“The very properties of the human mind that provide an enormous scope for human genius in some domains will serve as barriers to progress in other domains, just as the properties that enable each child to acquire a complex and highly articulated human language block the acquisition of other imaginable linguistic systems.” MindHumansChildrenLanguageProgressGeniusPropertyComplexesEnormousBlockAcquireBarriersHuman MindDomainScopeAcquisitionHuman Language Author:Noam Chomsky
“It makes sense in that environment that you would hold on in the U.S. government to the people who know their way around this particular block.” PeopleKnowsWayGovernmentEnvironmentParticularBlockMake Sense Author:Rachel Maddow
“In Cuba the elections for the powers of the State comes from the people, first it comes from meetings of the citizens at the base. In Cuba we call them blocks, the divisions of a city that is the term we use. Several blocks of neighborhoods that live in the same area gather in assemblies that are stipulated by law. In those assemblies the people choose freely among themselves who will represent them. The criteria takes into account the candidates characteristics, including if they are hardworking, If they are good people, if they have a clean past, and money has no bearing on who is nominated.” PeopleIfsFirstsStatesUsePastLawTermCitiesCitizensAreasAccountsElectionCleanMeetingsIncludingBlockCharacteristicsCandidatesNeighborhoodDivisionGood PeopleCriteriaCubaAssemblyHardworking Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“[You should] see everything about your life as a lesson. Ask, "Am I empowering myself?" Even for a tiny thing, like if you're in the grocery store and you're thinking, "Should I buy that?" And your gut says, "You know you can't eat that." If you decide not to listen, you've harmed yourself by blocking your intuitive voice.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldAsksVoiceLessonsStoresTinyBlockEmpoweringGutsShould IIntuitiveGroceriesGrocery StoresTiny Things Author:Caroline Myss
“The [UN Security Council] P5 ought to be dissuaded from using their veto power, which can paralyze the United Nations. The country blocking action ought to have to explain its decision and propose an alternative solution. It has been suggested that a veto only becomes effective if the vetoing state has the support of two or three other permanent members.” IfsHas BeensTwoCountryStatesActionThreeNationsDecisionUnitedSupportSecurityOughtMembersSolutionsBlockAlternativesPermanentUnited NationsCouncilProposeVetoSecurity Council Author:Kofi Annan
“I understand how you could see something in the root of a tree, a crack in the wall, in an eroded stone or pebble. But marble? It comes off in blocks and doesn't evoke any image. It does not inspire.” DoeTreeInspireWallStonesRootsBlockCracksMarbleEvokePebbles Author:Pablo Picasso
“How could Michelangelo have seen his David in a block of marble? Man began to make images only because he discovered them nearly formed around him, already within reach. He saw them in a bone, in the bumps of a cave, in a piece of wood. One form suggested a woman to him, another a buffalo, still another the head of a monster.” MenStillsFormSawsPiecesWoodsBonesMonstersBlockCavesMarbleBumpsBuffaloWithin Reach Author:Pablo Picasso
“The linebacker has to make multiple, multiple decisions on every play. Not only what his assignment is and what the play is, but all the way along the line, different angles, how to take on blocks, how to tackle, the leverage to play with, the angle to run to and so forth, the technique. So many different things happen in a split second during the course of the play, just like it is for a quarterback. The more of those things that you can do right, slow down, get the most important things, not get distracted by all the stuff that's happening, but just really zero in on a target.” WayImportantDifferentPlayHappensRunningCoursesStuffCan DoLinesDecisionHappeningsImportant ThingsTechniqueThings HappenBlockDifferent ThingsTargetZeroSplitsMultipleAngleSlow DownDistractedQuarterbackAssignmentsDifferent AnglesLinebackers Author:Bill Belichick
“One of the rather unedifying truths about grief is it does block out more or less everything. It has a solipsistic quality to it.” DoeGriefQualityBlock Author:Decca Aitkenhead
“It's very dangerous to pretend to be open-minded when you're the exact opposite. I think feminists are only making it worse by blocking out all other viewpoints but their own, only reading their own propaganda and only associating with each other.” ThinkingReadingDangerousOppositesFeministBlockPropagandaOpen MindedViewpoints Author:Dave Sim
“The Internet is perfect for delivering large blocks of text to people throughout the world for free. That's a plus. The downside is the ADD, the Internet-addled Attention Deficit Disorder.” PeopleWorldPerfectAttentionInternetAddBlockPlusDisorderDeficitDeliveringAttention Deficit Disorder Author:Lee Klein
“On the real though, just being so young, then coming out of the hood and making it is just crazy to see. Just picking up a microphone and coming from the block, then being able to go around the world and really staying yourself and staying true to who you are.” WorldRealCrazyWho You AreBlockHoodStay True Author:Young Jeezy
“I did this campaign that was called "Back to the Basics" where I went back to the street, went back to my block, and really felt the people. We've got to go back to that sometimes. We distance ourselves from that and we see it from afar. Some people can't relate back to that; once you're out of it, they don't want to relate back to that. It's always good to get back to the basics, though. You've got to touch the roots, you've got to touch those people. Regardless of what's going on, people always respect that.” PeopleSometimesDistanceBlock Author:Carmelo Anthony
“I put a lot of pressure on myself to figure out what to say and, lately, I've started trying to work through things in my head. Before, I wouldn't trust my instincts or what I wanted to say and I really struggled with what I wanted to say. I guess it's just the classic case of writer's block and learning how to work through that. I'm slowly learning how.” TryingInstinctBlockClassic Author:Steve Gunn
“I'm working with fragments a lot of the time and the connective tissue isn't there yet. I think of it the way comics work. You have a block here and a block here, and there's this white space in between. Somehow your mind makes the leap to connect those two blocks. Finding a way to trick your mind into connecting those blocks is one of the fun things for me about writing. You can have those leaps that will emerge into something, if you're lucky.” ThinkingWritingMindFunLuckyBlockLeap Author:Dan Chaon
“I think that it's difficult to talk about large questions of economics or social policy without understanding the building blocks of society. And those building blocks are organizations, the people who run them, and the people who work in them.” PeopleThinkingRunningDifficultUnderstandingPolicyBuildingBlock Author:Robert Reich
“If you're hungry, God is feeding. You know, if you're listening; He is speaking. And I think sometimes trouble and intense hardship can make us - it made me at times, you know, block our ears, shut our eyes, it's like too much. But actually He's speaking, He's encouraging us, He's loving us all the time.” ThinkingSometimesEyeTroubleListeningHungryIntenseBlockHardship Author:Darlene Zschech
“Gratitude is the key that opens up the gateway of your heart that allows the untapped and inspiring potential of love to radiate out and cleanse your mind of any clouding uncertainties that could block you from living your most amazing and extraordinary life and dream. When you are grateful for what you have you get more to be grateful for. You life is fulfilled to the degree of your gratitude.” MindHeartDreamGratitudeGratefulExtraordinaryBlockUncertaintyBe GratefulOrdinary LifeMost Amazing Author:John Frederick Demartini
“What can you do to mitigate the likelihood that Iran will develop nuclear weapons? There's a very simple method: move towards establishing a nuclear-weapons-free zone, which everybody in the world wants, but the US blocks.” WorldMovingSimpleBlockZoneNuclear Weapons Author:Noam Chomsky
“Curiosity is a key building block. The more curious you are, the more creativity you will unleash. A great way to do that is to ask the three "magic questions" again and again... those questions are simply, "Why", "What if?", and "Why not?". Asking these questions constantly focused you on the possibilities and away from how things are at the moment.” MomentsCreativityMagicPossibilityBuildingCuriosityFocusedBlockCuriousWhat If Author:Josh Linkner
“Americans spend about 6 billion hours a year collecting the data and filling out the forms. We spend $10 billion to H&R Block and other preparers. And on top of that, $2 billion in tax preparation software, which still takes hours of work. It's outrageous the burden we put on people, and guess what, you go to Europe, you go to Japan, it's 15 minutes and costs nothing.” PeopleHoursTaxesBurdenBlockPreparationSoftware Author:T.R. Reid
“For 17 years, elections in Russia have followed the same pattern: Nobody criticizes Putin, nobody runs a real election campaign, the whole process takes place quietly over a period of two months. The Kremlin blocks every alternative to Putin. He doesn't want a candidate who will travel through the country and speak loudly about Russia's problems.” RealCountryProblemRunningSpeakElectionBlockCriticize Author:Alexei Navalny
“The headline in the Washington Post: "Democrats Confident They Can Block Trump's Agenda After Spending Bill Win." They think now they can stop Donald Trump's agenda for the next 3-1/2 years. They've shown how to do it. The agenda tied to the budget. The budget tied to government shutdowns. The Republicans cave at the first mention of a government shutdown; ergo, they've shut down Trump. That's what they're thinking.” ThinkingWinningRepublicanDemocratBlock Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I'm a real people pleaser, and for a while I was really desperate to make a kind of thing that would satisfy everyone, and I realized I was focusing so much on satisfying everyone else that I'd forgotten that the only real way to make anything true is to focus on making what you want to hear and saying what you want to say. Trying to people please with my art was a direct line to complete meltdown, writer's block situation, and I had to look inward before I could move past it.” PeopleTryingKindArtRealPastMovingSituationFocusDirectForgottenI RealizedBlockDesperate Author:Jenn Wasner
“"Benghazi happened a long time ago. We are unaware of any agency blocking an employee who would like to appear before Congress to provide information related to Benghazi." This is the modus operandi of the regime - any Democrat regime, actually. You stonewall it for a few months, and then after a few months go by you say, "It's an old story." Didn't Watergate happen a long time ago? It still seems to be really relevant, Watergate.” LongDemocratBlockEmployeeRelevant Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I think continued actions by Bashar al-Assad clearly call into any question of him expecting to have any legitimacy to continue as the leader of Syria. With each of those actions, like attack with conventional weapons, barrel bombs and block humanitarian aid he really undermines his own legitimacy.” ThinkingActionLeaderHumanitarianAidsBlockExpectingSyria Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“I try not to respond to trolls. I've learned blocking. If anybody is truly mean to me, or says something arrogant - don't respond, you'll only empower them. If you give them anything! So I'll block 'em. Or, if someone's annoying, but yet I still kind of like them, I mute them. Because they don't know! So then, it still looks like we're connected, but I don't have to listen.” GivingTryingKindMeanBlockEmpoweringAnnoyingArrogantTroll Author:Andie MacDowell
“The comfort-women agreement that we made with Japan during the last administration is not accepted by the people of Korea, particularly by the victims. They are against this agreement. The core to resolving the issue is for Japan to take legal responsibility for its actions and to make an official apology. But we should not block the advancement of Korea-Japan bilateral relations just because of this one issue.” PeopleActionResponsibilityRelationVictimAcceptedBlockApology Author:Moon Jae-in
“Of course each citizen should try to educate him or herself, but only after receiving some essential, basic blocks of knowledge. Formal education should always be free; from kindergarten to PhD. It is free in many European countries, and in several Latin American ones (including Cuba, Mexico and Argentina). China is returning to free education, as it is returning to universal health care. In countries like Chile, people are on the streets right now fighting for free education, and they are winning!” PeopleTryingCountryCareFightingWinningBlockHealth CareLatinEducateLatin AmericaKindergartenUniversal Health Care Author:Andre Vltchek
“Right now we have millions of people in our country who are suffering in isolation, thinking that they are the only ones who are dealing with drug addiction, who don't realize that on their own block there are other people and families. They think they're alone and they think they're going to be judged and they don't want to talk about it. But when people do come forward and share their stories it's incredibly liberating, and it gives other people permission to tell their stories too.” PeopleThinkingGivingCountrySufferingRealizingShareDrugAddictionBlockIsolationJudgedLiberatingDrug AddictionDrug Addict Author:Vivek Murthy
“Things like rhyming - it just wasn't falling out of my head that way. So I started to get quite freaked out that I just couldn't write anymore. And then I just kind of went with it, and thought that, "This is the way that my brain's working," in a more direct way, then I should just try it like that for this album. And follow it. Just went with the writer's block, almost - it's a strange thing.” WritingTryingKindFallStrangeDirectBlockRhyming Author:Elena Tonra
“The stories just keep showing up in my head - and I really hope they keep it up! I write what I'm told, and as long as I do that, I don't have any problems with writer's block or anything. The issues come only when I try to force the story or the people in it to do things they don't want to. As a control freak, it's funny that I've learned to be so comfortable with being out of control in what is arguably one of the most important areas of my life!” PeopleWritingTryingLongImportantProblemBlockFreakControl Freak Author:J.R. Ward
“We only now talk to our own, on Facebook and social media we talk to people, we friend and we like and we follow people who agree with us and rather than engaging with people who disagree with us, we unfollow them, we block them, we non-platform them.” PeopleAgreeSocial MediaBlockDisagree Author:Armando Iannucci
“I'm full of admiration for the Queen. She's done a fantastic job. She has had an awful lot of blocks along the road and has overcome them all. I'm anything but an antimonarchist.” DoneOvercomingBlockFantasticAdmiration Author:Dick Clement
“I think first we have to begin by telling the truth, which I think has actually been a big stumbling block. We can look at Donald Trump and see how he lies, but I think we also have to look at some of the lies we've told ourselves and the lies we've accepted and internalized ourselves.” ThinkingLyingAcceptedBlockTelling The Truth Author:Michelle Alexander
“And if I'm ahead, I can sometimes tell. It might mean I'm having a good swim, but pretty much, I'm just focused on how fast I'm going, how fast I'm feeling, and pretty much block everything out, the sounds, the sights, just kind of listen to the rhythm of the water, and just maintaining the same stroke, the same rhythm, the same tempo, and thinking about how I want to get my hand to the wall.” ThinkingKindMeanSometimesFeelingsWaterWallFocusedBlockRhythmSwim Author:Katie Ledecky
“I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is habit as much as an art or a craft. And if you write crap, you're still writing.” WritingBelieveArtHabitBlockVery StrongCrap Author:Nora Roberts
“Repression is good for cultural achievement. Let's face it. What are gay boys going to be like? I always like to say the 19th-century gay boy was Oscar Wilde, the 20th-century gay boy was Stonewall and ACT UP. And in the 21st century, we have blocking people on Grindr. That's what we've accomplished. Without some kind of traction.” PeopleKindBoysGayAchievementBlockAccomplished21st Century Author:Daniel Mendelsohn
“I don't get writer's block. I don't try to write anything; when something comes, I write it. I just practice and when I get an idea I write it down.” WritingTryingBlock Author:Jose James
“I'm not trying to create an aesthetic that's my own; I'm trying to create a way understanding things through drawing and painting. That's the common thread. Things can look different, but that's not what's important. What's important is the process is the same, the ideas are the same, I'm using the same building blocks, but they're different. The larger framework is the same; it's the pieces that change. For me, it's about these different elements, but you're still fitting them together into sentences, words, paragraphs, and stories.” TryingImportantDifferentTogetherUnderstandingCommonBuildingPaintingBlockAestheticFittingParagraph Author:Kysa Johnson
“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” LawPurposeOrderSocialJusticeProgressFailingFlowLawyerBlockLaw And OrderSocial ProgressDams Book:Why We Can't Wait Source: Why We Can't Wait
“Milton Katselas said, "Who are you to look down your nose at Anna Magnani and Maureen Stapleton? Who do you think you are?" I was doing this kooky meditation at the time called inner-guide meditation, where you go into a cave and you have a guide, and you fly around. So I said to my inner guide, "Take me to the energy that's blocking me from accepting my casting" - because I understood it intellectually, but I didn't want to do it in my heart.” ThinkingHeartEnergyAcceptingMeditationMy HeartBlockGuide Me Author:Beth Grant
“Tithing isn't the ceiling of giving; it's the floor. It's not the finish line of giving; it's just the starting blocks. Tithes can be the training wheels to launch us into the mind-set, skills, and habits of grace giving.” GivingGraceHabitTrainingBlockTithe Author:Randy Alcorn
“My dreams are always quite attainable, I wouldn't like to spend a lot of money on a car. I've got a mental block about splurging on something so visible like that. I could do it on a watch or something because that's quite personal and it isn't something that's on show all the time, but with a car everyone thinks you're a show-off. But one thing I would really like is a Ford Mustang - for me, that's the attainable dream. You look at it and you just think "F*** yes!" - you can hear an electric guitar solo playing in your head!” ThinkingDreamCarBlockElectric Author:Russell Kane
“Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. "Writer's block" sounds so dramatic and worrisome, and I don't worry about it. I know deep down that I'm a writer, and it's just a matter of time until it comes back, and when it does, it'll be good like it's always been.” WritingWorryBe GoodBlockDramaticBlocked Author:Mark Kozelek
“Trust is perhaps the most critical single building block underlying effectiveness. Without trust leaders do not have followers. Without trust, leaders are impotent despite great rhetoric or splendid ideas. Trust rests on the belief among followers that the leader is transparent: What you see is what there is. Trust means followers believe there is no duplicity; no manipulation just to satisfy the leader's ego. Very simply: The effective leader is transparent; that's why that person is trusted.” BelieveMeanBeliefLeaderBuildingEgoBlockManipulationTrustedRhetoricTrust MeWithout Trust Author:Judith M Bardwick
“I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. It wasn't like some idea of going to Hollywood; it was in my backyard. I lived two blocks from Grauman's Chinese Theatre growing up. It was what people did. It's an industry town. So it wasn't some far-off fantasy, it was like "Oh yeah, when you grow up, you do this because that's what people do here."” PeopleKindKidsHouseActingFantasyGrowing UpTheatreBlockChineseShy Author:Jennifer Jason Leigh
“I share with a lot of people who have seen The Green film at gay film festivals when you are the only gay guy on the block, you feel this responsibility to be this ambassador. You spend a lot of time making sure that other people feel comfortable with you. The perception that we project on that community, that gets in the way of a clear line of communication.” PeopleFilmGuyCommunityResponsibilityShareCommunicationGayPerceptionBlock Author:Paul Marcarelli
“To me, the stories that have always intrigued me are the stories of people leaving my movies and being affected by them. They walk home 20 blocks the wrong way. Or they lock themselves in their office. Or they find themselves weeping when in the shower after the film. And those intrigue me, because I know I've touched something inside them.” PeopleHomeFilmOfficeLeavingBlockWeepingIntrigued Author:Terry Gilliam
“My process of working is not really that unique. I like to paint during the day, and block out large chunks of time with which to work. I prefer to work on a painting in a few swift passes, and not fuss over it. I think that the work needs to have an energy to it that can't be accomplished if one is adding a few strokes everyday. Once a piece is done, I don't work on it anymore. I hate fussy.” ThinkingDoneHateEnergyPaintingUniqueI HatePaintEverydayBlockAccomplishedOver It Author:Rosson Crow