“We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?” WantWellsKindCountryHardChoicesChanceAcceptingEconomyHard WorkFundamentalsGet Ahead Author:Barack Obama
“I discovered early on that the player who learned the fundamentals of basketball is going to have a much better chance of succeeding and rising through the levels of competition than the player who was content to do things his own way. A player should be interested in learning why things are done a certain way. The reasons behind the teaching often go a long way to helping develop the skill.” WayShouldLongReasonDoneHelpingCertainChanceLevelsBehindsPlayerTeachingSucceedSkillsBasketballFundamentalsCompetitionRisingLong Way Book:The Wooden-Sharman method: a guide to winning basketball Source: The Wooden-Sharman method: a guide to winning basketball
“When people are always telling you that you have to have a lot of women, women are very important, there's a chance that you might actually begin to observe them on a more fundamental level. Then you get so much focus that one day you might actually see. Dominican men are told to look at women all the time, but they're definitely not told to see them.” PeopleMenLooksImportantMightChanceLevelsFocusOne DayFundamentalsMen Women Author:Junot Diaz
“The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original superficial level, without receiving guidance in study. Furthermore, the 'three Rs,' the fundamental tools, are neglected as long as possible, with the result that the child's chance to develop his mind is greatly retarded. The policy of teaching words via pictures instead of by the alphabet tends to deprive the young child of the greatest reasoning tool of all.” MindChildrenLongYoungThreeChanceLevelsResultsStudyTeachingPolicyToolsOriginalsFundamentalsEducationalLikesGuidanceReasoningReceivingSuperficialNeglectedAlphabetYoung ChildrenInsidiousRetarded Author:Murray Rothbard
“We have this window of opportunity; we have a chance to make something real happen. Something possible happen, to live beyond our fear, think about that, and help us. Help lift us up, help us fight this fight to change, - transform - this country in a fundamental way. This chance won't come around again.” ThinkingWayRealCountryHelpingHappensFightingOpportunityChanceWindowFundamentalsLiftsSomething RealWindow Of Opportunity Author:Michel'le
“If we could only find the courage to leave our destiny to chance, to accept the fundamental mystery of our lives, then we might be closer to the sort of happiness that comes with innocence.” IfsMightChanceAcceptingDestinyOur LivesMysteryFundamentalsCuriosityInnocenceOur DestinyCourage To Leave Author:Luis Bunuel
“In addition to all of the ratios and goals and parameters and bottom lines, it is fundamental that leaders endorse a concept of persons. This begins with an understanding of the diversity of people's gifts and talents and skills. Recognizing diversity gives us the chance to provide meaning, fulfillment and purpose, which are not to be relegated solely to private life any more than such things as love, beauty and joy. The art of leadership lies in polishing and liberating and enabling those gifts.” PeopleGivingPersonsArtJoyLyingPurposeUnderstandingGoalLinesChanceLove IsLeaderTalentSkillsDiversityConceptsFundamentalsBottomFulfillmentRecognizingLiberatingBottom LinePrivate LifeEnablingRatiosParametersGifts And Talents Author:Max De Pree
“Health care is not a privilege. It's a right. It's a right as fundamental as civil rights. It's a right as fundamental as giving every child a chance to get a public education.” GivingChildrenCareChanceRightsFundamentalsPrivilegeCivil RightsHealth CarePublic Education Author:Rod Blagojevich
“The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is two steps forward and one step back.” TwoWholeProblemProcessChanceStepsPercentProgramFundamentalsProgrammingIntroducingDefectsTestingBugsMaintenanceFixingSteps ForwardSoftware Engineering Author:Fred Brooks