“Amid the welter of vague political abstractions ... where meanings shift so quickly and so subtly, not only following changes of thought, but often manipulated artificially by political practitioners so as to obscure, expand, or distort ... a certain broad consistency in its relations to other kindred terms is the nearest approach to definition which such a term as Imperialism admits. Nationalism, internationalism, colonialism, its three closest congeners, are equally elusive, equally shifty, and the changeful overlapping of all four demands the closest vigilance.” PoliticalCertainThreeTermFourDemandApproachRelationDefinitionsFollowingNationalismBroadsColonialismClosestConsistencyVagueObscureImperialismAbstractionElusiveVigilanceKindredOverlappingInternationalism Author:J. Allan Hobson
“I have often discussed the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in talks I have given about meditation. But, since I also teach Hindu, Buddhist, and Taoist mediation, I have a very eclectic approach to the subject.” GivenTeachPathFourMeditationSubjectsBuddhismApproachNobleBuddhistRamaEclecticMediation Author:Frederick Lenz
“When I approached Volume 1 of "Lucid," I realized I could tell something that only exists in four issues or I could roll the dice a bit and approach this as Season 1 of a TV show.” ShowsBitsIssuesFourTvsApproachSeasonsI RealizedVolumeTv ShowsDice Author:Michael McMillian
“It all depends on how you want to define what an MVP is. I've been fortunate to win the trophy four times, but I've been the MVP of my team for a long time - just because of the way I lead and the way I approach us being professionals off the floor.” WayWantLongWinningFourTeamDependsBasketballApproachLong TimeFortunateNbaTrophiesMvp Author:LeBron James
“A very simple and useful device is to have a memorandum-book, so small that it can be easily carried in the pocket, to be used instead of your mind to keep note of any errand or any appointment that you may have. The Standard Diary, less than four inches long and less than two and a half inches wide, is one of the best for this purpose. ...In fact, such diaries as these, in their wide range of information, would seem to be all that one needs in practical life, the only other book that at all approaches them in this respect being unquestionably Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.” NeedsMindMayLongTwoBookFactsSeemsUsedPurposeSimpleHalfFourInformationApproachStandardsNotesWidePracticalsRangePocketsDevicesInchesDiariesDictionaryAppointmentsErrandsPractical LifeMemorandum Author:Anna Brackett
“Sometimes it's an external approach where one can learn the skills required, let's say, learn to play the trumpet and in that process other things happen. It's magical: through the process of practicing four hours a day you start focusing on emotion and when you pick up the trumpet it's filled with feeling.” SometimesPlayFeelingsHappensProcessHoursEmotionFourSkillsApproachPicksFilledThings HappenTrumpets Author:Richard Gere
“Cutting through complexity to find a solution runs through four predictable stages: determine a goal, find the highest-leverage approach, discover the ideal technology for that approach, and in the meantime, make the smartest application of the technology that you already have - whether it's something sophisticated, like a drug, or something simpler, like a bednet.” RunningGoalTechnologyFourCuttingStageDrugApproachHighestSolutionsIdealsDetermineComplexityApplicationSophisticatedPredictable Author:Bill Gates
“You have to have a military and intelligence approach to removing leadership that results in rapid frequent removals from the battlefield. It's got to be one, two a week, not just one or two every three or four months.” TwoThreeResultsFourWeekMilitaryMonthsApproachJust OneRapidsBattlefieldsRemoval Author:Michael Morell
“I was in favour of the death penalty, and disposed to regard abolitionists as people whose hearts were bigger than their heads. Four years of close study of the subject gradually dispelled that feeling. In the end I became convinced that the abolitionists were right in their conclusions...and that far from the sentimental approach leading into their camp and the rational one into that of the supporters, it was the other way about.” PeopleWayYearsHeartEndsFeelingsStudyFourSubjectsApproachBiggerRegardConvincedRationalConclusionCampsFour YearsPenaltiesSupporterSentimentalFavourDeath PenaltyAbolitionist Author:Ernest Gowers