“Ugly Betty' has been the most important thing I've ever done, easily. I was able to do more with one character than I can ever imagine doing again - Hilda was hilariously funny and emotionally deep... I really got to showcase what I could do with a character.” Has BeensI CanImportantDoneCharacterAbleImagineImportant ThingsUglyShowcaseUgly Betty Author:Ana Ortiz
“The more frequently you focus on your appreciation and gratitude for each breath, the greater will be your sense of daily gratitude... Now say, 'I am joyfully grateful for each and every breath.' If you have any doubt of your gratitude, just imagine the alternative for a moment - not being able to breathe!” IfsMomentsAbleDoubtGreaterFocusImagineGratitudeBreathsGratefulAppreciationBreatheAlternativesGratitude And AppreciationDaily Gratitude Author:Zelig Pliskin
“In the Now, there really is no destination. Each moment is lived for its own sake, even as you move toward whatever you many choose to pursue. When you are focused on some outcome or achievement-or are looking forward to the day when you are able to live in conditions that you imagine will be superior to whatever currently exists-your life right now becomes just an interval on the way to the next event.” WayMomentsAbleMovingNextImagineConditionsEventsRight NowAchievementSakeFocusedSuperiorsPursueOutcomesDestinationLooking ForwardIntervals Author:Richard Moss
“If we have isolated individuals able to inflict enormous harm, imagine what a single lunatic can do with a nuclear weapon. I think the whole base of civil society is at risk.” IfsThinkingWholeAbleIndividualCan DoImagineRiskWeaponsHarmNuclearEnormousIsolatedNuclear WeaponsLunaticCivil Society Author:Joshua Lederberg
“Imagine a glorious full moon coming over the tops of the spruce, big and yellow, shedding a mysterious light on everything... the moonlight had colour, you could see to paint and be able to appreciate the colour of things.” BigsLightAbleWonderImagineMoonAppreciatePaintMysteriousGloriousColourYellowMoonlightFull Moon Author:Arthur Lismer
“So how do people listen to music? How do the broad masses listen to it? Apparently they have to be able to cling to pictures and 'moods' of some kind. If they can't imagine a green field, a blue sky or something of the sort, then they are out of their depth.” PeopleIfsKindAbleImagineSkyFieldsMassBlueGreenDepthMoodBroadsListening To MusicBlue SkyGreen Fields Book:The path to the new music Source: The path to the new music
“I was afraid to watch 'Blade Runner' in the theater because I was afraid the movie would be better than what I myself had been able to imagine. In a way, I was right to be afraid, because even the first few minutes were better.” WayFirstsWould BeAbleWatchesImagineMinutesTheaterRunnersBladesBlade Runner Author:William Gibson
“I can imagine nothing more wonderful than always wanting to keep a man. It's this NOT wanting to keep them, and yet not quite being able to disentangle one's self, never quite having the ruthlessness to stike at the hands on the gunwale with an oar until they let go - that's the horrible thing.” MenI CanSelfHandsAbleImagineWonderfulLetting GoHorribleNever QuitHorrible ThingsOarRuthlessness Author:Rose Wilder Lane
“One reaches through to the continents and oceans of the imagination, worlds able to sustain anyone who will but play, and then lets the play deepen and deepen until it is a reality that few would even dare to entertain...The human imagination is the holographic organ of the human body, and we don't 'imagine' anything. We simply see things so far away that there is no possibility of validating or invalidating their existence.” WorldHumansPlayBodyRealityAbleImaginationExistenceImaginePossibilityOceanDareOrgansFar AwayContinentsIdealismHuman BodyHuman Imagination Author:Terence McKenna
“It is not pretended that, at the present stage of its development, economic science is able to provide an organon even remotely approaching to what it imagines for itself as its ideal.” AbleImagineEconomicStageDevelopmentIdeals Book:The Economics of Welfare Source: The Economics of Welfare
“This is the path of prayer-contemplative prayer, that is, as distinct from simple prayers of supplication and thanksgiving-which is a specific discipline of thought, desire, and action, one that frees the mind from habitual prejudices and appetites, and allows it to dwell in the gratuity and glory of all things. As an old monk on Mount Athos once told me, contemplative prayer is the art of seeing reality as it truly is; and, if one has not yet acquired the ability to see God in all things, one should not imagine that one will be able to see God in himself.” IfsShouldMindArtRealityAbleActionDesirePrayerSimpleAbilityPathImagineSeeingDisciplineGloryAll ThingsPrejudiceAppetiteImagine ThatMonkHabitualContemplativeAbility To SeeSupplicationContemplative PrayerGratuity Author:David Bentley
“Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long history of short-term thinking and self-destructive behavior among my fellow comic book creators. No matter how many horror stories they have heard they won't even go so far as to hire themselves a lawyer when they need it. It breaks my heart. I am a very proud union member of the Writers Guild. And I can't imagine my fellow comic creators being able to pull something like this together.” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsHeartLongI CanBookSelfMatterStoriesAbleTogetherTermBreakImagineHeardProudMy HeartHorrorMembersBehaviorFellowsUnionsCreatorLawyerComicDestructiveComic BookShort TermSelf DestructiveBreaking My HeartHorror StoriesGuildsSelf Destructive BehaviorDestructive BehaviorShort Term Thinking Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“What I've learned over the years is it's so much better to surround yourself with real talent and hire real chefs. I learned more from the chefs I have working for me than you could ever imagine. There's nothing wrong with being able to create opportunities for people, and you don't have to do everything, take credit for everything, and have all the weight be on your shoulders.” PeopleYearsRealAbleOpportunityImagineTalentWeightCreditShouldersI've LearnedSurroundChefSurround YourselfReal Talent Author:Michael Mina
“Rhythms and sounds are often the first thing I hear and want in a poem, so I can't imagine trying to translate something without at least being able to hear what it sounds like.” WantTryingFirstsI CanAbleSoundImagineRhythmTranslate Author:Joan Larkin
“If we can't preserve the privacy of our right to procreate, I can't imagine what rights we will be able to protect.” IfsI CanAbleRightsImagineBirthProtectPreservesPrivacyBirth Control Author:Faye Wattleton