“I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and cook dinners. And, for me, that balance is what makes it nice.” WorldLittlesBitsNiceMomBalanceLittle BitAdultsDinnerCooks Author:Keri Russell
“I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.” IfsThinkingNeedsMindChildrenLittlesMightMotherCoursesHugeBalanceAdvantageTiredLiftingBeing A Mother Author:Melanie Roach
“Balance is the most important of all qualities. We don't want a little bit of rapid growth and then to stagnate. We want continual growth, continual development, which implies balance, always.” WantLittlesImportantBitsGrowthQualityBuddhismDevelopmentBalanceLittle BitRapidsRapid GrowthContinual Growth Author:Frederick Lenz
“Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.” IfsNeedsChildrenLittlesHappensToo MuchBalanceExposedCensorship Author:Zoe Saldana
“What doesn't feel okay to me, what feels a little bit out of balance, is when you want to turn yourself into something else - when you want to be another person.” WantFeelsLittlesPersonsTurnsBitsBalanceLittle BitOkay Author:Zoe Saldana
“One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.” LittlesStillsEnoughOughtBalanceNewspapersJournalism Author:Clifton Fadiman
“Many toxic parents compare one sibling unfavorably with another to make the target child feel that he's not doing enough to gain parental affection. This motivates the child to do whatever the parents want in order to regain their favor. This divide-and-conquer technique is often unleashed against children who become a little too independent, threatening the balance of the family system.” WantFeelsChildrenLittlesEnoughOrderParentBalanceGainsIndependentAffectionTechniqueFavorsConquerCompareTargetDividesToxicThreateningSiblingParentalUnleashedDivide And Conquer Author:Susan Forward
“In Africa people learn to serve each other. They live on credit balances of little favors that they give and may, one day, ask to have returned.” PeopleGivingMayLittlesAsksBalanceOne DayCreditFavors Book:The Illustrated West with the Night Source: The Illustrated West with the Night
“What do I want to express? The subject means little. The arrangement, the design, colour, shape, depth, light, space, mood, movement, balance, not one or all of these fills the bill. There is something additional, a breath that draws your breath into its breathing, a heartbeat that pounds on yours, a recognition of the oneness of all things.” WantMeanLittlesLightSpaceSubjectsDesignMovementBalanceShapesDrawsAll ThingsBreathsBillsDepthMoodOnenessRecognitionBreathingColourPoundsArrangementsHeartbeat Book:Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr Source: Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
“The purest case of an intelligence explosion would be an Artificial Intelligence rewriting its own source code. The key idea is that if you can improve intelligence even a little, the process accelerates. It's a tipping point. Like trying to balance a pen on one end - as soon as it tilts even a little, it quickly falls the rest of the way.” IfsWayTryingLittlesIdeasEndsWould BeFallProcessCasesSourceKeysBalanceCodePensArtificial IntelligenceArtificialExplosionsAccelerateRewritingTippingTiltTipping Point Author:Eliezer Yudkowsky