“I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.” ImportantDifferentActingGoneFourToolsConservatory Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“I’m instantly mortified by my fat, uncontrollable mouth, but that’s when it occurs to me that my humor is a self-defense mechanism. Even though I may come off like a stark raving asshat, being funny is the most important tool I have to stay sane. The ability to say what I think is the key to allowing me to feel in control.” ThinkingFeelsMayImportantSelfAbilityKeysMouthsToolsDefenseFatsAllowingMechanismSaneSelf DefenseStarksBeing FunnyUncontrollableDefense Mechanisms Author:Jen Lancaster
“Teaching Plato in Palestine shows how philosophical thinking can illuminate important topics-in particular, the problem of finding ways to engage people with opposed ideologies in fruitful debate. The lively narratives, based on the author's experiences of working with various groups interested in using philosophical tools to clarify their thought and action, will engage a wide range of readers.” PeopleThinkingWayImportantShowsProblemActionGroupsTeachingParticularReaderFindingsToolsPhilosophicalVariousWideDebateIdeologyNarrativeRangeTopicsPlatoPalestineLivelyThoughts And ActionsPhilosophical Thinking Author:Gary Gutting
“Skepticism is an important historical tool. It is the starting point of all revision of hitherto accepted history.” ImportantToolsHistoricalStartingAcceptedSkepticismStarting PointRevision Book:By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses Source: By Land and by Sea: Essays and Addresses
“In our quest to quickly make three-dimensional objects, we can miss out on the experience of making something that helps give us our first understandings of form and material, of the way a material behaves--'I press too hard here, and it breaks here' and so on. Some of the digital rendering tools are impressive, but it's important that people still really try and figure out a way of gaining direct experience with the materials.” PeopleWayGivingTryingFirstsStillsImportantHardHelpingFormThreeUnderstandingBreakMissingFiguresObjectsMaterialsToolsDirectPressesBehaveDigitalQuestsImpressiveRendering Author:Jonathan Ive
“The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.” ImportantUseShowsWhitePowerfulDrugToolsRingsAggressiveTradingCollarsInsidersWhite CollarCartelsDrug CartelsInsider Trading Author:Preet Bharara
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.” ThinkingKnowsWayImportantHelpingBigsRememberDiesChoicesLosesLateToolsBest WayTrapsLife ChoicesBest JobStanfordImportant JobsInspirational DeathConnecting The DotsStanford UniversityBest DesignBest Thing That Ever Happened To Me Author:Steve Jobs
“The incredible expansion of mobile technologies is another important factor that will both drive and support the deployment of workplace learning tools and systems in the areas of performance support, particularly, but also in areas such as expert location, crowdsourcing-based problem solving and others.” ImportantProblemTechnologySupportAreasToolsPerformancesIncrediblesFactorsExpertsProblem SolvingExpansionLocationWorkplaceMobileDeploymentCrowdsourcingMobile Technology Author:Charles Jennings
“Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.” ImportantKidsTogetherSuccessTermLeadershipTechnologyTeacherTeachingYogaToolsWorking TogetherInformation TechnologyGood TeacherSuccesEducation And TeachersGood TeachingComputer TechnologyTechnology And EducationHigh TechnologyIctTechnology In EducationEducational TechnologyGood Technology Author:Bill Gates
“There were decades I didn't play sober. I thought, Who would want to? But at some point, I decided that if it was important enough to me to keep doing it as art, I should do it with all my tools.” IfsWantShouldArtImportantEnoughPlayToolsDecidedDecadesSober Author:Kris Kristofferson
“Perhaps the most important thing I could say is to never be thrown by failure and mistakes. Each and everything that happens, even if it was not what you hoped would happen, is a valuable, life-learning tool. And you will only achieve success if you know how to learn from your failures and mistakes. It’s vital.” IfsKnowsImportantHappensMistakeKnow HowAchieveToolsImportant ThingsValuableThrownLife LearningValuable Life Author:Christiane Amanpour
“For me, fantasy has always been a means of exploring reality: it explores the fact that your internal life, your dreams and the weird images and the things that come to you are things that are actually important tools for dealing with real issues.” MeanImportantRealFactsDreamRealityFantasyIssuesToolsYour DreamsInternalsExploring Author:Tim Burton
“I think future generations will see the invention of the Internet as having been as important as the invention of the printing press. It’s the democratizing tool of all tools. As long as no one can control the flow of information, then freedom always has a chance.” ThinkingLongImportantChanceGenerationsInformationInternetFlowToolsPressesInventionFuture GenerationPrintingPrinting Press Author:Marianne Williamson
“The initial motive for developing APL was to provide a tool for writing and teaching. Although APL has been exploited mostly in commercial programming, I continue to believe that its most important use remains to be exploited: as a simple, precise, executable notation for the teaching of a wide range of subjects.” WritingBelieveHas BeensImportantUseSimpleTeachingSubjectsToolsRemainsWideDevelopingRangeMotiveProgrammingPreciseInitials Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“The utility of a language as a tool of thought increases with the range of topics it can treat, but decreases with the amount of vocabulary and the complexity of grammatical rules which the user must keep in mind. Economy of notation is therefore important.” MindImportantLanguageEconomyAmountToolsTreatsIncreaseRangeComplexityUsersTopicsVocabularyUtilityDecrease Author:Kenneth E. Iverson
“Mom & pop stores are not about something small; they are about something big. Ninety percent of all U.S. businesses are family owned or controlled. They are important not only for the food, drink, clothing, and tools they sell us, but also for providing us with intellectual stimulation, social interaction, and connection to our communities. We must have mom & pop stores because we are social animals. We crave to be part of the marketplace.” ImportantBigsSocialCommunityAnimalMomDrinkIntellectualPercentToolsConnectionsSellsPopsStoresControlledClothingsInteractionProvidingNinetyCraveMarketplaceOur CommunityStimulationSocial Interaction Book:The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America Source: The Mom & Pop Store: True Stories from the Heart of America