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“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.”

“It's difficult because you can't generalise about these things. But in essence, you deal with children as simply as you deal with actors - you have to show a certain sort of respect. You deal with them lovingly and protect them, but if you protect them enough then they're open to engage with what you want to do with them.”

Ifs Want Children Enough Shows Certain Actors Difficult Deals Protect Essence What You Want

Author:Michael Haneke

“The entrance of the woman with equal rights into practical modern life, her new freedom, her finding herself side by side with men in the streets, offices, professions, factories, sports, and now even in political and military life, is one of those dissolutive phenomena in which, in most cases, it is difficult to perceive anything positive. In essence, all this is simply the renunciation of the woman's right to be a woman.”

“I guess it was this over-riding feeling I wanted people to get from the album - a kind of positivity. On the one hand it's quite a sad record, but I wanted the songs in essence to be about pulling yourself out of a difficult time. So I thought that the idea of day after a really long, difficult night, would be pretty appropriate... I think the album's about contrasts too - contrasts of emotion - so I thought the comparison was appropriate.”

“I think when you live your destiny, you allow yourself to get in touch with your inner essence. What's difficult in life is the economic and social requirements that distract us from bringing forth our true passion.”

Thinking Life Is Passion Social Difficult Destiny Economic Essence Requirements Our Destiny Your Destiny True Passion

Author:Charlie Hunnam

“The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.”

Easy Difficult Building Trust Essence Customers Distrust Similarity Watson I Trust You Building Trust

Author:Thomas J. Watson

“There are many forms of love and affection, some people can spend their whole lives together without knowing each other's names. Naming is a difficult and time-consuming process; it concerns essences, and it means power. But on the wild nights who can call you home? Only the one who knows your name.”

Source: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

“Art and morality are, with certain provisos…one. Their essence is the same. The essence of both of them is love. Love is the perception of individuals. Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real. Love, and so art and morals, is the discovery of reality.”

Art Real Reality Certain Individual Difficult Love Is Moral Morality Perception Discovery Essence Oneself Realization Real Love

Author:Iris Murdoch

“To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.”

Difficult Balance Judgment Essence Productions Golden Welfare Eggs Capability Effectiveness Geese Golden Eggs

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326)”

Difficult Essence Heroism Right Road

Author:Brandon Mull

“This is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.”

Difficult Answers Easier Essence Intuitive Noticing Substitution Difficult Questions Heuristics

Book:Thinking, Fast and Slow

Source: Thinking, Fast and Slow

“It is difficult to see the great dance effects as they happen, to see them accurately, catch them fast in memory. It is even more difficult to verbalize them for critical discussion. The particular essence of a performance, its human sweep of articulate rhythm in space and in time has no specific terminology to describe it by.”

Humans Happens Difficult Memories Space Effects Particular Essence Performances Dance Critical Rhythm Discussion Terminology Great Dance

Author:Martha Graham

“Perhaps this sounds very simple, but simple things are always the most difficult. In actual life it requires the greatest discipline to be simple, and the acceptance of oneself is the essence of the moral problem and the epitome of a whole outlook upon life.”

Whole Problem Happiness Difficult Sound Simple Moral Acceptance Discipline Essence Oneself Outlook Simple Things Life Happiness Epitome Actual Life

Book:Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Source: Modern Man in Search of a Soul

“Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the essence of their people. A people without heroes is a people without leaders, for only a heroic leader is a true leader able to withstand the challenge of difficult times.”

People Able Fear Difficult Challenges Leader Knowing Failing Atheism Hero Honor Spring Essence Rage Cease Heroic Woe Difficult Times True Leader

Author:Rudolf Hess