“The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status - that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided - something about their presence is constructive in the long run.” KindLongBookIdeasFactsRunningCommunityImaginationFiguresActivityBenefitsSpiteFascinatedLong RunsConstructiveOutlawWanton Author:Toni Morrison
“The investor has the benefit of the stock market's daily and changing appraisal of his holdings, 'for whatever that appraisal may be worth', and, second, that the investor is able to increase or decrease his investment at the market's daily figure - 'if he chooses'. Thus the existence of a quoted market gives the investor certain options which he does not have if his security is unquoted. But it does not impose the current quotation on an investor who prefers to take his idea of value from some other source.” IfsGivingMayDoeIdeasAbleCertainValuesExistenceSecurityFiguresSourceBenefitsIncreaseInvestmentCurrentsInvestorsQuotationsDecreaseAppraisal Author:Benjamin Graham
“I think it's hard for people to suspend the era they live in and understand the decisions that had to be made often during the western frontier era were life and death. You had to be resourceful and on your feet to try to figure out somebody. You didn't have the benefit of knowing who somebody was.” PeopleThinkingTryingMadeHardDecisionKnowingFeetFiguresBenefitsWesternErasLife And DeathFrontiersResourceful Author:Kevin Costner
“Any outfit that can't figure out clean toilets and decent theming on its own can't benefit from my advice.” AdviceFiguresBenefitsCleanDecentToilets Book:Makers Source: Makers
“Money actually becomes even more difficult than other things because it's very hard to imagine what the benefits are to saving. So, imagine that you see a new bicycle, a new pair of shoes, or something today. You know exactly what you are giving up if you are not buying it, what are you gaining in the future if you are not getting it. So, you are giving up the bicycle today, what is it in the future? What will happen if you send another $1,000 to your retirement fund? What difference will it make? It is very, very hard to figure out.” IfsKnowsGivingHardHappensTodayDifficultDifferencesImagineFiguresGiving UpBenefitsShoesSavingBuyingFundPairsRetirementImagine ThatBicyclePair Of Shoes Author:Dan Ariely
“The idea that a relatively fixed group of privileged people might shape the economy and government for their own benefit goes against the American grain. Nevertheless, the owners and top-level managers in large income-producing properties are far and away the dominant power figures in the United States. Their corporations, banks, and agribusinesses come together as a corporate community that dominates the federal government in Washington. Their real estate, construction, and land development companies form growth coalitions that dominate most local governments.” PeopleIdeasRealStatesGovernmentMightTogetherFormGrowthCommunityLevelsUnitedCompanyUnited StatesEconomyGroupsLandFiguresDevelopmentShapesBenefitsPropertyIncomeLocalsManagersCorporateCorporationsFixedOwnersConstructionGrainNeverthelessDominantEstatesPrivilegedFederal GovernmentCoalitionsLocal GovernmentAgribusiness Author:G. William Domhoff
“This needs to work on that level, but it has the additional strain of it's going to be profoundly scrutinized by political junkies from the right and the left who will pick apart every little thing. We are inherently dramatizing Hillary Rodham, or Hillary Clinton, who's a very famous figure. There's a lot of biographies about her, but there's also elements that are private moments, that are dramatized with an arc, and we have to take creative license. Everything is sort of a cost-benefit.” NeedsLittlesMomentsPoliticalLeftLevelsCreativeFiguresCostElementsBenefitsPicksClintonLittle ThingsBiographiesStrainLicenseArcsJunkieVery Famous Author:James Ponsoldt
“I give everybody the benefit of the doubt. Anything you get into, you should research it and figure its roots and try to really be a real strong part of it.” GivingShouldTryingRealStrongDoubtFiguresBenefitsResearchRootsBenefit Of The Doubt Author:Roger Miret
“I make sure I have the best: I figure you could spend $800 on an outfit you wear three times, but with your hair it's there all the time. I also think it is really important to look after your colour once it's been done. I try and give my hair a really nourishing mask every so often to combat against all the styling. I also love to have beauty treatments that really benefit, like massages. t's divine to get up and feel all zen and relaxed.” ThinkingGivingFeelsTryingLooksImportantDoneThreeFiguresDivineHairBenefitsGet UpColourMaskTreatmentCombatRelaxedThree TimesMassage Author:Cat Deeley
“You've got to try to figure out which is the bigger benefit and which is the bigger loser. It nearly killed him [Eric Clapton ]; he was in a very, very bad way for a long time, but he came through it. Most people don't come through it because they don't have the money to buy the people to look after them.” PeopleWayTryingLooksLongFiguresBenefitsLong TimeBiggerLoserEric Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“I wanted to get that scholarship to - a division one scholarship and play ball and go to school for free. And that, to me, was - I was always about getting to that next step. If I could get to that next place, then I could figure out essentially what to do with being in that space and how to manage my time and handle those - handle all the benefits of being in that space in a way that would get me to the next place.” IfsWayPlayWantedSchoolNextSpaceStepsFiguresBenefitsBallsHandleManageMy TimeIf I CouldDivisionScholarshipNext Steps Author:Mahershala Ali
“The new [Donald Trump] administration may not want the benefit of [Dan Fried] expertise in terms of figuring out what Russia is up to with us right now but I do. I mean, we can all benefit from it as a country as we figure out what`s going on right now with this presidency and with Russia in particular.” WantMayMeanCountryTermFiguresParticularTrumpRight NowBenefitsRussiaAdministrationPresidencyExpertise Author:Rachel Maddow
“I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.” WorldGivingHas BeensFiguresInvolvedMembersBenefitsTradePartnersOptimistTraders Author:Iain Duncan Smith
“Future benefits rarely figure in the minds of animals.” MindAnimalFiguresBenefits Author:Frans de Waal