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“Mindfulness can create a foundation for emotional bonding that allows you to be fully present and authentic during dialogues or a discussion. A mindful approach to entering difficult conversations keeps both parties out of the heat of emotions and able to explore the needs, wants and interests on both sides. Judgement is suspended and, with a strong bond, the mind is able to focus on and look for the mutual benefit of the common goal.”

“Why, in our culture, do so many discussions of male/female roles seem so painful, unfair, unreal, unfunny, and even preposterous? Because of men who demand submission from their wives but in turn submit themselves to no one, including God … We cannot blame women for being frustrated because they fear the injustice of being under headship that itself is not accountable.”

Men Seems Turns Culture Roles Wife Demand Female Blame Males Including Injustice Painful Discussion Submit Frustrated Unfair Submission Unreal Male Female Female Roles Being Frustrated Headship

Author:Stu Weber

“The discussion of fur is childish.”

Hate Discussion Fur Love And Hate

Author:Karl Lagerfeld

“It will be my earnest aim that The New York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is permissible in good society, and give it as early if not earlier, than it can be learned through any other reliable medium; to give the news impartially, without fear or favor, regardless of party, sect, or interest involved; to make of the columns of The New York Times a forum for the consideration of all questions of public importance, and to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.”

“We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the verbose, the detailed, the voluminous, the inaccessible. On the other hand, the lightness of the artillery should not degenerate into pop-gunnery - by which term we may designate the character of the greater portion of the newspaper press - their sole legitimate object being the discussion of ephemeral matters in an ephemeral manner.”

Source: The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: Literati

“On the subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is Do the gods exist or do the not? It is difficult you may say to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly, but in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so.”

Ifs Firsts Kind May Matter Religion Easy Difficult Subjects Agree Deny Arguing Discussion Assembly God Exists

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about.”

People Ideas Self Talking Obsession Discussion Narcissistic

Author:Stanley Crouch

“The theoretical postulate of all diplomatic discussion between nations is the assumed willingness of every nation to do justice.”

Nations Justice Discussion Willingness Theoretical Diplomatic Rehabilitation

Book:Addresses on International Subjects

Source: Addresses on International Subjects

“Some of our newspapers and magazines are more concerned with the welfare of their advertisers than they are with the dissemination of news and the discussion of matters of lasting importance. ...Radio, television, motion pictures, popular books - all contribute...to...the stifling of dissent on all but the most banal levels. ...a renunciation of the most basic and precious of democratic principles.”

“My expectation would be that if we can begin discussions soon, shortly after the Iranian elections, we should have a fairly good sense by the end of the year as to whether they are moving in the right direction.”

Ifs Should Years Ends Would Be Moving Expectations Should Have Election Discussion Good Sense Iranian Right Direction Moving In Moving In The Right Direction

Author:Barack Obama

“To resolve this issue will require Iran to come to the table and discuss in a clear and forthright way how to prove to the international community that the intentions of their nuclear program are peaceful. [...] The question is going to be whether in these discussions they show themselves moving clearly in that direction.”

Way Shows Moving Community Issues Clear Prove Program Tables Intention International Nuclear Peaceful Discussion Iran Resolve International Community

Author:Barack Obama

“We are learning more as we interrogate or have discussions with Iraqi scientists and people within the Iraqi structure, that perhaps he destroyed some, perhaps he dispersed some... And so we will find them.”

People Scientist Structure Iraq Destroyed Discussion Weapons Of Mass Destruction Mass Destruction Wmd Wmds In Iraq Learning More

Author:George W. Bush

“In our discussions here at the forum there was no trace of the futile debate about what is better, capitalism or socialism...We should seek a synthesis of ideas and values that have proven their viability.”

Should Ideas Government Values Capitalism Debate Socialism Discussion Proven Forums Synthesis

Author:Mikhail Gorbachev

“The constitutional right of free expression... is designed and intended to remove governmental restraints from the arena of public discussion, putting the decision as to what views shall be voiced in the hands of each of us, in the hope that the use of such freedom will ultimately produce a more capable citizenry and more perfect polity and in the belief that no other approach would comport with the premise of individual dignity and choice upon which our political systems rests.”

“When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks'.”

Want Government Action Courses Language Talking Weak Sells Discussion Agendas Load Selected Leaks Dubious Devious Linkages

Author:Brian Eno

“As soon as the mouth is opened, evils spring forth. People either neglect the root and speak of the branches, or neglect the reality of the 'illusory' world and speak only of Enlightenment. Or else they chatter of cosmic activities leading to transformations, while neglecting the Substance from which they spring--indeed, there is NEVER any profit in discussion.”

People World Mind Reality Evil Speak Activity Spring Enlightenment Mouths Roots Transformation Profit Substance Discussion Branches Neglect Cosmic Illusory Chatter

Author:Huangbo Xiyun

“I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.”

Thinking World Doe Has Beens Made Important Sometimes Decision Attitude Information Late Admire Discussion Too Late

Author:E. P. Thompson

“Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.”

Wells Littles Has Beens Art Done Helping Use Enjoy Beauty Excellence Excellent Discussion Precise Well Done

Book:The Renaissance

Source: The Renaissance

“What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.”

People Ifs Trying Moments Problem Hate Nations Growth Built Solve Discussion Contradiction

Author:Donald Sutherland

“And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists.”

Science Numbers Forever Scientist Fellows Discussion Confined Small Numbers

Author:George Stigler

“I want to block some common misunderstandings about "understanding": In many of these discussions one finds a lot of fancy footwork about the word "understanding."”

Want Understanding Common Block Discussion Fancy Misunderstanding Footwork

Author:John Searle

“So, when the discussion about not using the term feminist came up at a conference workshop, I couldn't believe it. The more I listened, the more I felt the need to express my passion about my identity as a feminist.”

Needs Believe Passion Felt Term Identity Feminist Discussion Conferences My Passion Workshops

Author:Betty Buckley

“All discussion of the ultimate nature of things must necessarily be barren unless we have some extraneous standards against which to compare them.”

Science Standards Ultimate Compare Discussion Barren

Book:The Mysterious Universe

Source: The Mysterious Universe

“We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan”

Government Discussion Request Uzbekistan

Author:Daniel Fried

“Where suspicion fills the air and holds scholars in line for fear of their jobs, there can be no exercise of the free intellect. Supineness and dogmatism take the place of inquiry. A problem can no longer be pursued to its edges. Fear stalks the classroom. The teacher is no longer a stimulant to adventurous thinking; she becomes instead a pipe line for safe and sound information. A deadening dogma takes the place of free inquiry. Instruction tends to become sterile; pursuit of knowledge is discouraged; discussion often leaves off where it should begin.”

“What chiefly distinguishes the daily press is its incurable fear of ideas, its constant effort to evade the discussion of fundamentals by translating all issues into a few elemental fears, its incessant reduction of all reflection to mere emotion.”

Ideas Fear Effort Emotion Issues Reflection Fundamentals Presses Constant Mere Discussion Translate Reduction Elementals Incessant

Book:H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series

Source: H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series

“I do not make films which are prescriptive, and I do not make films that are conclusive. You do not walk out of my films with a clear feeling about what is right and wrong. They're ambivalent. You walk away with work to do. My films are a sort of investigation. They ask questions . . .. Sometimes I hear that some [Hollywood] studio is interested in me. Then they discover that this is the guy who works with no script, that there is no casting discussion, no interference, that I have the final cut, and that does it.”

Doe Sometimes Feelings Film Guy Asks Walks Clear Cutting Hollywood Finals Scripts Studios Crafts Discussion Investigation Casting Interference Ambivalent Hollywood Studios

Author:Mike Leigh

“Hence the sterile, uninspiring futility of a great many theoretical discussions of ethics, and the resentment which many people feel towards such discussions: moral principles remain in their minds as floating abstractions, offering them a goal they cannot grasp and demanding that they reshape their souls in its image, thus leaving them with a burden of undefinable moral guilt.”

People Feels Mind Soul Goal Moral Principles Ethics Guilt Leaving Burden Discussion Great Men Offering Resentment Floating Abstraction Theoretical Futility Moral Principles Uninspiring

Author:Ayn Rand

“Reserved people often really need the frank discussion of their sentiments and griefs more than the expansive. The sternest-seeming stoic is human after all, and to burst with boldness and good-will into the silent sea of their souls is often to confer on them the first of obligations.”

People Needs Firsts Humans Soul Grief Sea Silent Obligation Discussion Sentiments Frank Boldness Good Will Reserved Seeming Stoic

Book:The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Source: The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

“We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied; they are, if sound, the spearhead of progress. If they are fundamentally wrong, free discussion will in time put an end to them.”

Ifs Ends Self Play Science Sound Roles Progress Society Satisfied Discussion Extremist Complacent Gadflies

Author:Abraham Flexner

“This time, there have been a lot of interesting discussions about the subject matter, and I've had a good time talking about it. And in some of the cases, I'm not just signing books - I'm showing slides and talking about the work”

Has Beens Book Matter Inspiration Interesting Talking Cases Subjects Discussion Good Times Slides Subject Matter Signing Had A Good Time

Author:Leonard Nimoy

“The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to which may be added, as of the same nature, coarse, ribald jokes, foul stories, and low small talk. Some would have us believe that profanity is a sign of masculinity and emotion maturity.”

Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson

“Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.”

Suicide Nuclear Commit Discussion Iran Moron Nuclear Power

Author:Reza Aslan

“Hipsters seek refuge in church, Our Lady of Perpetual Subculture. There is some discussion as to whether or not they are still cool but then they are calmed by the obscure location and the arrival of their kind. Keep the address to yourself, let the rabble fund it themselves. Wow, this crappy performance art is really making me feel no so terrible about my various emotional issues.”

“One of the things that often gets lost in discussions of depression is that you know it's ridiculous. You know it's ridiculous while you're experiencing it. You know that most people manage to listen to their messages, and eat lunch, and organise themselves to take a shower and go out the front door, and that it's not a big deal. And yet you are nonetheless in its grip and you are unable to figure out any way around it.”

People Knows Way Bigs Lost Deals Doors Fronts Figures Messages Ridiculous Manage Discussion Lunch Showers Big Deal Front Doors

Author:Andrew Solomon

“It is exceptional that one should be able to acquire the understanding of a process without having previously acquired a deep familiarity with running it, with using it, before one has assimilated it in an instinctive and empirical way... Thus any discussion of the nature of intellectual effort in any field is difficult, unless it presupposes an easy, routine familiarity with that field. In mathematics this limitation becomes very severe.”

Way Should Running Able Easy Process Difficult Understanding Effort Fields Intellectual Experience Mathematics Limitation Discussion Acquire Routine Severe Exceptional Familiarity

Book:The Neumann Compendium

Source: The Neumann Compendium

“There has been failure, particularly with the effort to protect our coast and our marsh. And that was the biggest topic of discussion in a very frank meeting we had with the president.”

Has Beens President Effort Protect Meetings Discussion Frank Topics Coast Marshes Oil Spill

Author:Bobby Jindal

“We must recognize that the attempt to set forth the temporal course commonly referred to as the "evolution of mankind" is merely an attempt to structure events for convenient accessibility. Consequently, we must exclude from our discussion as far as possible such misleading notions as "development" and "progress."”

Courses Progress Mankind Events Development Evolution Structure Notion Discussion Convenient Mislead Accessibility

Book:The Ever-Present Origin

Source: The Ever-Present Origin

“I'm sure a lot of the hardcore folks are going to be up in arms and I'm really looking forward to getting into that discussion with them. I don't believe I'm compromising on my gameplay ideals at all. [But] any artist who doesn't want his or her work in front of the largest audience possible is nuts.”

Want Believe Artist Audience Fronts Arms Ideals Don't Believe Folks Compromise Discussion Nuts Looking Forward Hardcore

Author:Warren Spector

“So how do theists respond to arguments like this? [The Argument from Evil] They say there is a reason for evil, but it is a mystery. Well, let me tell you this: I'm actually one hundred feet tall even though I only appear to be six feet tall. You ask me for proof of this. I have a simple answer: it's a mystery. Just accept my word for it on faith. And that's just the logic theists use in their discussions of evil.”

Wells Reason Use Religion Evil Asks Simple Answers Accepting Mystery Feet Six Hundred Argument Logic Let Me Proof Ask Me Discussion Tall Theist

Author:Quentin Smith

“When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.”

Reality Company Strategy Investment Discussion Outcomes Investors Multiple Expansion Bankers Splitting Splitting Up

Author:Irene Rosenfeld

“One of the remarks made by farmers at their public discussion of these problems suggest that they are rapidly ceasing to think of animals as sentient beings at all. If you handle vast numbers of creatures which are in any case going to die soon, it is, I suppose, easy to get into a state of mind in which they seem to be merely machines.”

Ifs Thinking Mind Made States Problem Seems Dies Easy Animal Numbers Cases Creatures Machines Handle Discussion Farmers State Of Mind Farming Remarks Easy To Get Sentient Beings

Author:Kingsley Martin

“Given the cultural barriers to intersex conversation, the amazing thing is that we would even expect women and men to have anything to say to each other for more than ten minutes at a stretch. The barriers are ancient -- perhaps rooted, as some paleontologist may soon discover, in the contrast between the occasional guttural utterances exchanged in male hunting bands and the extended discussions characteristic of female food-gathering groups.”

Source: WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES

“Exegetical commentaries on the books of the Bible come in all shapes and sizes. Harold Hoehner's new volume on Ephesians has both a distinctive shape and a monumental size. Its value lies in its attention to detail and its full discussion of all relevant and disputed points. The volume will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students. Not all Hoehner's conclusions will command consent, but he has produced a stout and readable volume that all will turn to for guidance and help.”

“Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.”

Life Is Discussion Decline Apex

Author:Colin Farrell

“[Bush Hating] undermines the good faith necessary for democratic discussion. Which is a large part of what people like Al Franken are all about.”

People Hate Politics Democratic Discussion Als Good Faith

Author:Andrew Sullivan

“Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare Mel Gibson challenge the public by producing a film that spurs public discussion, that pushes the envelope, that takes an old story to a new level. How dare Mel Gibson follow his own passion as a filmmaker. How dare he make $20 million on the opening day box office!”

“I do not enter discussions with neighbors who think they can forbid me to think. I do not place my moral sanction upon a murderer's wish to kill me. When a man attempts to deal with me by force, I answer him-by force.”

Thinking Men Politics Force Wish Answers Deals Moral Neighbor Discussion Murderer Kill Me Sanctions

Author:John Galt

“Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied.”

People Thinking Children Mother Culture Fashion Baby Type Capitalism Blame Discussion Thinker Centre Tabloids Psycho Unsatisfied Boomers Baby Boomer Barley

Author:Peter York

“Community, then, is an indispensable term in any discussion of the connection between people and land. A healthy community is a form that includes all the local things that are connected by the larger, ultimately mysterious form of the Creation. In speaking of community, then, we are speaking of a complex connection not only among human beings or between humans and their homeland but also between human economy and nature, between forest or prairie and field or orchard, and between troublesome creatures and pleasant ones. All neighbors are included.”

Source: Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays

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