“I always try to approach things from the point of authenticity. I've done that for my short films, working with non-actors from the real environments where you go exploring and placing them into the cast alongside professional actors.” TryingRealDoneFilmActorsEnvironmentApproachCastsAuthenticityExploringShort Films Author:Tom Green
“You really felt a radical shift in the advance of a poetics that had really been engendered by [Walt] Whitman. This was very exciting. I wanted to work in this environment.” WantedFeltEnvironmentExcitingRadicalWalt Author:Anne Waldman
“I was going to public school in the post-World War II, the grey doldrum years. But I was in this extraordinary environment of Manhattan, of Greenwich Village, of bohemian parents.” WorldYearsWarSchoolParentEnvironmentExtraordinaryPostsWar Of The WorldsVillageWorld War IiWorld War IGreyPublic SchoolManhattanBohemianGreenwichGreenwich Village Author:Anne Waldman
“The emotional aspects of a wilderness experience might be compared to a religious experience. It is particularly valuable for those people whose unconscious associations of pain and discomfort in relationships to man render a deity in human form impossible. Christianity is unacceptable to some people because of the use of the human symbol, but some who can't accept Christ can gain a tremendous sense of peace from relating to uncontaminated areas.” PeopleMenHumansUseMightPainFormChristReligiousAcceptingChristianityEnvironmentImpossibleEmotionalGainsAreasAspectValuableSymbolsUnconsciousWildernessAssociationDeitiesDiscomfortReligious ExperienceHuman Form Author:Donald Glover
“I love the fact that I work with everything that has to do with the brand, the product, the environment, the online, the architecture, the web design, because I am somebody that loves making things, making experiences, creating things that people love to engage with.” PeopleFactsEnvironmentDesignProductsCreatingArchitectureBrandsOnlineLove MakingWeb DesignCreating Things Author:Christopher Bailey
“What's important is a great set of objective ears, years of experience and a great room with a true sound. Look at this way: If the equipment in a studio is a high performance car, and the mastering engineer is the driver, putting the car on ice and trying to achieve a good lap time is like trying to master music in a bad room, all the equipment in the world wont help you connect with the music and let you hear what's really happening. The room is the environment in which the mix performs to its potential, as the road is to the car. It's hugely important.” IfsWorldWayTryingYearsLooksImportantHelpingSoundRoomsEnvironmentAchieveCarMastersHappeningsPerformancesEarsStudiosObjectivesIceDriversEngineersEquipmentLapWhat's ImportantYears Of Experience Author:Chris McCormack
“In magic I believe I can control certain elements of my environment, I believe I can control certain aspects of my endocrine system, through imagination, visualization, breathing techniques, which in a sense come into the scientific aspects. So magic is a combination, its a soup, a delightful combination of art, imagination, visualization, fantasy, with a healthy dose of solid basis, because it is a science. The thing is we've lost the keys.” BelieveArtI CanCertainLostI BelieveImaginationFantasyEnvironmentMagicKeysHealthyElementsAspectBasesTechniqueCombinationBreathingSoupDelightfulDoseVisualization Author:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
“Science, pure science, is leading us in a sense astray. Leading us astray with the idea that everybody has got to have everything that they want even if it means polluting the entire environment. It is a case of lets just keep one or two canisters of the smallpox virus because we'll never know when we might need it. Science is becoming very much a Dark Power, in many ways.” IfsKnowsWayWantNeedsMeanTwoIdeasMightDarkCasesEnvironmentBecomingPureVirusesSmallpox Author:Dolores Ashcroft-Nowicki
“The environment is becoming so much a central concern, I see environmental concerns just bleeding into poetries all over the place. My hope is that we won't have these environmental poets tucked over here and everybody else doing cool stuff with language and consciousness elsewhere, but that all of it will become one thing.” LanguageStuffConsciousnessEnvironmentOne ThingPoetBecomingConcernEnvironmentalElsewhereBleedingCool Stuff Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“Once you realize that human actions affect every bit of earth and sky, you realize that the environment isn't just what surrounds us - it's all one whole.” HumansWholeActionEarthBitsRealizingEnvironmentSkySurroundHuman ActionsEarth And Sky Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming
“I think that when you start your own business you have to be very clear on what you're passionate about and what your values are. I was very passionate about travel and I wanted to inspire other people. At the same time, I knew if I was going to start my own business, it was going to have to mirror my values, and I knew I was passionate about the environment and about sustainability.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantedValuesMy OwnClearEnvironmentInspireMirrorsPassionateSustainabilityOwn BusinessInspire Others Author:Omar Samra
“Transformation always and necessarily calls for a transformation of oneself and one's environment. But I don't see that happening. People are stuck with their own positions that never change.” PeopleEnvironmentPositionHappeningsTransformationOneselfStuckNever Change Author:Yasuhiko Kimura
“When you shoot on film, you don't know whether you've got it or not until you get the film processed, and so it changes the relationship we have with the subject whether it's a landscape or a person in a so-called controlled environment in a chair in a studio in front of you.” KnowsPersonsFilmEnvironmentSubjectsFrontsStudiosLandscapeChairsControlled Author:Bill Henson
“As an artist, environment has a lot of impact on choices, and these choices can change by changing your location.” ArtistChoicesEnvironmentImpactLocation Author:Ashkan Kooshanejad
“I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art.” ThinkingShouldArtYoungArtistEnvironmentEnjoymentYoung ArtistsPhilistines Author:Michael Longley
“As a species, we create tools to control our environment. What excites my imagination is wilderness: our materials' ability to escape our control.” ImaginationAbilityEnvironmentMaterialsToolsSpeciesWildernessMy ImaginationOur Environment Author:James Arthur
“The ecologist has a much more comprehensive and holistic view of the world. We're looking at the natural environment as well as the human built environment and the connectivity between the two - how do the natural environment and the human-built environment interact and interface with each other.” WorldHumansWellsTwoNatureNaturalViewsEnvironmentBuiltConnectionsEnvironmentalInteractionEcologyComprehensiveHolisticEnvironmentalistNatural EnvironmentInteractingInterfacesBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“In most ecological systems you have a composite, biotic components as well as abiotic components acting together to form a whole, whereas in a human built environment most of the components are abiotic or they are inorganic. One of the first things we need to do is to complement the inorganic components with more organic components, and to make them interact to form a whole.” NeedsFirstsHumansWellsWholeTogetherFormActingEnvironmentBuiltComponentsEcologicalComplementCompositesBuilt EnvironmentActing Together Author:Ken Yeang
“If you look into the way that materials are used in an ecological system you'll notice that you'll find that there is no waste. The waste of one organism becomes food for another and everything's recycled in an ecological system whereas in our human built environment there's a throughput system. We use something then we throw it away... We have to imitate nature and try to re-use everything we make as human beings or recycle them - when we cannot re-use or recycle them we should try to reintegrate them back into the natural environment.” IfsWayShouldTryingHumansLooksUseUsedNaturalHuman BeingsEnvironmentMaterialsWasteBuiltOrganismsEcologicalNatural EnvironmentRecycledBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the process of photosynthesis whereas now in human built environment our source of energy is from fossil fuels, renewable, wood energy or hydro-energy but it is not from the sun. So until we are able to operate and run a human built environment by imitating photosynthesis it will be a long while before we can have a true eco-system.” HumansLongRunningAbleEnergyProcessSunEnvironmentSourceBuiltWoodsFuelFossilsFossil FuelEcologicalImitatingEcoPhotosynthesisBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“I'm eternally optimistic about the future. I believe that if we are committed towards it and if we continue to educate people and get the whole world community to implement green features and aspects in not just the built environment not just in their lifestyles but in their businesses in their industries then we're heading towards a green future.” PeopleIfsWorldBelieveWholeI BelieveCommunityEnvironmentIndustryBuiltAspectGreenCommittedLifestyleWhole WorldOptimisticFeaturesEducateHeadingsBuilt Environment Author:Ken Yeang
“I don't think a worship of nature is necessary to mount a really strong defense of the environment.” ThinkingStrongEnvironmentWorshipDefense Author:Tim DeChristopher
“Our self-identification changes with our environment, but sometimes those dark thoughts permeate within us and there are those who are able to fight off those thoughts and others who don't want to fight them, or have just given in for whatever reason and whether they know the darkness they act upon is wrong, they love the darkness.” KnowsWantSelfSometimesReasonAbleFightingGivenDarkDarknessEnvironmentOur EnvironmentIdentificationDark Thoughts Author:Matthew Carter
“The truth is, poverty's the environment for alcoholism, and the reservations aren't rich. Maybe cleaning people up in fiction is just as dangerous as presenting them unfiltered.” PeopleFictionPovertyRichEnvironmentDangerousTruth IsCleaningAlcoholismPresentingReservations Author:Stephen Graham Jones
“It's important to determine which surroundings work best for you, and then build that environment to suit your needs.” NeedsImportantEnvironmentDetermineSuitsSurroundings Author:Marilu Henner
“I saw that we needed to grow but our top line wasn't growing, so we had to find other ways to grow the business. We had to reshape our business and acquire share in a non conventional way. But most tech leaders don't come out of a business background. They really have a parochial point of view. All they know are the go-go years of Silicon Valley. That's the environment in which they were raised.” KnowsWayInspirationalYearsGrowsLinesViewsLeaderEnvironmentSawsGrowingShareNeededRaisedPoint Of ViewBackgroundsAcquireValleysConventionalSiliconSilicon ValleyConventional Ways Author:Larry Ellison
“Yes, I am optimistic about the environment. If you assume business is exerting the most negative influence on the environment and also has the possibility to impact it positively, there are a bunch of forces that are impacting business that are fundamentally different from the situation 3 or 4 years ago.” IfsYearsDifferentForceBusinessSituationEnvironmentInfluencePossibilityNegativeYears AgoImpactAssumingBunchOptimisticPositivelyNegative Influence Author:Jeffrey Hollender
“The new female is competent in all that she chooses. She chooses whatever her heart tells her. She can create a business, lead a country, drive a truck, hammer nails, deliver mail, or raise a family. She is at home in every social and physical environment. She can be a housewife, if she chooses. She can be anything else, too. She is intuitive and heart centered. She is all that a female has been, and more.” IfsHeartHas BeensCountryHomeSocialBusinessEnvironmentFemaleRaisesMailNailsIntuitiveTruckHammersCompetentHousewife Author:Gary Zukav
“Muslims have not ever been told to examine their faith in a critical way, so the shock is going to be even greater for them, as it is for any child who lives in an over-protected environment, who suddenly has to go out and earn a living and has to stand up on his own feet.” WayChildrenEnvironmentGreaterFeetCriticalShockProtected Author:Ibn Warraq
“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.” PeopleWellsCountryReasonWould BeActionSocialSimpleEnvironmentNeededMessagesTestsBasesDecentSlogansGhettoAffluenceSocial ActionDecent Life Author:Barry Commoner
“I think one thing that has helped me to be an entrepreneur is being an immigrant and coming to the United States. I had to basically build a new life for myself, and adjust very quickly to a new environment, new culture, learn a new language.” ThinkingStatesCultureLanguageUnitedUnited StatesEnvironmentOne ThingEntrepreneurImmigrantsNew LifeNew CulturesNew Environment Author:Anousheh Ansari
“For me, as I've said many times, the story is not research. The story is how the characters relate with each other and with the environment... I try to apply my imagination to what could have happened and how a little child could have viewed and processed the event.” TryingChildrenLittlesSaidCharacterStoriesImaginationEnvironmentHappenedEventsResearchRelateMy Imagination Author:Uwem Akpan
“If one's work environment isn't able to provide individuals with meaning, people will seek out one that does.” PeopleIfsDoeAbleIndividualEnvironmentWork Environment Author:Marc Kielburger
“We [human beings] are two-legged omnivorous animals, and this means that we have many ecological niches, regarding the possible places where we can live. Therefore, we have to adapt to these different environments and we cannot predict, in a generic way, in which type of world we are going to live (cold as the North Pole or hot as Congo).” WorldWayHumansMeanTwoDifferentHuman BeingsAnimalEnvironmentTypeColdHotNicheCongoEcologicalGenericNorth PoleDifferent Environments Author:Rodolfo Llinas
“There are many readers of the book, who don't know anything about the authors and the artists. There is more than one author. It doesn't matter, if you can't make the reader dive into the story and surround him with that environment and those characters. That's an experience that lasts longer than figuring out who did what. I think that's what makes our working relationship better, it helps us to make a book that feels unique and not like different voices.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsBookDifferentMatterCharacterHelpingStoriesLastsArtistVoiceEnvironmentReaderUniqueSurroundDifferent Voices Author:Gabriel Ba
“I don't think there's any evidence to support that kind of criticism. I think that what we have attempted to do is to say that environmental concerns should certainly be addressed. We're not suggesting that any kind of development trample upon the existing laws that are there to insure that we maintain as high a quality of environment as possible.” ThinkingShouldKindLawQualitySupportEnvironmentDevelopmentEvidenceConcernCriticismEnvironmentalSuggesting Author:George Deukmejian
“My aim is to create a happy environment where the players are working hard, but enjoying themselves. You've got to enjoy yourself, and you've got to have a bit of fun as well.” WellsHardFunBitsEnjoyEnvironmentPlayerAimEnjoy Yourself Author:Warren Gatland
“You've got to be dedicated to train as hard as you can, for as long as you can, because in any sport, and especially this environment, there's a lot of contact. It's all about conditioning and good preparation to keep your body in the best condition possible to play games.” LongHardPlayBodyGamesSportsEnvironmentConditionsTrainYour BodyContactPreparationDedicatedConditioning Author:Filo Tiatia
“I have a number of symptoms that are neurotic and are constricting in the sense that if I had a brilliant idea for a film that had to be shot in Tulsa, OK I would tear it up and throw it away. Anything outside of New York, 'cause I can't exist in a hotel outside of my own home, I have to be in my own home and my own environment. This is a neurotic symptom that is constricting to my work even.” IfsI CanIdeasHomeFilmCausesMy OwnNumbersEnvironmentNew YorkTearsShotsBrilliantHotelSymptomsNeuroticBrilliant IdeasTulsa Author:Woody Allen
“I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way.” IfsWayRememberValuesLostEnvironmentChildhoodTownsImpressionSmall TownRest Of Your LifeLost Friend Author:Jack Nicholson
“The music is the imperative. It has the upper hand. I think all music, even though it's an abstraction, does motivate a particular meaning. Then it's the job of the musician to honor that meaning and to somehow implement lyrical material that can accommodate that emotional environment.” ThinkingDoeHandsJobsEnvironmentEmotionalParticularMaterialsHonorMusicianMusic IsAbstractionImperativesAccommodateLyricalUpper Hand Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The environment forces you to be utterly dependent between "action" and "cut" because the environment is perfect on your fellow actor. So as an acting exercise, it's absolutely thrilling that the focus that we had to bring to each other echoed in life, echoed in art. And when you get that parallel, it's really thrilling and it's full of surprises, but it all has a logic.” ArtActionActorsForcePerfectActingEnvironmentFocusCuttingExerciseLogicFellowsSurpriseDependentParallelsThrilling Author:Ben Kingsley
“The living environment is the biosphere, the thin layer around the world of living organisms. We're part of that. Our existence is dependent on it in ways that people haven't even begun to appreciate. Our existence depends not just on its existence, but its stability and its richness.” PeopleWorldWayExistenceEnvironmentHavensDependsAppreciateAround The WorldDependentStabilityLayersOrganismsRichnessLiving OrganismsBiosphere Author:E. O. Wilson
“Bolivia also depends not only on tin and other minerals, but also depends on the gas and oil. A rational extraction should be made, taking care of the environment. We should give added value to this natural resource, and generate revenue to fight poverty with more resources, that come from natural resources.” GivingShouldMadeCareValuesFightingNaturalPovertyEnvironmentDependsResourcesOilRationalGasRevenueNatural ResourcesMineralsTinBoliviaExtractionAdded Value Author:Evo Morales
“High status males had multiple wives or additional mating opportunities in the ancestral environment.” OpportunityEnvironmentWifeMalesMultipleMating Author:Keith Henson
“Let us think about 'zero-defect and zero effect'. Zero defect in production with no adverse effect on the environment.” ThinkingPowerfulEnvironmentEffectsProductionsZeroDefectsAdverseAdverse EffectsZero Defects Author:Narendra Modi
“I am not a believer in religious rituals. I was brought up in the Arya Samaj environment which taught us to shun rituals. Puja, of course, but simple, elegant and brief.” InspirationalCoursesReligiousSimplePowerfulEnvironmentTaughtBelieverRitualElegantTaught UsReligious RitualsPuja Author:Dhirubhai Ambani
“The most important external environment is the government of India. You have to sell your ideas to the government. Selling the idea is the most important thing, and for that I'll meet anybody in the government. I am willing to salaam anyone. One thing you won't find in me and that is an ego.” InspirationalImportantIdeasGovernmentPowerfulEnvironmentOne ThingWillingEgoIndiaImportant ThingsSellsSellingExternal Environment Author:Dhirubhai Ambani
“This festival... the festival of Makar Sankranti... is our way of showing love towards nature. While global warming poses a serious threat to the world and mankind, this message of love for our environment is extremely essential.” WorldWayEnvironmentMankindSeriousEssentialsMessagesIndiaThreatClimate ChangeGlobal WarmingFestivalsOur EnvironmentShowing Love Author:Narendra Modi
“Good education is linked with good teachers. We need to think how we can have good teachers. India has the capability to produce & export as many teachers to the World as it needs. We need to think about how we can create an environment where children want to become good teachers.” ThinkingWorldWantNeedsChildrenEducationEnvironmentTeacherProduceIndiaCapabilityLinkedGood TeacherGood Education Author:Narendra Modi