“I'm half deaf. I have nerve damage and a constant ringing in both of my ears, and there are certain times and conditions when I can hardly hear at all.” I CanCertainHalfConditionsEarsConstantDamageNervesDeaf Author:James Nachtwey
“My body and its condition are a barometer that is always trying to tell me which direction to go for my maximum creativity, health and fulfillment. And, because I'm human, I get off track now and again but I can always get back on.” TryingHumansI CanBodyHealingCreativityConditionsHealthTrackAttractionLaw Of AttractionFulfillmentGet BackMaximumAlways TryingBarometer Author:Christiane Northrup
“For years I was an undiagnosed anorexic, suffering from a little-known variant of the disease, where, freakishly, the appetite turns in on itself and demands more and more food, forcing the sufferer to gain several stones in weight and wear men's V-necked pullovers. My condition has stabilised now, but I can never stray too far from cocoa-based products and I keep a small cracknel-type candy in my brassiere at all times. Fortunately, I wear a 'D' cup so there is plenty of room for sweetmeats.” MenYearsLittlesI CanSufferingTurnsRoomsKnownConditionsProductsTypeDemandDiseaseGainsStonesWeightAll TimeCupsPlentyAppetiteCandySufferersAnorexicsCocoa Author:Victoria Wood
“I love rainy and bad-weather days because this type of weather gives me a mental advantage, especially when I'm fishing in a tournament. When the weather is inclement, most fishermen start thinking of reasons why they can't catch bass. But, because I fish so often in bad weather, I'm thinking of all the reasons I can catch bass in bad weather conditions.” ThinkingGivingI CanReasonConditionsTypeAdvantageGive MeFishesWeatherReason WhyFishingBassTournamentsRainyFishermanBad Weather Author:Gary A. Klein
“We have created stability, which is a necessary condition for development. But I can't call this system authoritarian.” I CanConditionsDevelopmentStability Author:Vladimir Putin
“I learn a lot from acting, but it's not my natural way. I can't help but write; I do it all the time. It's a condition of being for me.” WayWritingI CanHelpingNaturalActingConditions Author:Mary Stuart Masterson
“I can say that the happiest period of my life has been since I emerged from the shadows and superstitions of the old theologies, relieved from all gloomy apprehensions of the future, satisfied that as my labors and capacities were limited to this sphere of action, I was responsible for nothing beyond my horizon, as I could neither understand nor change the condition of the unknown world. Giving ourselves, then, no trouble about the future, let us make the most of the present, and fill up our lives with earnest work here.” WorldGivingHas BeensI CanActionOur LivesTroubleAtheismConditionsPeriodsShadowCapacityLaborResponsiblePositive AtheismSatisfiedTheologyHorizonSpheresSuperstitionsEarnestApprehensionGloomyRelievedUnknown Worlds Author:Elizabeth Cady Stanton
“There were so many Cuban-Americans upset that we were going to Cuba and I was curious to see why they were so angry, and anti-Castro. I found out as soon as we got there. The people were treated terrible. The conditions were terrible. I can see why people risk their lives and limbs to get out. (Fidel Castro) lives like a king and won't help anybody, and has everybody scared to death. Nobody lives a normal life. It was still a good experience, but I thought we should just play that one game.” PeopleShouldStillsI CanPlayHelpingFoundGamesRiskConditionsKingsTerribleNormalAngryScaredTreatedCuriousUpsetLimbsCubaNormal LifeCubanCastroGood Experiences Author:Albert Belle
“My fear, as a writer, is that I am a curiosity. That I can only bring you this peculiar condition from far away, from outside, and if you look at it then it will mean nothing. So, I have to pretend it's more than that. Horror writing lets me do that.” IfsWritingLooksMeanI CanConditionsHorrorLet MeCuriosityPeculiarFar Away Author:Tony Burgess
“I love music. I love making songs. I feel like I've been given a path where I can contribute, where I can protest if somebody does something really obviously wrong or inhuman right in front of me, where I can make a difference. Where I can most especially elevate, make you happy, elevate the condition, elevate the thing.” IfsFeelsDoeI CanSongGivenDifferencesPathConditionsFrontsMaking A DifferenceProtestMake You HappyMusic LoveLove MakingInhumanI Love Music Author:David Crosby
“Sometimes I can inhabit a feisty, vicious character. Sometimes I can inhabit a painfully shy British girl, or whatever it might be. I'm able to step into these other parts of myself. I feel like, as long as I keep doing that in my career, and I keep tapping into different parts of the human condition, that's all I ask for.” FeelsHumansLongI CanDifferentSometimesCharacterMightAbleGirlAsksStepsCareersConditionsBritishShyHuman ConditionViciousTappingFeisty Author:Rose McIver
“I always enjoy the job and the work that I do, because that's the condition that I attach in accepting any job. This way, I can really work and dedicate myself to the institution for achieving the goal which I believe is a noble one.” WayBelieveI CanJobsI BelieveEnjoyGoalAcceptingAchieveConditionsInstitutionsNoble Author:Sri Mulyani Indrawati
“Reality cannot be photographed or represented. We can only create a new reality. And my dilemma is how to make art out of a reality that most of us would rather ignore. How do you make art when the world is in such a state? My answer has been to make mistakes, but when I can, to choose them. We are all guilt victims choosing mistakes, and as Godard said, the very definition of the human condition is in the mise-en-scéne itself.” WorldHumansHas BeensArtSaidI CanStatesRealityAnswersMistakeConditionsVictimGuiltDefinitionsMaking MistakesHuman ConditionDilemma Author:Alfredo Jaar
“Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game. That is about all I have learned - to study general conditions, to take a position and stick to it. I can wait without a twinge of impatience. I can see a setback without being shaken, knowing that it is only temporary.” MenI CanGamesWaitingKnowingStudyConditionsPositionJudgmentSticksTemporaryI Have LearnedImpatienceSetback Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“I have always played a lone hand. It is the way my mind works. I have to do my own seeing and my own thinking. But I can tell you that after the market began to go my way I felt for the first time in my life that I had allies - the strongest and truest in the world: underlying conditions. They were helping me with all their might.” ThinkingWorldWayMindFirstsI CanHelpingHandsMightFeltMy OwnSeeingConditionsFirst TimeMy WayStrongestAlliesTruestLone Author:Jesse Lauriston Livermore
“Capitalism has taught us that markets are always more efficient than hierarchical managerial coordination. But in a situation where those three conditions aren't met, I can't outsource or partner with you because markets don't function in the absence of sufficient information.” I CanThreeSituationConditionsInformationTaughtMetsCapitalismFunctionAbsencePartnersSufficientEfficientTaught UsCoordination Author:Clayton Christensen
“The friends I have, and the people whom I admire, are people who have an understanding of the conditions under which we live, and have a humanist sense of the world. If that's lacking in my understanding of a person's negotiation of the world, I can't be close with that person.” PeopleIfsWorldPersonsI CanUnderstandingConditionsAdmireHumanistLackingNegotiation Author:Claudia Rankine
“I can still function when I don't have that balance I crave. I had a tendency to be precious about acting, thinking of it as something mercurial that required all the right conditions, but now I know that even if I don't get any sleep, I can still work, I can power through. The stars don't have to be perfectly aligned for me to do a good job.” IfsThinkingKnowsStillsI CanJobsStarsSleepActingConditionsBalanceFunctionTendenciesGood JobCrave Author:Laura Regan