“I never tell students they cannot read a book they pick up, but I do guide them toward books that I think would be a good fit for them. I think of myself as a reading mentor-a reader who can help them find books they might like.” ThinkingBookHelpingMightWould BeReadingStudentsReaderFitPicksGuidesMentor Book:Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits Source: Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
“When you buy a jacket, you pick the size to ensure it fits. Similarly, we live in a universe in which the amount of dark energy fits our biological make-up. If the amount of dark energy were substantially different from what we've measured, the environmental conditions would be inhospitable to our form of life.” IfsDifferentWould BeFormUniverseEnergyDarkConditionsAmountFitPicksEnvironmentalSizeJacketsDark Energy Author:Brian Greene
“It's usually very, very hard for me to pick up a script that was written and try and see myself as a part of that, especially when you're used to performing all your own material. It's OK with drama, I like being handed great material but I think with comedy it's far more personal and probably a lot harder for me to find a fit.” ThinkingTryingHardUsedComedyWrittenMaterialsFitDramaPicksHarderScriptsPerforming Author:Eric Bana
“I might want to do a hundred things in a given day, but I know I have to pick up my kids between 5 and 6. That is the most important thing. So I fit in everything else around that. I know what needs to be done, and then I know what I want to get done.” KnowsWantNeedsImportantDoneMightKidsGivenFitPicksHundredImportant Things Author:Kirsten Gillibrand
“There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done.” DoneCertainAmountFitPicksRainObviousAppealsPornographyPurpleVery WisePurple Rain Author:Gene Kelly
“To get 300 songs to fit together on an album, it's not like I choose 300 songs and say these are the ones I wanted to pick. To get those 300 songs I sampled 1000's of songs and narrowed down the ones I felt worked the best musically.” WantedTogetherSongFeltFitPicksAlbums Author:Girl Talk
“You pick up very well-known books on Lincoln [and] you will find almost no reference to his long-term belief in colonization. Why? Because it doesn't fit the image of the Great Emancipator. It doesn't fit the retrospective view we want to have of Lincoln as the man who was the moralist in politics, who came into office committed to ending slavery and waited to sign this document.” MenWantWellsLongBookBeliefTermViewsKnownHe ManFitOfficePicksSlaveryCommittedLong TermDocumentsWell KnownColonizationMoralistRetrospectiveEnding Slavery Author:Eric Foner
“I wear what I like to wear, I don't pick out clothes to try to fit in or whatever, I just like what I like.” TryingFitClothesPicks Author:G-Eazy