“It's all too easy when talking about female gymnasts to fall into the trap of infantilizing them, spending more time worrying more about female vulnerability than we do celebrating female strength.” FallEasyTalkingWorryFemaleSpendingCelebrateVulnerabilityMore TimeTrapsGymnast Author:Meghan O'Rourke
“The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.” IfsWayHas BeensHardStoriesMovingFallChallengesPerfectSceneProjectsMoving ForwardHard TimesContinuingTrapsCopingPerfectionismRewritingContinuing On Author:Laini Taylor
“I've always got into stunts; even at drama school, I was falling down trap doors, and swinging in on ropes.” SchoolFallDoorsDramaTrapsRopeFalling Down Author:Thomas Howes
“The problem with University degrees, particularly the more spectacular ones, is that people who possess them can fall into the trap of thinking people who don't have them don't know anything.” PeopleThinkingKnowsProblemFallEducationDegreesUniversityTrapsSpectacularUniversity Degrees Author:Robert Genn
“Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.” FallBirdWanderBeastTrapsBrutes Author:St. Jerome
“The truly apocalyptic view of the world is that things do not repeat themselves. It isn't absurd, e.g., to believe that the age of science and technology is the beginning of the end for humanity; that the idea of great progress is delusion, along with the idea that the truth will ultimately be known; that there is nothing good or desirable about scientific knowledge and that mankind, in seeking it, is falling into a trap. It is by no means obvious that this is not how things are.” WorldBelieveMeanIdeasEndsAgeHumanityFallViewsKnownTechnologyProgressMankindObviousSeekingAbsurdRepeatsDelusionTrapsDesirableScience And TechnologyApocalypticScientific KnowledgeGreat Progress Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“[On how she goes about trying to live authentically] Well really listening to my point of view and if I am on a set, say, that doesn't really value a woman's point of view, regardless of how they feel, continuing to give my point of view and try to find a way to be heard and not diminishing myself because other people are diminishing me. Because that, I think, is the worst temptation that, you know, you judge yourself by how others are judging you, and to fall into that trap is to walk into the realm of self-annihilation.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWayGivingFeelsTryingWellsSelfValuesFallWalksViewsHeardWorstJudgingListeningPoint Of ViewTemptationRealmsContinuingTrapsAnnihilationJudging You Author:Jennifer Beals
“Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong. However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man's perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency; that man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.” ThinkingMenMaySelfMotivationFallSpaceExistencePerceptionStandardsRegardSupremeTrapsEquationsTime And SpaceInclinationSelf CenteredAxiomsExpediency Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.” ThinkingDoeFallLanguageGood WorkTrapsNarrow-mindedNationalistic Author:Gao Xingjian
“One of the greatest sins in any story is false suspense. The kind of 'suspense' that disintegrates the moment you give your reader one second to think about it. And it's an easy trap to fall into, so watch carefully for it. If your story hinges on the question, 'Will Superman be pushed so far in his battle against Lex Luthor that he'll have to kill him?', or if your big cliffhanger moment is, 'Wow, is Spider-Man really dead this time?', then I understand Food Lion is hiring.” IfsThinkingMenGivingKindBookMomentsStoriesBigsFallEasySinWatchesReaderBattleComicSuspenseLionsWowTrapsComic BookSpidersHiringHingesSpider ManCliffhanger Author:Mark Waid
“American women often fall into the trap of, "Oh, these are my weekend clothes. These are my work clothes. This is what I wear at night." It's so old-fashioned. The French are not afraid of their luxury. Americans can be so puritanical and think, "That's my special-occasion bag." Whereas, for a French woman, it's her everyday bag.” ThinkingNightFallSpecialClothesEverydayLuxuryOccasionsBagsWeekendNot AfraidTrapsOld FashionedAmerican WomanSpecial OccasionFrench Woman Author:Michael Kors
“Hollywood is so governed by the ego, and I never wanted to fall into that trap.” WantedFallEgoHollywoodTrapsElise Author:Kimberly Elise
“Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you dont fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.” ThinkingKnowsWayFirstsHas BeensFallArchitectureAbstractTrapsAbstractionConstructive Author:Rafael Vinoly
“I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race.” WantWholeFallRacePlayerGuitarTrapsCompetingGuitar Player Author:Kirk Hammett
“Don't fall into the trap of thinking about politics in your workplace too much. Just work hard, be cheerful, ignore distractions.” ThinkingHardFallToo MuchHard WorkDistractionTrapsWorkplaceCheerful Author:Mindy Kaling
“I think some parents fall into a trap, teaching their kids that everything is always perfect and everyone is always a winner.” ThinkingKidsFallParentPerfectTeachingWinnerTraps Author:Summer Sanders
“I was not exploiting any real individual's story in writing ROOM, of course I was aware that my novel, by commenting on such situations, would run the risk of falling into those traps of voyeurism, sensationalism and sentimentality.” WritingRealStoriesRunningFallCoursesIndividualRoomsSituationNovelRiskTrapsSentimentalitySensationalism Author:Emma Donoghue
“Do not worry about tricks and cheaters. If some people are trying to trap and hurt you, Allah is also trapping them. Hole diggers will always fall in their holes. No bad remains unpunished, and no good remains without being awarded, so have faith in justice and let the rest be.” PeopleIfsTryingFallHurtJusticeWorryRemainsTricksHolesHave FaithTrapsCheater Author:Shams Tabrizi
“Voting is a very scary arena to be in, but I do vote. I go in there and pull the lever. It's kind of like pulling the lever and watching the trap door fall out from beneath you. Why should we trust any of these people? None of them ever deliver on anything. It's always disappointing.” PeopleShouldKindFallDoorsVoteScaryVotingTrapsPullingArenaDisappointingLevers Author:Mel Gibson