“The field of consciousness is tiny. It accepts only one problem at a time. Get into a fist fight, put your mind on the strategy of the fight, and you will not feel the other fellow's punches.” FeelsMindProblemFightingConsciousnessAcceptingAdviceFieldsFellowsStrategyTinyFists Book:Flight to Arras Source: Flight to Arras
“In the humanities and social sciences, and in fields like journalism and economics and so on, people have to be trained to be managers, and controllers, and to accept things, and not to question too much.” PeopleHumanitySocialAcceptingToo MuchFieldsEconomicsJournalismManagersSocial ScienceControllers Author:Noam Chomsky
“Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed - now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down.” MadeMightLyingCoursesAcceptingFieldsBedPreparedWeekendHere I Am Author:Brian Aldiss
“Scientists often invent words to fill the holes in their understanding.These words are meant as conveniences until real understanding can be found. ... Words such as dimension and field and infinity ... are not descriptions of reality, yet we accept them as such because everyone is sure someone else knows what the words mean.” KnowsMeanRealRealityScienceFoundUnderstandingAcceptingFieldsAcceptanceScientistHolesDimensionsDescriptionInfinityConvenienceNomenclature Author:Scott Adams
“Refined indifference is a sports psychology precept: train like there's no tomorrow and then accept whatever happens. Once you step on the field realize that whatever is meant to be is meant to be.” HappensSportsRealizingAcceptingStepsPsychologyFieldsTomorrowTrainIndifferenceMeant To BeRefinedWhatever HappensSports Psychology Author:Scott Hamilton
“The intellectual takes as a starting point his self and relates the world to his own sensibilities; the scientist accepts an existing field of knowledge and seeks to map out the unexplored terrain.” WorldSelfAcceptingFieldsIntellectualScientistStartingRelateMapsSensibilitySelf KnowledgeStarting PointTerrainUnexplored Book:The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas Source: The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas
“In the country field, we’re brought up in spiritual homes, we’re taught to “judge not lest you be judged,” and it’s always been a mystery to me how people jump all over things just to criticize, condemn and judge other people when that is so un-Christian – and they claim to be good Christians! We’re supposed to love one another. We’re supposed to accept and love one another. Whether we do or not, that’s a different story. But that’s what we’re supposed to do.” PeopleDifferentCountryStoriesHomeChristianSpiritualAcceptingMysteryFieldsTaughtJudgingAnd LoveClaimsBe GoodCriticizeJudgedLove One AnotherGood Christian Author:Dolly Parton
“Instead of accepting what James Baldwin called the "lie of whiteness," many people in lots of different fields and movement activities have tried to productively make it into a problem. When did (some) people come to define themselves as white? In what conditions? How does the lie of whiteness get reproduced? What are its costs politically, morally and culturally?” PeopleDoeDifferentProblemLyingWhiteAcceptingConditionsMovementFieldsCostActivityWhiteness Author:David Roediger
“I love the lower ranges of my new voice. I really enjoy that. It's a challenge, and I accept the challenge. I sort of enjoy it now to reach notes that maybe four years ago I couldn't reach. I don't mean to grumble about it. I'm past that critical period and have gone on to a whole new field. And we go everywhere. We travel around the world, and I learn songs from every place we go, and it's a joyful process.” WorldYearsMeanWholePastSongProcessEnjoyVoiceChallengesAcceptingGoneFourFieldsPeriodsYears AgoNotesCriticalAround The WorldRangeFour YearsJoyful Author:Joan Baez