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“It's easy to tell the evolutionary level of a group of beings, or an individual being, simply by examining their behavior, their art, their psychology, their thought forms, their lingual structures, their history, their present moment, their future ideas, and the quality of their emotions.”

Art Ideas Moments Form Humanity Individual Easy Levels Emotion Quality Psychology Groups Buddhism Behavior Structure Present Moment Examining

Author:Frederick Lenz

“You will always see, if this group is a highly evolved group or on the way up, a movement towards oneness.”

Ifs Way Humanity Groups Movement Buddhism Oneness

Author:Frederick Lenz

“It's all well and good to say that Germans were all responsible for the concentration camps, but I don't think they were. I think that was the work of a small group of fiends.”

Thinking Wells Groups Responsible Concentration Camps Small Groups Concentration Camp

Author:James Laughlin

“I started on the use of the Internet for scientific communication. Our research group was one of the very first to make really systematic use of it as a way of managing research projects.”

Way Firsts Use Groups Communication Internet Projects Research Systematic

Author:Joshua Lederberg

“I'm thinking, 'Man, there's this whole other group of people that are attached to me because of my last name and my family's roots.' That's pretty cool. That's special, that's a lot of power and it's important.”

People Thinking Men Important Whole Lasts Names Groups Special Roots My Family Thinking Man

Author:Mark Sanchez

“The resistance will be exclusively conducted by only one group. This new group will be defined soon by me.”

Groups Resistance Defined

Author:Muqtada al Sadr

“If the American military begins to withdrawal, there will be no need for these armed groups.”

Ifs Needs Groups Military Withdrawal American Military

Author:Muqtada al Sadr

“I've never been in a focus-group meeting. I wonder how many anchors can say that.”

Wonder Focus Groups Meetings Anchors Focus Groups

Author:Shepard Smith

“When we started NFL Films, there were no focus groups, there were no demographic studies, there were no surveys. Every decision that we made, we made with our hearts, not with our heads. And, in the very beginning, we really didn't even have a business plan.”

Heart Made Film Decision Study Focus Plans Groups Nfl Surveys Demographics Business Plan Focus Groups

Author:Steve Sabol

“At MTV, although the audience is smaller, I found it more interesting to deliver news to a specific group of people, because my story then did not have to try to be all things to all people.”

People Trying Stories Found Interesting Audience Groups News All Things Mtv

Author:Tabitha Soren

“After 9/11, the amount of applicants the FBI received increased exponentially. Whereas you used to require a college degree, and it was a small group of people who were just out of college, after 9/11, it changed.”

People Used Groups Changed College Amount Degrees Fbi Small Groups College Degree

Author:Aaron Tveit

“I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.”

Thinking World Moments Groups Like You Politician Scientist Western British Germany Britain Ruling Western World

Author:E. P. Thompson

“I'm one of the girls that you would love to have in your group of friends.”

Girl Groups Group Of Friends

Author:Tila Tequila

“Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable.”

Looks Made Light Groups Air Industry Standards Picks Environmental Come Up Arbitrary Mandates Bulbs Catchy Light Bulb Feasibility

Author:Fred Upton

“There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces.”

Ideas Different Force Sound Groups Shapes Bases Structure Various Speed Internals Splits

Author:Edgard Varese

“The only group in America that deserves to scrutinize what we are doing... are parents.”

America Parent Groups Deserve Scrutinize

Author:Jack Valenti

“I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ass and light up my life.”

Kind Persons Light Might Reading Stuff Groups Particular Ass Kicks Dislike Light Up Kick Ass Hobos

Author:Jhonen Vasquez

“Well, you know, I was raised by a 1970s feminist. My mom had a consciousness-raising group. I used to sit at the top of the stairs and listen to them.”

Knows Wells Used Consciousness Groups Mom Raised Feminist My Mom Stairs

Author:Ayelet Waldman

“I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and other groups. I believe that many politicians think this has been the way it has always been, so what's the problem?”

Thinking Way Believe Children Has Beens Problem I Believe Black Groups Politician Score Gaps

Author:Barry Williams

“I think my wife saw a picture of the rock group Journey, and they're kind of aging, and the one guy had dyed blonde hair with black roots, and... my idea was to get a little earring, I wanted to have a dangling earring.”

Thinking Kind Littles Ideas Wanted Guy Black Saws Wife Groups Journey Rocks Hair Roots Aging My Wife Blonde Earrings Blonde Hair

Author:Fred Willard

“I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who.”

Thinking Kind Fun Bits Groups Television Lucky Doctors Costumes Doctor Who Props Eclectic Eclectic Style

Author:Lalla Ward

“I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Together Fun Enjoy Leader Groups Team Special Mark Shame Fearless Having Fun Working Together

Author:Michael Weatherly

“Environmentalists are a socialist group of individuals that are the tool of the Democrat Party. I'm proud to say that they are my enemy. They are not Americans, never have been Americans, never will be Americans.”

Has Beens Individual Party Enemy Groups Proud Tools Democrat Socialist Environmentalist

Author:Don Young

“And I said - Styx - as a musical group it is our place to reflect the light that is shining on us back onto this place and say - this is where so much great stuff started.”

Said Light Stuff Groups Shining Musical Styx

Author:James Young

“When you got a group like G-Unit... we sold millions of records, we got a lot of egos.”

Millions Records Groups Ego Units

Author:Tony Yayo

“I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped around a couple of regional theaters, and I was about to go back to Maine to work at a summer Shakespeare theater there. I didn't want to just jump around the country from gig to gig. I really wanted to go to a city and get involved in a theater scene and a theater community.”

Want Firsts Children Country Wanted Jobs Community Cities Groups College Couple Involved Scene Summer Theater Get Involved Gigs Kentucky Maine

Author:Timothy Simons

“It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them. As Henry Ford said many years earlier: "If I had listened to my customers, I would have built a faster horse." Inventions in general express Shannon entropy. They come from the supply side.”

Source: Knowledge and Power: The Information Theory of Capitalism and How it is Revolutionizing our World

“We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.”

Trying Kind Problem Responsibility Groups Victory Organization Claims Environmental Insane Wheels Sole Reinventing

Author:Ted Danson

“We [Christians] have the dilemma of using a symbol system that was not made for our worldview, to give our worldview... I think the thing we're waiting for is a genius to come forth who can either make a new symbol system which is still modern, or more properly, as symbol systems don't come overnight, a group of people to modify the symbol systems of our day, so that we can use them for our Christian message without a disadvantage.”

People Thinking Giving Made Stills Use Christian Culture Waiting Christianity Groups Modern Genius Messages Symbols Worldview Dilemma Disadvantages

Author:Francis Schaeffer

“Thanks to a deal finalized in 2008, Chicago’s parking meters will be operated for the next 75 years by a group of investors put together by Morgan Stanley, including the sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.”

Years Together Next Wealth Deals Groups Including Thanks Fund Chicago Investors Sovereign Parking Meter Stanley Parking Meters

Author:Thomas Frank

“We applaud the people who are film stars, who get elected to an office, who are very athletic, the small group who play with power in a very limited way. But we're completely oblivious to what can be done to the infinite realities that exist in front of us. We deny them.”

People Way Inspirational Done Play Reality Film Stars Groups Fronts Buddhism Office Infinite Deny Athletic Small Groups Oblivious Film Stars

Author:Frederick Lenz

“Try to find a teacher of meditation and meditate at least once a week in a group with people who meditate a little better than you do. It will inspire you to keep meditating.”

People Trying Littles Teacher Meditation Groups Week Inspire Buddhism Better Than You Meditating

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I suppose it's not a social norm, and not a manly thing to do - to feel, discuss feelings. So that's what I'm giving the finger to. Social norms and stuff...what good are social norms, really? I think all they do is project a limited and harmful image of people. It thus impedes a broader social acceptance of what someone, or a group of people, might actually be like.”

People Thinking Giving Feels Feelings Body Might Social Stuff Relationship Groups Acceptance Projects Fingers Things To Do Norm Manly Social Norms Social Acceptance

Book:Trouble (poetry, contemporary)

Source: Trouble (poetry, contemporary)

“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.”

Knows Years Wells Ideas Felt Support Saws Groups Policy Fields Politician Years Ago Killing Comedian Pot Good Ideas Public Policy Satirist Fundraiser Schmucks

Author:Al Franken

“Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art - it's a fun group activity.”

People Art Film Fun Groups Activity Dressings Dressing Up

Author:Sean Lennon

“Most single women have been in that situation where there is a silent guy in your group. You don't see him as boyfriend material. He's just there, but you know all the same people.”

People Knows Has Beens Guy Situation Groups Materials Silent Single Women

Author:Zoe Lister-Jones

“Vivendi will be one of the very few top communications groups of the Internet age. We will have customers all over the globe, providing services through all kinds of technology.”

Kind Age Technology Groups Communication Internet Customers All Kinds Providing Globes

Author:Jean-Marie Messier

“It's a great group of people here at Texas A&M, and everybody you run into is incredibly polite.”

People Running Groups Texas Polite

Author:Johnny Manziel

“When you spend seven years with a group of people and suddenly you're not together, it's very jarring.”

People Years Together Groups Seven Seven Years

Author:Poppy Montgomery

“If you look at the true essence of the Black Panthers, they were more of a community protection group.”

Ifs Looks Black Community Groups Essence Protection Panthers Black Panther

Author:Anthony Mackie

“I'm on the board of a national group called Faith in America. It's designed to fight religious-based bigotry.”

America Fighting Religious Groups Boards Bigotry

Author:James McGreevey

“When I was young, I wasn't a misfit or anything. I had friends in all the different social groups. But I had issues - just personal issues, insecurities and other things that had happened in my life.”

Different Young Social Issues Happened Groups Insecurity Misfits Social Groups Personal Issues

Author:Steve Vai

“My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now.”

Years Enough Bigs School Girl Fun Waiting Class Groups High School Tiny Get Away Graduates Senior Public School Reunion Senior Year Graduating Class

Author:Cecily von Ziegesar

“Once you are a victim of a bombing, you enter a risk group to which they will not sell insurance.”

Risk Groups Victim Sells Bombing

Author:Ernst Zundel

“It's not that I wanted to be an actor; it's that I didn't want to be a dancer! I was trained in traditional Chinese dance, and after working so hard it seemed unfair to just disappear into a group.”

Want Hard Wanted Actors Groups Disappear Traditional Chinese Dancer Unfair Working So Hard

Author:Zhang Ziyi

“When I was ten, I saw 'Grease' on stage and thought: 'I want to be part of that; it looks like so much fun.' My mum enrolled me in a local theatre group, and it all went from there.”

Want Looks Fun Saws Groups Stage Ten Theatre Locals Mum Grease

Author:Michelle Ryan

“As photographers, we must learn to relax our beliefs. Move on objects with your eye straight on, to the left, around on the right. Watch them grow large as they approach, group and regroup as you shift your position. Relationships gradually emerge and sometimes assert themselves with finality. And that's your picture.”

Sometimes Eye Moving Belief Left Grows Watches Groups Position Objects Approach Photographer Relax Finality

Author:Aaron Siskind

“Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.”

“I think there's a lot of elements that go into making a really awesome horror film and that's like putting together like a real good group of people that you love to watch them either live or die.”

People Thinking Real Together Film Dies Watches Groups Horror Elements Horror Film Really Awesome

Author:Elisha

“One reason that a truth and reconciliation process is needed for group selection is to return to the simplicity of the original problem and Darwin’s solution. As Ed Wilson and I put it in our recent review article titled “Rethinking the Theoretical Foundation of Sociobiology“: Selfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.”

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