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“Complexity is looking at interacting elements and asking how they form patterns and how the patterns unfold. It's important to point out that the patterns may never be finished. They're open-ended. In standard science this hit some things that most scientists have a negative reaction to. Science doesn't like perpetual novelty.”

May Important Form Elements Standards Negative Scientist Asking Patterns Finished Reactions Complexity Perpetual Novelty Interacting Negative Reactions

Author:W. Brian Arthur

“The emotional element which gives an obsessive value to communal existence is death.”

Giving Values Existence Emotional Elements Obsessive

Author:Georges Bataille

“All trembling, I reached the Falls of Niagara, and oh, what a scene! My blood shudders still, although I am not a coward, at the grandeur of the Creators power; and I gazed motionless on this new display of the irresistible force of one of His elements.”

Stills Fall Force Blood Scene Elements Creator Coward Display Irresistible Grandeur Trembling Niagara Irresistible Force Illusions Of Grandeur

Book:The Life and Adventures of J. J. Audubon ... Edited, from Materials Supplied by His Widow, by Robert Buchanan. Second Edition. [With Portraits.]

Source: The Life and Adventures of J. J. Audubon ... Edited, from Materials Supplied by His Widow, by Robert Buchanan. Second Edition. [With Portraits.]

“That's exactly what made America so different, we don't have that colonial aspect of let's go conquer somebody else and make our nation bigger and that's because of the faith element.”

Made Different America Nations Elements Aspect Bigger Conquer

Author:David Barton

“The so-called materialistic conception of history, with the crude elements of genius of the early form which appeared, for instance, in the Communist Manifesto, still prevails only in the minds of laymen and dilettantes.”

Mind Stills Form Genius Elements Instance Conception Communist Crude Materialistic Layman Manifestos Communist Manifesto Dilettantes

Book:On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

Source: On the Methodology of the Social Sciences

“What could an unsanctified man do in Heaven, if by any chance he got there? Let that question be fairly looked in the face and fairly answered. No man can possibly be happy in a place where he is not in his element and where all around him is not congenial to his tastes, habits and character.”

Ifs Men Character Faces Heaven Chance Habit Taste Elements

Book:HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS

Source: HOLINESS;BEING PLAIN PAPERS ON ITS NATURE, HINDRANCES, DIFFICULTIES AND ROOTS

“I have a firm belief in such things as, you know, the water, the Earth, the trees and sky. And I'm wondering, it is increasingly difficult to find those elements in nature, because it's nature I believe in rather than some spiritual thing.”

Knows Believe Earth Spiritual Belief I Believe Difficult Water Wonder Tree Sky Elements I Believe In Firm Firm Beliefs

Author:Bill Blass

“We can choose to function at a lower level of awareness and simply exist, caring for our possessions, eating, drinking, sleeping and managing in the world as pawns of the elements, or we can soar to new and higher levels of awareness allowing ourselves to transcend our environment and literally create a world of our own - a world of real magic.”

World Real Sleep Levels Environment Magic Awareness Higher Elements Eating Function Drinking Possession Caring Allowing Soar Our Environment Higher Level Pawns

Author:Wayne Dyer

“In the Italian kitchen, ingredients are not treated as promising but untutored elements that need to be corrected through long and intricate manipulation and refined by the ultimate polish of a sauce.”

Needs Long Elements Ultimate Treated Kitchen Manipulation Ingredients Italian Polish Sauce Refined Intricate

Author:Marcella Hazan

“The U.S.-China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.”

Courses Elements Competition China Cooperation

Author:Thomas E. Donilon

“More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but thats more like a spice.”

Needs Fashion Elements Consumers Trends Spices Functionality

Author:Tadashi Yanai

“I'm not in my element standing around in a bikini in front of strangers. I never stand up in a bikini, even at the swimming pool. I feel like a normal person when it comes to things like that. I'm like any other girl who doesn't want to show her bottom.”

Want Feels Persons Shows Girl Fronts Elements Normal Standing Bottom Stranger Swimming Pool Other Girl Bikinis Swimming Pool

Author:Elizabeth Hurley

“I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.”

Thinking Knows Elements Great Experiences Purifying

Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski

“CS: I always say there's a tribal element in a rock concert. There's a real back-and-forth thing that goes on between the audience and the performers.”

Real Audience Rocks Goes On Elements Concerts Performers Back And Forth Rock Concerts

Author:Chris Stein

“To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a memorable film and not have a film to fall by the wayside, to have something live on during the years, and one of those elements is the commitment the actors have to their performance.”

Needs Years Different Play Film Fall Actors Elements Commitment Performances Combination Memorable Different Things

Author:Edward Zwick

“Recognition is one of the three big elements of comedy.”

Bigs Three Comedy Elements Recognition

Author:Bill Maher

“I've always believed in the goodness of people. I teach in prison. They all said, don't do it. Carry a gun, take Mace. Are you kidding? I guess, they're around so many criminal elements that they fear for.”

People Said Teach Goodness Elements Gun Prison Criminals Always Believe

Author:John Waters

“I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more about, just as an interested person. And if I'm going to learn, if I'm going to research, it's probably going to lead me to writing a novel.”

Ifs Want Writing Persons Stories Past Enjoy Interest Novel Elements Research Leading Me

Author:John Boyne

“I hardly ever read mainstream fiction that deals with life as it is. I like an element of fantasy, something that isn`t quite of the real world.”

World Real Deals Fiction Fantasy Elements Real World Mainstream

Author:Stephen King

“When I first started doing my stand-up act, I played the banjo, did comedy, magic tricks, juggled, read poetry. I stuck it all in. I didn't know you were supposed to just stand up and tell jokes. Essentially, that's what my act became: those five elements - except I dropped the poetry.”

Knows Firsts Five Comedy Magic Elements Jokes Stuck Tricks Banjos Magic Tricks Five Elements

Author:Steve Martin

“To me, rock music was never meant to be safe. I think there needs to be an element of intrigue, mystery, subversiveness. Your parents should hate it.”

Thinking Needs Should Hate Parent Mystery Rocks Safe Elements Meant To Be Intrigue Rock Music

Author:Trent Reznor

“Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes our resistance and nonviolence truly meaningful. That element is reconciliation. Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.”

Ends Community Struggle Creation Elements Ultimate Meaningful Resistance Beloved Nonviolence Reconciliation Beloved Community

Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.

“If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.”

Ifs Two Lying Force Struggle Elements Solutions

Author:Benito Mussolini

“If you are considering earning your living from your Element, it's important to bear in mind that you not only have to love what you do; you should also enjoy the culture and the tribes that go with it.”

Ifs Should Mind Important Culture Enjoy Bears Elements Considering Earning Tribes

Author:Ken Robinson

“When I look at a wildlife or nature subject, I dont see the feathers in the wings, I just count the wings. I see exciting shapes, color combinations, patterns, textures, fascinating behavior and endless possibilities for making interesting pictures. I regard the picture as an ecosystem in which all the elements are interrelated, interdependent, perfectly balanced, without trimming or unutilized parts; and herein lies the lure of the painting; in a world of chaos, the picture is one small rectangle in which the artist can create an ordered universe.”

“Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.”

Matter Spirit Elements Approach Intellectual Yeah

Author:Amos Lee

“Light or luminosity is created by the way elements are juxtaposed. They become reflective and a radiance comes from putting different things together.”

Way Different Light Together Elements Different Things Radiance

Author:Merce Cunningham

“Even tiny children looking at a picture book are using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand what is happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustrator includes to add their own elements to the story.”

Children Book Stories Imagination Elements Happenings Add Details Tiny Clue Picture Books Illustrators Gleaning

Author:Philip Reeve

“Many people know how to work hard; many others know how to play well; but the rarest talent in the world is the ability to introduce elements of playfulness into work, and to put some constructive labor into our leisure.”

People Knows World Wells Hard Play Ability Know How Talent Hard Work Elements Labor Leisure Introducing Constructive Playfulness

Author:Sydney J. Harris

“Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.”

Has Beens Numbers Elements Boyhood Intertwined

Book:Gratitude

Source: Gratitude

“The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum.”

Elements Continuing Offensive Maintaining Momentum

Author:George C. Marshall

“The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesnt obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.”

Ifs World Want Feels Firsts Humans Mean Real Law Fantasy This World Building Elements Available Physics Explanation Gravity Behaviour Laws Of Physics Human Behaviour

Author:Trudi Canavan

“I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.”

Stories Film Literature Elements Myth Tales Fairy Fascinated Fairy Tale Supernatural Elements

Author:Trudi Canavan

“If you study carefully, you will see that Buddhism is based on reason. There is an element of flexibility inherent in it, which is not found in any other religion.”

Ifs Reason Found Study Buddhism Elements Inherent Flexibility

Author:B. R. Ambedkar

“The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes.”

Made Difficult Numbers Quality Higher Shapes Elements Notes Size Tone Fewer Inches Strokes

Author:Norman McLaren

“Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.”

Done Film Hell Color Elements Gates Gates Of Hell

Author:Norman McLaren

“Before success comes patience... when we add to our accomplishments the element of hard work over a long period of time, we'll place a far greater value on the outcome. When we are patient, we'll have a greater appreciation of our success.”

Long Hard Values Greater Hard Work Periods Elements Add Patient Appreciation Accomplishment Outcomes Long Periods Of Time

Book:The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden

Source: The Greatest Coach Ever: Timeless Wisdom and Insights of John Wooden

“My work at R.E.I. was incredibly fulfilling and rewarding, especially the stewardship elements of it, the ability to connect young people to public lands close to home.”

People Home Young Ability Land Elements Fulfilling Stewardship Public Lands

Author:Sally Jewell

“I try when I'm writing to fill my head and my ears with all sorts of stuff and then let it settle and filter through. At a certain point it seems like fruitless activity because you're taking a lot of time and not seeming to get anything. And then, slowly, you realize you've actually digested elements and that your thinking is being freed up and the way you build up compositions is changed as a result of what you've been listening to.”

Thinking Way Writing Trying Seems Certain Stuff Realizing Results Changed Listening Activity Elements Ears Settling Composition Seeming Filters Being Free

Author:Peter Gabriel

“One of the key elements is the ability to be honest with yourself.”

Ability Honest Keys Elements Being Honest Honest With Yourself Be Honest With Yourself

Author:Bill Toomey

“Benevolence is the characteristic element of humanity.”

Humanity Elements Characteristics Benevolence

Book:The Chinese Classics

Source: The Chinese Classics

“The Lake of Dreams grew gradually, over many years, elements and ideas accruing until they gained enough critical mass to become a novel.”

Years Ideas Enough Dream Novel Grew Elements Mass Critical Lakes Critical Mass

Author:Kim Edwards

“You can't shape me anymore. I am the uncontrolled element, the random act. I am forward movement in time. You think you can see me? Then tell me, who am I? You don't know.”

Thinking Knows Movement Shapes Elements Forward Movement

Author:Janet Fitch

“There was a little element of feeling like a cow.”

Littles Feelings Elements Cows

Author:Adam Gilchrist

“It's taken me years to embrace the softer elements of who I am and let that shine some.”

Years Taken Elements Embrace Shining Who I Am

Author:Shelby Lynne

“The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.”

Littles Sports Common Fantasy Elements

Author:Jesse Schell

“The lust and attraction are often a given in a romance novel - I want to dig into the elements of true friendship that form a foundation for a solid, gonna-last-forever romantic relationship.”

Want Lasts Romance Form Given Novel Forever Elements Foundation Attraction Lust True Friend True Friendship Romance Novel Romantic Relationship

Author:Suzanne Brockmann

“From my years of teaching creative writing, I know that new writers take the setting for granted, as simply a place to set the action, but setting is a vital element in fiction writing and deserves serious treatment.”

Knows Writing Years Action Fiction Creative Teaching Serious Elements Deserve Setting Settings Granted Treatment Creative Writing Fiction Writing

Author:Garry Disher

“Green chemistry is replacing our industrial chemistry with nature's recipe book. It's not easy, because life uses only a subset of the elements in the periodic table. And we use all of them, even the toxic ones.”

Book Use Easy Elements Tables Green Chemistry Toxic Recipes Periodic Table

Author:Janine Benyus

“In a storm of struggles, I have tried to control the elements, clasp the fist tight so as to protect self and happiness. But stress can be an addiction, and worry can be our lunge for control, and we forget the answer to this moment is always yes because of Christ.”

Self Moments Christ Answers Forget Worry Struggle Protect Elements Stress Addiction Storm Fists

Author:Ann Voskamp