“I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got to give direction to others. I'm in this job because I'm better and smarter.' I always took a different view, that the key was to identify the people who really knew and learn from them.” PeopleKnowsGivingDifferentJobsViewsKeysTendenciesSmarterLearnersDifferent Views Author:Anne M. Mulcahy
“I do not mind having written the song at all. I just wish that I had written it in a different key, as the high d is hard to play. I am glad that I wrote something that brought joy to millions of people.” PeopleMindDifferentHardPlayJoySongWishMillionsWrittenKeysGlad Author:Chuck Mangione
“People don't realize you're blowing over changes, time changes, harmony, different keys. I mark a point in my solo where it's got to peak at point D I go to A, B, C D then I'm home.” PeopleDifferentHomeRealizingKeysMarkHarmonySolo Author:James McBride
“Being confident is the key to life. Don't be afraid to be you! I'm super different from a lot of kids my age with style and personality, and I'm OK with it. And if you are OK with it, everyone else will be, too. Just be yourself.” IfsDifferentKidsAgeStyleKeysPersonalityBeing YourselfBe YouBe ConfidentJust Be Yourself Author:Leo Howard
“Artists cannot be micro-managed. We can take heart that everything we do is different from the last thing we did - or indeed everything that's ever been done. That knowledge is the key to sound mentoring.” HeartDifferentDoneLastsArtistSoundKeysMentoring Author:Robert Genn
“My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better. My job is to pull things together from different parts of the company and clear the ways and get the resources for the key projects. And to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better, coming up with more aggressive visions of how it could be.” PeopleWayDifferentTogetherJobsEasyCompanyVisionClearKeysProjectsResourcesAggressiveGreat PeopleDifferent Jobs Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“While the romance genre has expanded so much over the years, in an odd way it's also narrowed, with too many people trying to stick stories into tight, well-defined marketing niches. It can, admittedly, be a tricky balancing act, but I believe the key is to be able to step back and take a long hard look at what you do well, what makes your work different from other writers, what feels the most natural to you when you're writing.” PeopleWayFeelsWritingTryingYearsBelieveWellsLooksLongDifferentHardStoriesAbleRomanceI BelieveNaturalStepsKeysSticksMarketingDefinedGenreOddTrickyNicheBalancing Act Author:JoAnn Ross
“It is always the minorities that hold the key of progess; it is always through those who are unafraid to be different that advance comes to human society.” HumansDifferentKeysMinoritiesHuman SocietyUnafraid Author:Raymond B. Fosdick
“What I've learned from different designers is that it's key to be true to who you are and your vision. That's always been my line of thinking. Working through the whole design process, I don't want to create something I wouldn't be proud to wear.” ThinkingWantDifferentWholeProcessLinesVisionDesignKeysProudWho You AreBeing TrueDesignerI've LearnedBe ProudDesign ProcessBe True To Who You Are Author:Kellan Lutz
“The biggest message I've given our team, and I think it's really important, is first of all, no one can take away what happened last year. It's obviously a fun year, a terrific year. But I think a big mistake would be to try to compare themselves or ourselves to last year's team. I think the key really is, and I told them this: for you as a group, you're a different team.” ThinkingTryingYearsFirstsImportantDifferentBigsWould BeLastsGivenFunMistakeHappenedGroupsTeamKeysMessagesCompareLast YearTerrificBig Mistake Author:Tony Bennett
“To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many others have met a different fate. Let's put it this way - they are no longer a problem to the United States and our friends and allies.” WayHas BeensDifferentCountryStatesProblemHumorPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesFateKeysMetsTerroristAlsAlliesCommandersArrestedAl QaedaPolitical Humor Author:George W. Bush
“The key is to design great golf courses all around the world. But my plan is only to do a select few. I devote so much of my time to these. I'm kind of a hands-on kind of person. I always want to do the best that I can in all of my life and this is no different.” WorldWantKindPersonsI CanDifferentHandsCoursesPlansDesignKeysGolfAround The WorldMy TimeDo The BestSelectGolf CourseGreat Golf Author:Tiger Woods
“You do not have to have money to attract money, but you cannot feel poor and attract money. The key is, you have to find ways of improving the way you feel from right where you stand before things can begin to change: By softening your attention to the things that are going wrong, and by beginning to tell stories that lean more in the direction of what you want instead of in the direction of what you have got, your vibration will shift; your point of attraction will shift - and you will get different results.” WayWantFeelsDifferentStoriesPoorResultsAttentionKeysAttractionWhat You WantAbundanceWrongImprovingVibrationsWhere You Stand Author:Esther Hicks
“When you hit your strive, and you feel confident in what you're doing and in your process, you really want to do more and try lots of different things. I've also really worked on my breathing, which is a funny thing to talk about, if you're not an actor. I think breathing is actually the key to a lot of opening up of other parts of yourself that you haven't used, for any job, but particularly in acting.” IfsThinkingWantFeelsTryingDifferentJobsUsedActorsProcessActingHavensKeysStriveOpeningBreathingDifferent ThingsFunny ThingsOpening Up Author:Sigourney Weaver
“Comedy is more difficult than drama. I think it's really difficult to make someone laugh because people have very different comedic sensibilities. In drama, you can get away with being a great actor and surrounded by great actors and having good writing. But in comedy you have to listen and you have to perform with a certain rhythm, because if you don't, it's like playing a wrong note in the orchestra and you can hear the off key and it will fall flat and you won't get that instant response.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingDifferentCertainFallActorsDifficultLaughingComedyKeysDramaNotesResponseRhythmInstantGet AwayFlatsSensibilityOrchestraGood WritingGreat ActorsComedicMake Someone Laugh Author:Aimee Garcia
“Challenges are the key in life. You always have to challenge yourself and try to get to different states.” TryingDifferentStatesChallengesKeysChallenge Yourself Author:Hiromi
“Sound continues to be a mystery to me, in that one could create infinite songs focusing on the same subject, but depending on the melody, instrument choice, minor or major key, time signature, etc., each song could elicit an entirely different response.” DifferentSongChoicesSoundMysterySubjectsKeysMajorsInfiniteInstrumentsResponseEtcMelodyMinorsSignatures Author:Josh Garrels
“At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.” DifferentPlayLove IsRiskKeysElementsMusicianRomanticBackgroundsHopelessRomantic Love Author:John McLaughlin
“I think that variety is the key to our success. It is what makes us [artists] different, and long may that continue.” ThinkingMayLongDifferentArtistKeysVariety Author:Piers Morgan
“If you give the same 200 frames to 200 different people, they'll all probably pick a different frame. The key is editing. Be intuitive enough to be shooting at the right moment, and when you're seeing the action happening just as you want it, shoot. And in the edit you have to go with your gut.” PeopleIfsWantGivingDifferentEnoughMomentsActionSeeingKeysHappeningsPicksShootingGutsEditingIntuitiveDifferent PeoplesEditsRight Moment Author:Russell James
“Relaxation, acceptance, and keeping open mind are key. First of all, peak performance isn't possible if one is not relaxed, and if one is going to stay relaxed they must simply accept problems when they arise and decide to solve them. If I can't do a move I merely accept that I haven't discovered the right sequence, instead of trying the same sequence over and over or just quitting. I will try to do it 20 or 30 different ways, making subtle changes in body position and fot placement, until I find something that does work. That's what I mean by keeping an open mind.” IfsWayTryingMindFirstsMeanDoeI CanDifferentProblemBodyMovingAcceptingHavensPositionAcceptanceKeysPerformancesSolveQuittingAriseDifferent WaysSubtleRelaxationRelaxedSequenceOpen MindKeep An Open MindPlacementPeak Performance Author:Lynn Hill
“Dad's tiny - his passport picture is a full-length shot. He looks like he just hopped off a key ring. Mum is a different matter, she's a bit of a handful to say the least. I love her more than anyone on this Earth. But she's a monster.” LooksDifferentMatterEarthBitsKeysDadShotsTinyMonstersRingsLengthMumHandfulPassports Author:Ricky Hatton
“Once you take yourself off the pedestal, saying, "It's bad for you to torture, but for us, this is our national security, so we're gonna do it". You can't live that way and the United States doesn't need to do it, it shouldn't do it, and I think a Democratic administration, whoever the democratic president is, will repudiate that kind of conduct. I think it was an overreaction caused by a lot of different strains of thought in the administration. I think it was clearly wrong and I think that repudiation, which will come from the United States, will be a key in restoring America's legitimacy.” ThinkingWayNeedsKindDifferentStatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSecurityKeysDemocraticAdministrationTortureNational SecurityStrainPedestalLegitimacyRestoringOverreaction Author:Wesley Clark
“Sex was like a world so mysterious to me, I really couldn't believe there was this fantastic texture to life that I was getting to do...it has all these different levels, from lust and fearful, violent sex to the real spiritual thing at the other end. It's the key to some fantastic mystery of life.” WorldBelieveDifferentRealEndsSpiritualSexLevelsMysteryKeysLustViolentMysteriousFantasticFearfulTextureDifferent LevelsMystery Of Life Author:David Lynch
“Perhaps more than anything else, failure to recognize the precariousness and fickleness of confidence - especially in cases in which large short-term debts need to be rolled over continuously - is the key factor that gives rise to the this-time-is-different syndrome. Highly indebted governments, banks, or corporations can seem to be merrily rolling along for an extended period, when bang! - confidence collapses, lenders disappear, and a crisis hits.” NeedsGivingDifferentSeemsGovernmentTermCasesKeysPeriodsCrisisDebtDisappearFactorsCorporationsCollapseRollingBangsShort TermSyndromesIndebtedLendersRolling Along Author:Carmen Reinhart
“We have sacrificed and we have endured extreme hardship, but we have maintained the key goal - we have denied the enemy its main objective of creating two political geographies in this country through the all-out war which has been unleashed against us. If we had a first-rate air force, the nature of the conflict would be completely different.” IfsFirstsHas BeensTwoDifferentWarCountryWould BePoliticalForceGoalEnemyAirKeysConflictCreatingRateExtremesObjectivesHardshipDeniedGeographyAir ForceUnleashed Author:Ashraf Ghani
“I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked different types, moods or sensibilities of a woman - whether it's Daisy with the sweetness and the innocence or Lola which is more provocative, sexy and sultry.” ThinkingDifferentSpiritKeysTypeSexyMoodSensualInnocenceSensibilityScentSweetnessFragranceProvocativeDaisiesDifferent Moods Author:Marc Jacobs
“It is a different world, the underground. When you hit mainstream, you hit a saturation level and that turns some people off. When you are on more low-key stuff, it works to your advantage and it creates a buzz on the streets. At that point, the sky is the limit.” PeopleWorldDifferentTurnsStuffLevelsSkyStreetsKeysLimitsLowsAdvantageMainstreamDifferent WorldsBuzzLow KeySaturationSky Is The Limit Author:Joe Budden
“Jazz vision is the fusion of music and art a real paradox of same-yet different. Here we play in exchanges, like the hardness of the key of c# major and from the softness of Db major - capturing, reflecting and improvising.” ArtDifferentRealPlayVisionKeysMajorsJazzParadoxReflectingFusionSoftnessImprovisingHardness Author:Barbara Januszkiewicz
“A lot of things occurred to me with shamans in Peru.There were a number of different kinds of experiences that you learn from doing ritual and taking ayahuasca [a common tropical forest hallucinogen] is the key to understanding the native consciousness and perception of the world with the Peruvian shamans that you wouldn't get unless you had been with them, but every shamanic tradition, including the Native American tradition of medicine and cleansing ritual, like the Sun Dance or the sweat lodge.” WorldKindDifferentUnderstandingCommonNumbersConsciousnessSunKeysPerceptionTraditionMedicineIncludingForestsNativeRitualSweatDifferent KindsNative AmericanCleansingTropicalLodgesPeruAyahuascaAmerican TraditionPerception Of The WorldHallucinogensPeruvians Author:Fred Alan Wolf
“wanted to highlight that to a certain extent and go deeper into that direction. I also try to write each song in a different key, so I can be as diverse as I can. I'm always trying to push the envelope and not be complacent or happy in one spot. As far as the grooves on this record are concerned, I think we just tried to experiment in that realm.” ThinkingWritingTryingI CanDifferentWantedCertainSongRecordsKeysConcernedDeeperExperimentsSpotsRealmsDiverseAlways TryingHighlightsComplacentEnvelopesGroove Author:Jason C. Miller
“The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.” DifferentPlayDifficultPlayerFootballKeysEuropeLeaguePremier League Author:Fernando Torres
“Our budget also reflects key components of our campaign. It's very much focused on stabilizing public services, restoring stability to public services and investing in job creation and economic diversification and, generally speaking, acting as a cushion during this economy, something fundamentally different than what the other parties proposed in the last election.” DifferentJobsLastsPartyActingEconomyEconomicCreationKeysElectionInvestingFocusedCampaignsBudgetsStabilityComponentsPublic ServiceRestoringCushionsDiversificationJob Creation Author:Rachel Notley
“When you develop software, the people who write the software, the developers are the key group but the testers also play an absolutely critical role. They're the ones who ah, write thousands and thousands of examples and make sure that it's going to work on all the different computers and printers and the different amounts of memory or networks that the software'11 be used in. That's a very hard job.” PeopleWritingDifferentHardPlayJobsUsedMemoriesRolesGroupsExampleKeysAmountComputerCriticalSoftwareGoing To WorkDevelopersPrinterTesters Author:Bill Gates
“It's best to think of these as two things - they're related, but there's different dynamics going on with each of them. A key difference is Abyei is contested territory. We still do not know whether Abyei is going to belong to the new country of South Sudan or effectively the new country of Sudan, the northern part. That was supposed to be decided by a referendum in January; that referendum never happened, so it was being dealt with through political negotiations.” ThinkingKnowsStillsTwoDifferentCountryPoliticalDifferencesHappenedKeysDecidedSouthSupposed To BeRelatedTwo ThingsTerritoryNegotiationJanuaryDynamicsReferendumsSudan Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“The key to HIV/AIDS was to say let's give a patient multiple different therapies at the same time and that makes the virus much less likely to mutate.” GivingDifferentKeysPatientAidsTherapyMultipleVirusesHivHiv Aids Author:Laurie Glimcher
“There are fourteen keys to experiencing greater love and with each key, I offer what I believe to be the most effective tool out there. So this is a time when, if we're awake to it, we have an amazing opportunity to start living a different life. By that I mean the life that our souls came here to live. We're all being propelled forward and it's not always easy, but through supporting one another we can do it.” IfsBelieveMeanDifferentSoulOpportunityI BelieveEasyCan DoGreaterKeysOffersToolsAwakeFourteenDifferent LifeGreater LoveAmazing Opportunities Author:Marci Shimoff
“There are several key pieces to keeping audiences engaged, and the evolution of that. One of them is a content ecosystem, which is leveraging and utilizing as many different platforms as you possibly can to continue to drive the conversation so people have the opportunity to enter your brand from different ways.” PeopleWayDifferentOpportunityAudiencePiecesKeysEvolutionConversationBrandsDifferent WaysEngagedPlatformsEcosystemsUtilizing Author:Stephanie McMahon
“Somebody's going to hear a song that will key in a nerve or something in their experience that represents their own vision. And the next person is going to see it completely different. So even what it means to me is probably irrelevant. It's totally irrelevant. What matters is what it means to each person listening to it.” MeanPersonsDifferentMatterSongNextVisionKeysListeningNervesWhat MattersIrrelevant Author:Van Morrison
“The Trump plan is a different plan. It's a you're fired plan. And there's two key elements to it. First, Donald Trump said wages are too high. And both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage.” ThinkingFirstsSaidTwoDifferentPlansKeysOughtTrumpElementsMinimumWagesMikeMinimum Wage Author:Tim Kaine
“Usually the beginning of a story that people hear a lot. For example, "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut" or "My dad keeps losing his car keys." And then I just think of different ways the story could end. "My girlfriend is upset about her new haircut. I don't understand why she's crying. I'm the one who has to get a new girlfriend." Then I try it out on stage. I don't do a lot of re-writing. My jokes either work or they don't. The trick is just to write a ton of jokes.” PeopleThinkingWayWritingTryingDifferentEndsStoriesStageCarCryExampleKeysDadLosingJokesMy DadTricksUpsetDifferent WaysGirlfriendMy GirlfriendHaircutsCar KeysNew GirlfriendNew Haircut Author:Anthony Jeselnik
“There are various different kinds of conservatives and different kinds of Republicans. We all come from different corners of our party. The key here is not only to unify and merge these approaches, but to also invite everyone else in America to get us focused on our solutions.” KindDifferentAmericaPartyKeysRepublicanApproachSolutionsVariousCornersFocusedInvitesDifferent Kinds Author:Paul Ryan
“If you ask why start-ups outperform established enterprises when it comes to catching the next wave, the answer is that they are not conflicted. Everyone is rowing in the same direction. That is never the case in a company that has a portfolio of businesses at different stages in their maturity. So the key to winning there has to be to "zone out" the conflicts - sort of like sending quarrelling children each to their own room.” IfsChildrenDifferentNextAsksWinningAnswersRoomsCompanyCasesStageKeysConflictWaveMaturityEnterpriseZoneCatchingRowingPortfolios Author:Geoffrey Moore
“My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens.” DifferentViewsCommunicationKeysCitizensRelationOperationsInstantThis DayComponentsPublic RelationsInquisitiveInstant Communication Author:Alvin Adams
“It's so different now coming out as a new artist today than it was when I came out almost ten years ago. Now, it's all about singles, it's really quick, it's online. I came out when people sold records and they still do today but - I don't know what the key is.” PeopleKnowsYearsStillsDifferentTodayArtistRecordsKeysTenYears AgoOnlineComing OutSinglesNew Artists Author:Avril Lavigne
“But the question is a matter of the survival and the teaching. That's what our work comes down to. No matter where we key into it, it's the same work, just different pieces of ourselves doing it.” DifferentMatterPiecesTeachingKeysSurvival Book:Conversations with Audre Lorde Source: Conversations with Audre Lorde
“I love to play in the different keys like B or F sharp, or keys that most people don't play in, because they have a better resonance or something. I'm really not fond of F and C. I just stay away from those if I can.” PeopleIfsI CanDifferentPlayKeysResonance Author:Marian McPartland
“Batman and Superman are very different characters but they're both iconic and elemental. Finding the right story for them both is the key.” DifferentCharacterStoriesKeysFindingsIconicElementalsDifferent Characters Author:Christopher Nolan
“For me, the key is I always have to be the same person.If someone was to hear me say something on Fox and hear me say something different on NPR, they would say, 'The guy is a hypocrite.'” IfsPersonsDifferentGuyKeysFoxesHypocriteHypocritNpr Author:Juan Williams