“If your primary focus is to get over your health problems or get past a relationship crisis so that you can return to your former life and old patterns- that is, get back to business as usual-you are not really living. The distinction is paradoxical and sometimes subtle. It's the difference between walking through your life on your way to somewhere, and walking as your life. Even if you believe that where you want to get is extremely important, that destination is secondary. Your immediate experience is what really matters. It is your life.” IfsWayWantLifeBelieveImportantSometimesMatterProblemPastDifferencesFocusReturnWalkingCrisisPatternsFormerPrimariesDistinctionSubtleOver YouDestinationGet BackUsualGet OverIf You BelieveParadoxicalHealth ProblemsReally LivingFormer Life Author:Richard Moss
“There is space within sisterhood for likeness and difference, for the subtle differences that challenge and delight; there is space for disappointment-and surprise.” ChallengesDifferencesSpaceSurpriseDisappointmentDelightSubtleSisterhood Book:Psyche's Sisters: Re-Imagining the Meaning of Sisterhood Source: Psyche's Sisters: Re-Imagining the Meaning of Sisterhood
“Before this I tended to paint figures and put them in an environment. Now I paint an environment to put figures in. It's a subtle difference, but it is a difference. It's something I did naturally.” ChangeDifferencesEnvironmentFiguresPaintSubtle Author:John Newman
“Color is a powerful physical, biological, and psychological force. When less color and less intense color is present, trace amounts and subtle differences become highly significant and are strongly felt.” ForceFeltDifferencesPowerfulColorAmountSignificantIntensePsychologicalColourSubtle Author:John Paul Caponigro
“The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.” TwoImportantDifferentGovernmentFacesPoliticalDifferencesChurchReligiousDutyOfficeIdealsRealmsSubtleReligious FaithImplementation Book:The Jimmy Carter Library Source: The Jimmy Carter Library
“The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.” HomeBigsLostLanguageDifferencesCompanyImpossibleExampleAppealsSubtleTranslationsBig CompaniesLost In Translation Author:Larry Gelbart
“I think the success around any product is really about subtle insights. You need a great product and a bigger vision to execute against, but its really those small things that make the big difference.” ThinkingNeedsBigsDifferencesVisionProductsBiggerInsightSubtleSmall Things Author:Chad Hurley
“The things that are the hardest are the things that are due the quickest. The more time you have the easier it is to come up with things and navigate. I think the other things that are tough are films that are very, very subtle. Where there are little tiny nuances that make a big difference.” ThinkingLittlesBigsFilmDifferencesEasierToughCome UpDuesTinyHardestSubtleMore TimeNuanceNavigate Author:Christopher Lennertz
“I think there is a very subtle shift from the metal I grew up on to Weezer. I think the big shift was from a minor key to a major key. That made a huge difference in how it was perceived.” ThinkingMadeBigsDifferencesHugeKeysGrewMajorsGrew UpSubtleMetalsMinors Author:Rivers Cuomo