want. It signals freedom to me, and it signals mistakes.

  Lily King

  Mistake, Rough Drafts, Want

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• ...there are some children who aren't really children at all, they're just pillars of flame that burn everything they touch. And there are some children who are just pillars of ash, that fall apart when you touch them..." ~ Thomas Builds-the-Fire (played by Evan Adams) in Alexie's "Smoke Signals

  Sherman Alexie

  Children, Fall, Fire

  FaceBook post by Sherman Alexie from Sep 22, 2015

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• Like the vital rudder of a ship, we have been provided a way to determine the direction we travel. The lighthouse of the Lord beckons to all as we sail the seas of life. Our home port is the celestial kingdom of God. Our purpose is to steer an undeviating course in that direction. A man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder—never likely to reach home port. To us comes the signal: Chart your course, set your sail, position your rudder, and proceed.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Home, Men, Sea

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• Humans were my study animal now - I set up night watches on them, and I made phonograms of the noises they make. I studied their cries, and their contact calls, and their alarm signals. I never listened to what they were saying - I watched what they were doing, which is really the exact opposite of the Freuds and Jungs and Adlers.

  Bill Mollison

  Night, Animal, Opposites

  "Permaculture: Design For Living". Interview with Alan AtKisson, www.context.org. 1991.

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• I signal with an independent label, Continuum. After that I put out a totally independent record, sold fourteen thousand of them from my basement, bought a house, started raising my kid, made a decent living.

  Kid Rock

  Kids, Independent, House

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