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“If there's any comparison between the compassion and decency of the American people and the terrorist tactics of extremists, it's flawed logic. It's just I simply can't accept that. It's unacceptable to think that there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective.”

“If we each take responsibility in shifting our own behavior, we can trigger the type of change that is necessary to achieve sustainability for our race or this planet. We change our planet, our environment, our humanity every day, every year, every decade, and every millennia.”

Ifs Years Humanity Race Responsibility Environment Achieve Planets Type Behavior Decades Sustainability Taking Responsibility Shifting Our Planet Triggers Our Environment

Author:Yehuda Berg

“Consciousness is cerebral celebrity--nothing more and nothing less. Those contents are conscious that persevere, that monopolize resources long enough to achieve certain typical and "symptomatic" effects--on memory, on the control of behavior and so forth.”

Long Enough Certain Memories Consciousness Achieve Effects Behavior Conscious Resources Typical Persevere Cerebral

Book:Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds

Source: Brainchildren: Essays on Designing Minds

“The rewards are profound. Shadow-work enables us to alter our self-sabotaging behavior so that we can achieve a more self-directed life.”

Life Self Achieve Behavior Shadow Profound Rewards Shadow Work

Book:Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

Source: Romancing the Shadow: A Guide to Soul Work for a Vital, Authentic Life

“You have a very precisely defined goal and you build a machine that's superhuman in its capabilities for achieving goals. If it turns out that the subsequent behavior of the robot in achieving that goal was not what you want, you have a real problem.”

Ifs Want Real Problem Turns Goal Achieve Behavior Machines What You Want Defined Capability Robots Real Problems Superhuman Achieving Goals

Author:Stuart J. Russell

“For years I was so busy building walls I did not see I was imprisoning myself behind them, and did not recognize this pattern as being addiction. My addictive thinking and behavior became the bars of my cell. Denying feeling empty inside, I constantly looked for new things to acquire, people to be around, substances to take, and new goals to achieve in order to feel better about myself. Over the last four decades I have focused on healing my addictive mind and helping others do the same.”

“Leaders are not modest, and more importantly, the extensive social science research on narcissism, self-promotion, and similar constructs shows that these qualities and behaviors are useful for getting hired, achieving promotions, keeping one's job, and obtaining a higher salary.”

Self Shows Jobs Social Quality Leader Achieve Higher Behavior Research Narcissism Modest Constructs Promotion Salary Obtaining Social Science Self Promotion Science Research

Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer

“I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.”

Ifs Thinking Achieve Demand Behavior Institutions Meaningful

Author:Chelsea Manning

“It is our responsibility as the stronger party [Israel], as the occupying power, to convince the Palestinians that they can achieve their basic national aims, their just national aspirations, without violence. Unfortunately, the behavior of the Sharon administration, and before this of the Barak administration, has shown the Palestinians the opposite: namely, that they will achieve nothing without violence.”

Party Responsibility Violence Achieve Behavior Opposites Stronger Aim Israel Administration Aspiration Convince Palestinian Sharon

Author:Uri Avnery

“What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal judiciary. They wanted federal judges to be appointed by the president, with the advice and consent of the Senate, and to serve for good behavior.”

Wanted President Achieve Advice Judging Behavior Constitution Independent Senate Consent Judiciary Framers Good Behavior Federal Judges

Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“Well, Americans expect our president to be human beings, and as imperfect as all of us are. They expect us to make mistakes and all that. But one thing the American public likes is, if you make a mistake, you do that, you cross that line that they expect you to behave under, then you apologize or then you correct that behavior and said you have learned, you are going to do better, you are going to achieve better, and you are going to serve a higher purpose than that.”

Purpose President Mistake Achieve Behavior Behave Making Mistakes Imperfect Apologizing

Author:Matthew Dowd

“Having children changes your behavior. Your personality doesn't change, but you're more cautious of what you say and how you say it to start with-so that already changes things. My mind is not completely mine anymore. I used to be able to concentrate and achieve things. Now I find it much harder to focus, because it just seems that half your brain doesn't belong to you anymore. My kids are still little. Maybe it will change more when they're older, but I doubt it.”

Mind Children Kids Brain Doubt Focus Achieve Personality Behavior Cautious Having Children

Author:Vanessa Paradis

“Leaders instill purpose through their words and their actions. Their communications demonstrate a commitment to vision and mission, but their behaviors underscore its real importance. What a leader does is far more important than what he or she says. People want to see action and help achieve results.”

People Important Real Helping Action Purpose Leader Vision Achieve Communication Behavior Commitment Importance

Author:John Baldoni

“And yet even among the friends of liberty, many people are deceived into believing that government can make them safe from all harm, provide fairly distributed economic security, and improve individual moral behavior. If the government is granted a monopoly on the use of force to achieve these goals, history shows that power is always abused. Every single time.”

People Ifs Believe Use Shows Government Individual Force Goal Liberty Moral Economic Achieve Security Safe Behavior Harm Granted Monopoly Deceived Use Of Force Economic Security Moral Behavior

Author:Ron Paul