“I do think there is something to be said for those who have significant experience at state level and have run campaigns or have been deeply involved in grass roots political campaigns and who have actual hands-on experience.” ThinkingHas BeensSaidStatesHandsRunningPoliticalLevelsInvolvedRootsCampaignsSignificantGrassPolitical CampaignHands On ExperienceSignificant Experiences Author:Roy Romer
“I've learned the importance of changing people's minds at the grassroots level so that whoever does run will have a much better chance of encountering public opinion that reaches a critical mass and brings about a change not only in White House policies but in the Congress and in the state legislatures and all around the world.” PeopleWorldMindDoeStatesRunningHouseChanceWhiteLevelsOpinionPolicyMassImportanceCongressCriticalAround The WorldI've LearnedWhite HousePublic OpinionLegislatureGrassrootsState LegislaturesCritical Mass Author:Al Gore
“Begin to live in other levels of attention all the time whether you're at work, driving or running on the beach. When you begin to be in a more meditative state all the time you will find that it fits rather well with everything that you do.” WellsStatesRunningLevelsAttentionBuddhismFitMindfulnessDrivingBeach Author:Frederick Lenz
“If you run into a Buddha, then that energy field, the "rad" level is so high, it's incalculable. Their effect on an individual is for many, many, many, many, many, many lifetimes.” IfsRunningIndividualEnergyLevelsTeacherEffectsFieldsLifetimeEnlightenedEnergy FieldsRad Author:Frederick Lenz
“If we only practice compassion on the mind level, we run a great risk of our compassion being just talk. As we know, talk is cheap. To develop true compassion we have to put our money where our mouth is.” IfsKnowsMindRunningLevelsCompassionPracticeRiskMouthsGreat RiskTalk Is Cheap Author:Gelek Rimpoche
“Near the top of the market, investors are extraordinarily optimistic because they've seen mostly higher prices for a year or two. The sell-offs witnessed during that span were usually brief. Even when they were severe, the market bounced back quickly and always rose to loftier levels. At the top, optimism is king, speculation is running wild, stocks carry high price/earnings ratios, and liquidity has evaporated. A small rise in interest rates can easily be the catalyst for triggering a bear market at that point.” YearsTwoRunningInterestLevelsBearsKingsHigherOptimismSellsRoseRateOptimisticInvestorsEarningSevereSpeculationCatalystRatiosInterest RateHigh PricesLiquidityRunning Wild Author:Martin Zweig
“You feel the Olympics and you get chills and nervous and a little scared. You go through the emotional roller coaster at what it's like to compete at the Olympic level and you let that run through your whole body.” FeelsLittlesWholeBodyRunningLevelsEmotionalScaredNervousOlympicsChillRoller CoasterCoasters Author:Bode Miller
“Since I achieved something, running has exploded in my country. For me sometimes it is difficult even to know who the athletes are who are competing at the highest level. There are thousands.” KnowsCountrySometimesRunningDifficultLevelsHighestAthleteCompeting Author:Haile Gebrselassie
“Our lives are waves that come up out of the ocean of eternity, break upon the beach of earth, and lapse back to the ocean of eternity. Some are sunlit, some run in storm and rain; one is a quiet ripple, another is a thunderous breaker; and once in many centuries comes a great tidal wave that sweeps over a continent; but all go back to the sea and lie equally level there.” LifeRunningEarthLyingLevelsBreakOur LivesSeaCenturyQuietOceanRainEternityWaveCome UpStormBeachContinentsRippleLapsesTidal Waves Author:Austin O'Malley
“Admiration takes on a whole new level when you appreciate just how complex it is to run a modern business.” WholeRunningLevelsModernAppreciateComplexesAdmirationModern Business Author:Ursula Burns
“We do believe the current Ukrainian authorities are illegitimate. They cannot be legitimate as they do not have a national mandate for running the country, which speaks for itself. At the same time, we do not refuse to deal with them. We stay in touch at the ministerial level.” BelieveCountryRunningSpeakLevelsDealsAuthorityCurrentsRefuseMandatesUkrainian Author:Vladimir Putin
“It's so funny that people think I actually ran for President. I am maybe the most un-political person you're ever going to meet. When I put "Elected" out, it was definitely a satire... "Alice Cooper for President"... when everybody realized I was running against Nixon, you known, even on a joke level, I think I got a lot of write-in votes.” PeopleThinkingWritingPersonsRunningPoliticalPresidentLevelsKnownJokesVoteRanSatire Author:Alice Cooper
“Today the crime novelist has one advantage denied to writers of 'straight' or 'literary' novels. Unlike them he can range over all levels of society, for crime can easily breach the barriers that exist in our stratified society. Because of these barriers the modern literary novel, unlike its 19th-century predecessors, is often confined to the horizontal, dealing only with one class. But crime runs through society from top to bottom, and so the crime novelist can present a fuller picture of the way we live now.” WayBookRunningTodayLanguageLevelsClassNovelModernCenturyCrimeAdvantageBottomRangeNovelistsBarriersDeniedConfined19th CenturyPredecessorsBreachHorizontal Book:Life & Letters: The Spectator Columns Source: Life & Letters: The Spectator Columns
“One of the things I wanted to do after three, prolonged movies is to do something that was really, kind-of knee-jerk decisions, and artistic instincts and strip down the process to more of a guttural level, and make something that wasn't so manicured and polished; wasn't quite so developed and supported, and just run wild with it and see what happens with it.” KindHappensRunningWantedThreeProcessDecisionLevelsInstinctArtisticKneesJerkPolished Author:David Gordon Green
“Most of us feel on some level like race horses chomping at the bit, pressing at the gate, hoping and praying for someone to open the door and let us run out. We feel so much pent up energy, so much locked up talent. We know in our hearts that we were born to do great things, and we have a deep-seated dread of wasting our lives. But the only person who can free us is ourselves. Most of us know that. We realize that the locked door is our own fear.” KnowsFeelsHeartPersonsRunningEnergyBitsRealizingBornLevelsRaceOur LivesDoorsTalentPrayingHorseGreat ThingsGatesLockedDreadLocked UpLocked DoorsRace Horses Author:Marianne Williamson
“A level of no more than 350 ppm is still feasible, with the help of reforestation and improved agricultural practices, but just barely - time is running out.” StillsHelpingRunningLevelsPracticeClimate ChangeTime Is Running OutTime Running Out Author:James Hansen
“What happens to conservatives when they get near the White House? How come they only seem to be talking the good talk at, say, the Senate level, when they don't have to run the show?” ShowsSeemsHappensRunningHouseWhiteLevelsTalkingWhite HouseSenate Author:Chris Matthews
“We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place in the twentieth century are just not going to work. We've run out of stuff. Our big problems are going to be energy supplies and food supplies. This is not a right-left issue. It's a people issue, and it cuts across all our categories.” PeopleProblemBigsRunningEnergyLeftStuffLevelsIssuesCuttingGrowingCenturyCrisisClimateClimate ChangeCategoriesFloodGoing To WorkTwentieth CenturySuppliesBig ProblemsDroughtFood Supply Author:Margaret Atwood
“It was in 1942 and I flew from St. Louis to Mexico City. I had just gotten married and we were on our honeymoon. I hit .397 and led the Mexican League with 20 home runs and was named the MVP of the league. It's when I realized I could compete with anyone at any level.” HomeRunningLevelsCitiesMarriedI RealizedLeagueMexicoMexicanFlewHome RunHoneymoonMvpMexico City Author:Monte Irvin
“In life, you don't have a level of confrontation and the nonsense you run into when you're a CEO. CEOs aren't born.” RunningBornLevelsNonsenseCeoConfrontation Author:Ben Horowitz
“Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big.” ThinkingBigsMightRunningLevelsWallSucceedLifetimeBoxes Author:Gary W. Keller
“Using clouds is a radical way of consuming IT. There are emotional barriers to giving up some level of control over the servers that you are running [for the companies].” WayGivingRunningLevelsCompanyEmotionalGiving UpCloudsRadicalBarriersConsumingServer Author:Werner Vogels
“As much as I'd like to think I'm an expert in quarterbacks I'm probably not. But, I think college quarterbacks are put in positions where they have to do a lot of the things that are done at the professional level. The collegiate quarterback probably does on average a little more running than a pro quarterback. But outside of that, I think they're faced with some of the same difficult decisions and choices.” ThinkingLittlesDoeDoneRunningChoicesDifficultDecisionLevelsPositionCollegeAverageExpertsNflQuarterbackDifficult Decisions Author:Ted Thompson
“I became successful and within five years conquered the world and had the most amazing run. I had so much momentum and adrenaline going, but then it ends and you have to find what level you're going to be on, how enthusiastic you're going to be.” WorldYearsEndsRunningLevelsSuccessfulFiveFive YearsEnthusiasticMomentumAdrenalineMost Amazing Author:Elton John
“Taking the politics out of setting the minimum wage provides fairness for workers and predictability for businesses. This legislation will also protect the most vulnerable workers and level the playing field for employers who play by the rules. These are the right steps to take; they will make Ontario a better place to work and run a business.” PlayRunningLevelsStepsFieldsProtectWorkersSettingSettingsVulnerableFairnessMinimumLegislationBetter PlaceEmployersMinimum WagePlaying FieldsPredictabilityOntario Author:Kevin Flynn
“When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress.” ThinkingLifeRunningPainFightingGrowthAnimalLevelsProgressHigherPersonal GrowthInstinctInvestingCalmStrikesFlightRunning AwayEnlighteningDilemmaHigher LevelStrike BackAnimal Instinct Author:Ray Dalio
“Here in the Great Lakes region, a fourth year in a row of declining water levels has caused millions of dollars in losses for shipping companies, marinas and other businesses and prompted further restrictions on future water withdrawals for expanding suburbs. "A lot of people just can't believe that we may be running out of water, living this close to the Great Lakes," said Sarah Nerenberg, a water engineer with the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission, which conducted the study on shortages.” PeopleYearsBelieveMaySaidRunningWaterLossLevelsCompanyMillionsStudyDollarsEnvironmentalPlanningLakesRegionsFourthEngineersExpandingRestrictionSuburbsShortageWithdrawalIllinoisShippingGreat LakesFourth Year Author:Timothy Egan
“A scary movie puts a lot of people, a mob, in one place. There are advantages to that because the panic runs through the audience. If it's a good movie, the fear jumps from one person to the next. You can find yourself screaming just because everybody around you is screaming. There's a real atmosphere of terror. It's also visual, which means that you can't look away from this thing - it's happening. You're in the dark. It's like a nightmare. It's like a dream. It's very, very visual. It works on all those levels.” PeopleIfsLooksMeanPersonsRealDreamRunningNextDarkLevelsAudienceHappeningsAdvantageTerrorScaryAtmosphereVisualsNightmareFinding YourselfPanicGood Movie Author:Stephen King
“He who runs may see that opium and such other intoxicants and narcotics stupefy a man's soul and reduce him to a level lower than that of beasts.” MenMaySoulRunningLevelsMankindBeastOpiumNarcotics Book:The Indian States' Problem Source: The Indian States' Problem
“I think nobody would claim that random genetic drift is capable of producing adaptation, that is to say the illusion of design. Random genetic drift can't produce wings that are good at flying, or eyes that are good at seeing, or legs that are good at running. But random genetic drift probably is very important in driving evolution at the molecular genetic level.” ThinkingImportantEyeRunningLevelsSeeingDesignProduceEvolutionCapableIllusionClaimsWingsLegsDrivingFlyingAdaptation Author:Richard Dawkins
“Biology is a way of approaching the truth about the mind. In biology most people don't tackle problems at the level of complexity that psychoanalysis does. But psychoanalysis has a degree of uncertainty about it. A psychoanalyst may have some deep insights, but cannot, at the moment, run experiments to establish whether it's really the truth.” PeopleWayMindMayDoeMomentsProblemRunningLevelsDegreesInsightExperimentsUncertaintyComplexityBiologyPsychoanalysis Author:Eric Kandel
“I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not enjoy. Training runs set me FREE. I could imagine the race in my mind and race as if it were the actual race.” IfsMindRunningEnjoyLevelsRaceImagineAnxietyTrainingEnjoyedRacingHigh Level Author:Gerry Lindgren
“At another level, though, poems can craft an eraser - we can't revise the past, but poems allow us some malleability, an increased freedom of response, comprehension, feeling. Choice, what choices are possible for any given person, is another theme that's run through my work from the start.” PersonsFeelingsRunningPastChoicesGivenLevelsResponseCraftsThemeComprehensionErasers Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Too many managers and executives try to reduce programming to a low-level assembly-line activity. That's inefficient, wasteful, costly in the long run, and inhumane to programmers.” TryingLongRunningLinesLevelsActivityLowsManagersProgrammingExecutivesLong RunsAssemblyProgrammersLow LevelInhumaneAssembly Line Author:Bjarne Stroustrup