I Quotes
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“It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.”
Source: A Stein Reader
“It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all. It certainly is extraordinary, but it is certainly true.”
“It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.”
“It is extraordinary to see how the discovery of one single free stroke of paint can fill you with such joy and amazement.”
Source: Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous
“It is extreme arrogance for one to think he is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it. We're all human. After 10, 15 years you get tired, you run out of steam and ideas, you have to give a chance to somebody else. And whether you yourself are inclined to stay on, all those around you are pushing you to stay on for what they will gain. One has to have the strength of character to say the time has come to move on...unless you are a king.”
“It is extreme arrogance for one to think he...and it's usually he, is the only one who can govern his country and nobody else can do it.”
“It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.”
“It is extremely arrogant and very foolish to think that you can ever outwit your audience.”
“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.”
“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding their way to democracy. Their policies differ, too. We are all different, but when we ask for the Lord’s blessings, we must not forget that God created us equal.”
“It is extremely DANGEROUS to expose your mind to negative jokes and to retell anecdotes that ridicule specific nationalities or races”
Source: The Danger Of Monoculturalism In The XXI Century
“It is extremely dangerous to talk about limits or borders. It is vital, instead, that we remain completely open, that we are always involved, and that we aim to contribute personally in social events.”
“It is extremely difficult for our contemporaries to conceive of the conditions of free banking because they take government interference with banking for granted and as necessary.”
Source: Human Action
“It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to find life worth living, and be against rape, if it has led to your existence.”
“It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to think well of yourself while you are envious.”
“It is extremely difficult to do anything constructive, let alone deep, on daily commercial television, especially on a talk show.”
Source: Think a Second Time
“It is extremely difficult to get movies that cost more than $40 million to be made these days.”
“It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.”
“It is extremely difficult to stay alert & attentive instead of getting hypnotized by the constant monolog inside your head.”
Source: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
“It is extremely disappointing to me to see that even now when leading Democrats and even military veterans try to make our energy future an area of common ground and not a battleground, they are still being rebuffed by dirty energy devotees in both parties and undermined overall by the polluter lobby.”
“It is extremely disturbing to live in a society that sees older people as a burden rather than rich experiences to benefit from and build upon. Older people can act as the memory that can help us make sense of what was, what is, and what could and should be. I see that in the U.S. older people are not only made invisible in a culture obsessed with youth and superficial physical appearances, but often their insights, experiences, and perspectives are dismissed as ‘nostalgic’ or as outright ‘ignorant’ using the ‘generational gap’ as a pretext.”
“It is extremely hurtful when women tell me I don't understand or know how they feel.”
“It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves not only for what you are now but for what you have the power to become. Trust in the Lord as He leads you along. He has things for you to do that you won't know about now but that will unfold later. If you stay close to Him, You will have some great adventures. You will live in a time where instead of sometimes being fulfilled, many of them will actually be fulfilled. The Lord will unfold your future bit by bit.”
“It is extremely important for you to believe in yourselves, not only for what you are now, but for what you have the power to become.”
“It is extremely important that adequate provision be made for reasonable levels of income to them, for the care of the children which they must leave at home or in school, and for protection of the family unit. One of the prime objectives of the Commission on the Status of Women, which I appointed 18 months ago, is to develop a program to accomplish these purposes.”
Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963
“It is extremely important that individuals in the state of California do not own assault weapons. I mean that is just so crystal clear, there is no debate, no discussion.”
“It is extremely important that mass media, having freed from the relics of the Cold War, served for peace and dialogue between nations and religions, the rich and the poor, countries and continents.”
“It is extremely important to be able to make negative assertions. We must be able to say what is ‘not me’ in order to have a ‘me’. What we like has no meaning unless we know what we don’t like. Our yes has no meaning if we never say no. My chosen profession has no passion if ‘just anyone would do’. Our opinions and thoughts mean very little if there is nothing we disagree with.”
Source: Changes That Heal: How to Understand the Past to Ensure a Healthier Future
“It is extremely important to find work that the soul in our heart truly wants us to do, not what others expect of us. We need to find the kind of work we will never regret doing but would regret never having done—that kind of work and life. Only then can we live with excitement and passion even in our later years. Passion revives when the energy of your soul fills your heart. Find the work and life that will fill your heart with passion. This is essential in order to be healthier, happier, and more peaceful.”
Source: I've Decided to Live 120 Years: The Ancient Secret to Longevity, Vitality, and Life Transformation
“It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find.”
“It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed.”
“It is extremely interesting to me that black males, and other black folk, are viewed as self-pitying, by either other blacks who have failed to accurately calculate their own diminished status as a result of racial animosity - both individual and systemic - or by whites who fail to comprehend how, after forcing black folk into subservience for hundreds of years, they now whine about small privileges that pale - so to speak - in comparison to the untold advantage of centuries of benefit.”
“It is extremely interesting to observe how certain people seem to be 'elected' by the cosmos to be the forerunners of a new ideology, or to carry out a specific mission within society.”
“It is extremely ironic that the more we care about what people think about us the less we care about people, and the less we care about what people think about us the more we begin to care for others”
“It is extremely natural for us to desire to see such our thoughts put into the dress of words, without which indeed we can scarce have a clear and distinct idea of them our selves.”
“It is extremely rare for most people to give you advice without thinking they are better or smarter than you.”
“It is extremely rough to follow through with my goals, but I felt a responsibility to show the world what the African Americans are facing through this rough patch.”
“It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.”
“It is extremely unlikely that anyone coming out of school with a technical degree will go into one area and stay there. Today's students have to look forward to the excitement of probably having three or four careers.”
“It is extremely urgent to try and adapt our thoughts realistically to a world which has no fixed general direction either upward or downward, but is likely to vary largely according to what we do.”
“It is facile to imply that smoking, alcoholism, overeating, or other ingrained patters can be upended without real effort. Genuine change requires work and self-understanding of the cravings driving behaviours.”
“It is failure that guides evolution; perfection provides no incentive for improvement, and nothing is perfect.”
Source: The Intuitionist: A Novel
“It is fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.”
“It is fair to argue that conservative and liberal media in the West are two sides of the same coin. I personally see CNN and Fox News as complementing not contradicting each other. The former gives viewers the false impression of being liberal and critical of the system, while the latter vehemently promotes and defends the existing militaristic, racist, and supremacist system in place. The former gives the world the false impression of freedom and democracy where everything and everyone can be criticized and held accountable (which is far from the truth), while the latter constantly agitates the public to ensure that the predominantly militaristic, capitalist, and racist system remains intact. The outside world thinks that America is so free to have a newspaper like the NYTimes, but they don’t realize that the system operates precisely as Fox News wants it to.”
“It is fair to despise a cowardly man, but the female sex is strongest when it's weak.”
“It is fair to dismiss the CIA’s claims that its work in Hollywood primarily constitutes educational outreach or a drive toward accuracy. Rather, its work is best assessed as government propaganda that is at times both self-aggrandizing and covert.”
Source: The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television (Paperback) - Common
“It is fair to judge peoples by the rights they will sacrifice most for.”
Source: THE BEST
“It is fair to say that insofar as sport is taken seriously by those who play it, then to that extent their conduct in play - their ability to deal with loss or victory, their ability to meld strategic thinking and brute force - can be taken as a small-scale model of how they, or others like them, might behave in life.”
“It is fair to say that science provides no method of controlling the mind. Scientific work on the brain does not explain the mind-not yet.”
“It is fair to say there are individuals in the United States who ascribe to al-Qaeda-type beliefs.”