“Like musicians who can read and write complicated scores in a world without sounds, for us mathematics is a source of delight, excitement, and even controversy which are hard to share with non mathematicians. In our small micro-cosmos we should ever seek the right balance between competition and solidarity, criticism and empathy, exclusion and inclusion.” WorldShouldWritingHardScienceSoundShareSourceBalanceMusicianEmpathyCriticismMathematicsCompetitionDelightComplicatedExcitementScoreCosmosInclusionMathematicianSolidarityControversyExclusion Author:Gil Kalai
“I've definitely been in relationships with friends where I wanted to do something different than I know a friend has. It's that complicated balance between wanting to do what you know is right for you and not wanting to hurt someone's feelings. I think that's a part of growing up.” ThinkingKnowsDifferentFeelingsWantedHurtGrowing UpGrowingBalanceComplicatedHurts Someone Author:Mickey Sumner
“Politicians and bureaucrats clearly have no idea how complicated markets are. Every day people make countless tradeoffs, in all areas of life, based on subjective value judgements and personal information as they delicately balance their interests, needs and wants. Who is in a better position than they to tailor those choices to best serve their purposes? Yet the politicians believe they can plan the medical market the way you plan a birthday party.” PeopleWayWantNeedsBelieveIdeasPurposeValuesChoicesInterestPartyPlansInformationPositionBalancePoliticianAreasComplicatedMedicalNo IdeaJudgementSubjectiveBureaucratsTailorsBirthday PartyNeeds And WantsPersonal Information Author:John Stossel
“What I need to write is a complicated equation. Maybe if I knew I'd be one of those writers, one of the steady ones. I rest upon my assertion that there has to be some balance of energy, or, failing a balance, a focused intensity of ALL energy. I've experienced both, I suppose.” IfsNeedsWritingEnergyFailingBalanceComplicatedFocusedIntensitySteadyEquationsAssertion Author:Kevin Keck
“I was working on the book, but in a very subterranean kind of a fashion. And I think that giving yourself permission to respect that, without being lazy and not doing work when you could be doing work and just don't feel like it - that's a different balance that can be complicated to strike.” ThinkingGivingFeelsKindBookDifferentFashionBalanceComplicatedStrikesLazyPermissionGiving YourselfBeing Lazy Author:Emily Barton
“I think people will be surprised at some of the things about the shootings by policemen of unarmed African-American men. But I also think it's a balanced view. Balance has become almost a dirty word these days. It seems we're supposed to pick one side or the other. But these issues are extremely complicated. I think people will be surprised at some of that.” PeopleThinkingMenBalanceComplicatedDirty Author:Don Winslow
“The number of stressors has multiplied exponentially: traffic, money, success, work/life balance, the economy, the environment, parenting, family conflict, relationships, disease. As the nature of human life has become far more complicated, our ancient stress response hasn't been able to keep up.” HumansAbleNumbersEconomyEnvironmentBalanceConflictDiseaseStressResponseAncientComplicatedHuman LifeTrafficWork Life BalanceLife BalanceStressorsFamily ConflictWork And Life Balance Author:Andrew Bernstein
“...love is essentially a much simpler phenomenon--it becomes complicated, corrupted or obstructed by an unequal balance of power.” Love IsBalanceComplicatedPhenomenonBalance Of Power Book:THE DIALECTIC OF SEX Source: THE DIALECTIC OF SEX