“I would love to meet Martin Luther King. His fearless attitude, leadership, and self-awareness changed our world.” WorldSelfAttitudeAwarenessChangedKingsSelf AwarenessFearlessOur WorldLuther Author:Zulay Henao
“When the music created by the sounds and ordering of the words matches the thrust of the meanings of the words, then a radiant state of awareness can occur.” StatesSoundAwarenessThrustRadiant Author:Pattiann Rogers
“There was not an awareness of pop culture in the household. There was a lot of respect for working hard, and for intellectual and professional achievement.” HardCultureAwarenessAchievementIntellectualPopsHouseholdPop Culture Author:Sheila Heti
“Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath.” AwarenessYogaConnectionsBreaths Author:Grace Gealey
“Raising awareness about the Deaf culture is a huge cause that I advocate. Because both of my parents are deaf, I am passionate about it in an entirely different way.” WayDifferentCultureCausesParentAwarenessHugePassionateDifferent WaysDeafRaising Awareness Author:Grace Gealey
“o this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information, I'm increasingly skeptical of.” NeedsIdeasFailingAwarenessInformationWarningSkeptical Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“There's a bigger question again about how to do prevention. It's not simply about putting out the early warning. The early warning was put out on Abyei; everybody knew that this was coming. This was intentional, and still it happened. So this idea that we fail to stop these things because there's not awareness about them, or that we need better early warning information, I'm increasingly skeptical of. I think it's about how you move that information into the policy process.” ThinkingNeedsStillsIdeasMovingProcessFailingHappenedAwarenessInformationPolicyBiggerWarningSkepticalPrevention Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“We've been criticizing these superficial aspects, like whether we are all more distracted. We really need to articulate a defense, a critique, that merges awareness of the technology with a more traditional, progressive, left-wing critique of the market.” NeedsLeftTechnologyAwarenessAspectWingsDefenseTraditionalCriticizeProgressiveSuperficialDistractedCritiqueLeft Wing Author:Astra Taylor
“I'm guessing that musicals didn't make sense anymore because of the changes in the political environment that began in the late Sixties, an era of self-awareness and social revolutions.” SelfPoliticalSocialEnvironmentAwarenessRevolutionLateSelf AwarenessErasMake SenseSixtyGuessingSocial RevolutionPolitical Environment Author:Carmen Ejogo
“Whatever one may say about the perils of workshops, they help writers internalize an awareness of audience.” MayHelpingAudienceAwarenessPerilWorkshops Author:Debra Dean
“In the end, no matter how my records are panned or praised, if there are kids and communities in developing nations that have improved living conditions and are finally getting access to things we all have a basic right to (clean water, education, healthcare) because I am able to advocate, raise awareness or funds in some small way, then my life has achieved something that in the end means far more than having the track or album of the moment.” IfsWayMeanEndsMatterMomentsKidsAbleNationsWaterCommunityRecordsConditionsAwarenessRaisesCleanTrackAlbumsAccessDevelopingFundHealthcareClean WaterLiving Conditions Author:Brooke Fraser
“Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes.” PersonsArtCertainSongViewsBehindsAwarenessPaintingAmountDirectStrokesBrushesBrush Strokes Author:Jeffrey Lewis
“Silver rights aren't as dramatic and captivating as civil rights. The movement isn't good TV and it's boring or inaccessible to many people. The forums were created to spread awareness, dialogue, and community to forge new partnerships and ideas.” PeopleIdeasCommunityRightsAwarenessMovementTvsBoringSpreadDialogueCivil RightsDramaticSilverPartnershipForumsInaccessibleCaptivating Author:John Hope Bryant
“We can't write a serious novel in the 21st century without acknowledging the inescapable self-awareness we're stuck with. The idea we're surrounded by falsehoods and lies. It's hard for the thinking person to believe in narratives. And yet we want some place to invest our belief.” ThinkingWantWritingBelievePersonsIdeasSelfHardLyingBeliefNovelCenturyAwarenessSeriousSelf AwarenessStuckNarrativeFalsehood21st CenturyThinking Person Author:Michael Helm
“I want men and women to both feel a part in the flourishment of female power. So I want to celebrate that power that women have, that they acquired and are still acquiring all over the world. And it's kind of my way of joining the movement and bringing positive attention to an overgrowing awareness of females everywhere who are breaking the mold.” MenWorldWayWantFeelsKindStillsAttentionAwarenessMovementMen And WomenFemaleCelebrateMy WayWant MeMoldJoiningFemale Power Author:Zella Day
“I think we are living in an era of being hyper-concerned about, Is it us? Because we have this historical awareness. People really want to know: will it be us or our kids or our grandkids to live through this? We don't want it to happen, we don't want to be the ones with the poisoned water, but at the same time, I think there is this curiosity, like, Am I one of the "lucky" ones who gets to be here at the end? That's the tension I'm interested in.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantEndsHappensKidsWaterAwarenessLuckyConcernedHistoricalCuriosityErasTensionHyperGrandkids Author:Lucy Corin
“There's been a greater awareness among people, especially geeks, that the laws of physics don't allow that much wiggle room in terms of things like faster-than-light travel, time travel, sending people to other planets. It's harder than we were aware a few decades ago. I think there used to be this widespread imagination, this idea that we'd eventually just hop in a rocket and go to Mars.” PeopleThinkingIdeasLightLawUsedTermImaginationRoomsGreaterAwarenessPlanetsHarderDecadesPhysicsUsed To BeFasterHopsTime TravelMarsGeekRocketsLaws Of Physics Author:Charlie Jane Anders
“I admire self-awareness more than probably any other quality, and I think in terms of what qualities are "good" in a person, it's a mostly subjective opinion, so I can't see a reason to think that self-absorption is inherently a bad thing.” ThinkingPersonsI CanSelfReasonTermQualityOpinionAwarenessSelf AwarenessAdmireBad ThingsSubjectiveAbsorptionSelf Absorption Author:Marie Calloway
“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character's self-awareness or lack of self-awareness.” NeedsSelfCharacterActionRememberSexPayEmotionAttentionAwarenessKeysDevelopmentSceneSelf AwarenessPsychologicalPay AttentionDramaticPsychological Development Author:K. M. Soehnlein
“Any musician with a slight level of self-awareness can be taught to write a 'good' song. A great song is completely original. It feels as if the performer is the only person who could bring it to life.” IfsFeelsWritingPersonsSelfSongLevelsAwarenessTaughtMusicianOriginalsSelf AwarenessPerformers Author:Greta Salpeter
“I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.” WorldHouseSocialAwarenessTvsNewsMy FavoriteRepeatsSocial Awareness Author:Douglas Booth
“We'd be better off if the whole purpose of the adventure in Iraq was, say, to protect Israel or to protect the flow of oil to America and keep it at a reasonable price and try to get some more control. If it was about oil, going into Iraq, I guess, could have made sense. But at a certain point, when the insurgency began and we were in real trouble, there would have been some awareness that we were going to jeopardize the oil.” IfsTryingHas BeensMadeRealWholeAmericaPurposeCertainTroubleAwarenessAdventureProtectFlowIraqIsraelOilReasonableBetter OffInsurgencyJeopardize Author:Seymour Hersh
“I'm working with wind, solar, and biofuels companies as well as with organizations like ACORE [American Council On Renewable Energy], Growth Energy, and AREDAY to raise public awareness and seek practical technological solutions to reduce our reliance on fossilized carbon. My book Don't Wait for the Next War will be out in October, where I will offer my prescription for America's growth, responsible development, and security.” WellsBookWarAmericaNextEnergyWaitingGrowthCompanyAwarenessSecurityWindDevelopmentOffersSolutionsOrganizationResponsibleRaisesPracticalsTechnologicalCarbonCouncilRelianceOctoberPrescriptionsRenewable EnergyBiofuels Author:Wesley K. Wark
“I love raising awareness and encouraging people to take action for World Environment Day, because it demonstrates how individual voices can become a global chorus for change.” PeopleWorldActionIndividualVoiceEnvironmentAwarenessChorusWorld EnvironmentRaising Awareness Author:Li Bingbing
“My mother died of ovarian cancer; I support organizations that raise awareness of this silent killer. Women's shelters - Jenesse Center in L.A. and the Primo Center in Chicago. Kovler Diabetes Center in Chicago.” MotherSupportAwarenessOrganizationDiedRaisesSilentCancerChicagoKillersShelterDiabetesMother DiedOvarian Cancer Author:Regina Taylor
“Unbinding the Heart really means to bring awareness to those areas we have restricted in our hearts and start to let go, open up, and practice staying open no matter what happens or doesn't happen.” HeartMeanMatterHappensPracticeAwarenessLetting GoAreasNo Matter WhatStayingReally Mean Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“I think I have an awareness inside of me that we are all the same, that basically we are all part of that one heart. When I am with people, I feel there is a part of me that knows a part of them because we are beyond our personalities, our emotions, and our thoughts.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFeelsHeartEmotionAwarenessPersonalityOur Thoughts Author:Agapi Stassinopoulos
“Where I'm just sort of shocked into the revelation, once again, of this planet is a living organism; this living thing, being alive, is a living thing. It's every breath you take. That was the last one. It'll never come back. You are riding on this wave of awareness, second to second to second.” LastsAliveAwarenessPlanetsBreathsWaveRevelationsRidingOrganismsShockedLiving ThingsLiving Organisms Author:Daphne Zuniga
“I am super passionate about my new business because it has the potential to disrupt the fashion industry in a positive way. Master & Muse is providing a place to buy better. There are many big issues in producing fashion today, and the consumer doesn't fully understand the problems at hand. That is where we come in. We are providing awareness, information, and great fashion.” WayProblemHandsBigsTodayIssuesAwarenessFashionInformationMastersIndustryPassionateConsumersProvidingMuseFashion IndustryNew BusinessGreat FashionWhere We ComeFashion Today Author:Amber Valletta
“I'm passionate about caring for this planet. I'd like to bring awareness to ways that individuals can reduce their carbon footprints without waiting for governments to change things on a policy level.” WayGovernmentIndividualWaitingLevelsAwarenessPolicyPlanetsPassionateCaringCarbonFootprintCarbon Footprint Author:Laura Regan
“Occasionally, as children, we might figure out how to call somebody a name, and they would figure out how to call us. But it wasn't - it was so light. It was so fluffy. I didn't really have a strong awareness of segregation and the separation of races until I left Lorain, Ohio.” ChildrenLightMightNamesLeftStrongRaceAwarenessFiguresSeparationSegregationOhioFluffy Author:Toni Morrison
“You're trying to create a screenplay and your screenplay is there to give you a structure, rigidity, situational awareness, who the characters are, what do they want, what's the shape of the thing.” WantGivingTryingCharacterAwarenessShapesStructureScreenplaysRigidity Author:Paul Greengrass
“I love Leonardo DiCaprio. He just makes really great films with great directors. He has great relationships with directors but also has a great social awareness. I think he balances his work with his responsibilities to his world, the environment, things like that very well. I'm very impressed by him and I admire him a lot. And other actors like Joaquin Phoenix, I just look at him and marvel at his unexpectedness, just his work really.” ThinkingWorldWellsLooksFilmActorsSocialResponsibilityEnvironmentAwarenessBalanceDirectorsAdmireImpressedReally GreatPhoenixGreat FilmLeonardoGreat RelationshipSocial AwarenessUnexpectedness Author:Douglas Booth
“Is Guinea prepared? And that's the question because of course these three countries had very, very weak health institutions. Many people had said that there was denial in Guinea, that many people in Guinea either said that Ebola did not exist or were hostile to any sort of Ebola health and safety awareness - how to deal with it.” PeopleSaidCountryThreeCoursesDealsAwarenessWeakSafetyInstitutionsPreparedDenialHostileGuineaEbolaHealth And Safety Author:Ofeibea Quist-Arcton
“Self-actualizing people - highly functioning people who live at extraordinary levels of awareness - train their minds to focus on what they intend to create and what they intend to manifest, and they won't let anybody change their mind.” PeopleMindSelfLevelsFocusAwarenessTrainExtraordinaryManifest Author:Wayne Dyer
“One thing about our show that wasn't even in my awareness, but was brought to my attention by other people, is that our show is about these love-based relationships. Even though the characters are obviously going through different conflicts, you can really feel that the characters love each other. And they really try their best.” PeopleFeelsTryingDifferentCharacterShowsAttentionOne ThingAwarenessConflictLove Each Other Author:Steve Zissis
“My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me.” SelfReadingWishRolesAwarenessRight NowModelsMy FavoriteRole ModelsSense Of SelfSelf Deprecation Author:Garance Dore
“It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism. Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?” PeopleWorldWantFirstsHas BeensCountrySeemsFightingAwarenessMediaTerrorismCampaignsObjectivesIdeologyScholarExtremismOutspoken Author:Adel al-Jubeir
“We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.” PeopleNeedsRiskAwarenessPaintingClimateClimate Change Author:Bill Gates
“I do not put much emphasis on periods of meditation - if you do meditation, it's fine - but the important thing is to bring the awareness into everyday life, into every little action that you do, into the varied challenges of everyday life.” IfsLittlesImportantActionChallengesMeditationAwarenessFinePeriodsImportant ThingsEverydayEveryday LifeEmphasis Author:Eckhart Tolle
“The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions.” Life IsEmotionBehindsAwarenessEventsOver YouThoughts And Emotions Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Sometimes people need to experience acute suffering before the thinking and the awareness of the consciousness separate. People then realize there is another dimension in them that is not thinking but the ability to be aware of thinking. It is not emotion but the ability to be aware of emotion.” PeopleThinkingNeedsSometimesSufferingRealizingAbilityEmotionConsciousnessAwarenessDimensions Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Again, when we view a scene fleetingly, do we consciously see all the details even though we don't retain them, or do we not see them in the first place? Neurological information is crucial to deciding these questions. After all, they are so interesting precisely because unaided introspection cannot resolve them. Rather we need to know what is going on in the brain activities that constitute visual awareness.” KnowsNeedsFirstsInterestingViewsBrainAwarenessInformationSceneActivityDetailsVisualsResolveCrucialIntrospection Author:David Papineau
“Balance is a tricky thing. I love my work and that helps. And I work a lot. So I spend a fair amount of time trying to make sure I'm taking time off, exercising, meditating and things like that. I also have a powerful support team (including my partner, Kelley) to keep me grounded. I don't always feel like I have the balance I want, but I have awareness about it, which I think is key.” ThinkingWantFeelsTryingHelpingPowerfulSupportTeamAwarenessKeysAmountBalanceExerciseFairsIncludingPartnersTake TimeGroundedTrickyMeditatingThings I LoveTime Off Author:Steven C. Harper
“I do know middle age can bring greater depth, greater wisdom, greater capacity for love, greater capacity for relationship, greater consciousness and desire to serve and awareness of the fate of mankind - all these wonderful things, yes. And I know I'm getting there.” KnowsAgeDesireConsciousnessGreaterFateWonderfulMiddleMankindAwarenessCapacityDepthWonderful ThingsMiddle Ages Author:Marianne Williamson
“If I can entertain and expand awareness then I feel like I've fulfilled a purpose.” IfsFeelsI CanPurposeAwarenessFulfilled Author:Jade Hassoune
“So having a little more of an awareness of what's going on in the rest of the world I think is what many Canadians would hope for Americans.” ThinkingWorldLittlesAwareness Author:Justin Trudeau
“The second part of that war was that Muslims came from all over the country to Pakistan, and they met each other. For the first time those men had an awareness of the Islamic world as a whole, not of just Egypt or Algeria or Indonesia, but of what Muslims call the Uma, the Islamic community. And that's an extraordinarily important thing. And that emanated in Pakistan.” MenWorldFirstsImportantWarCountryWholeCommunityAwarenessMetsFirst TimeImportant ThingsIslamicEgyptPakistanIndonesiaAlgeria Author:Michael Scheuer
“I have personally been affected by women's reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.” CausesSupportIssuesAwarenessSpreadAffectedHealth IssuesReproductive Health Author:Bethany Cosentino
“I grew up in a big movie house, we watched movies all the time, so I had an awareness at a very young age that that was a job that you could have.” BigsAgeJobsYoungHouseAwarenessGrewGrew UpYoung AgeBig Movie Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead