“There is a notion that complete impartiality is the most fitting and indeed the normal disposition for true exegesis , because it guarantees complete absence of prejudice. For a short time, around 1910, this idea threatened to achieve almost a canonical status in Protestant theology. But now, we can quite calmly describe it as merely comical.” IdeasAchieveNormalPrejudiceNotionAbsenceTheologyGuaranteesThreatenedDispositionFittingProtestantsShort TimeComicalImpartialityExegesis Book:Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of the word of God (2 pts.) Source: Church Dogmatics: The doctrine of the word of God (2 pts.)
“We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth” StatesUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyAchieveStyleWesternNotionMythRealisticAfghanistan Author:Barbara Boxer
“For Americans the contradiction between national ideal and social fact required explanation and correction. Ultimately this contradiction did not lead to the abandonment of the ideal of equal opportunity but rather to its postponement: to the notion of achieving for the next generation what could not be achieved for the current one. And the chief means to this end was a brilliant American invention: universal, free, compulsory public education. This "solution" was especially important for children and families because it gave children a central role in achieving the national ideal.” MeanChildrenImportantEndsFactsNextOpportunitySocialEducationRolesGenerationsAchieveEqualSolutionsIdealsUniversalNotionCurrentsBrilliantInventionChiefsExplanationContradictionNext GenerationAbandonmentCorrectionsPublic EducationEqual OpportunityCompulsoryPostponement Book:All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure Source: All Our Children: The American Family Under Pressure
“Bentley and Lamborghini have been achieving record sales for years. This doesn't support the notion that these models are suddenly social pariahs. There will always be a place for these kinds of cars.” YearsKindHas BeensSocialSupportRecordsAchieveCarModelsNotionPariahsBentleyLamborghini Author:Martin Winterkorn
“Chekhov used to correspond with aspiring writers, and once he gave this advice to Maxim Gorky when he was encouraging him to pare his wordy sentences: "When someone expends the least amount of motion on a given action, that's grace." The short story, by definition, embodies this notion of grace, because it requires such forceful compression to achieve its effects.” StoriesActionUsedGivenGraceAchieveAdviceEffectsAmountNotionDefinitionsSentencesShort StoryMaximsChekhovAspiring WritersCompression Author:Catherine Brady
“The more widely you can spread this notion of achieving ROI by preserving and improving ecosystems, the better.” AchieveNotionSpreadImprovingEcosystemsRoi Author:Ramez Naam