“The model of the educational Kalila Wa-Dimna. These are books of instruction to rulers and humans. The stories unfold a range of human psychology, a vast range of human psychology. The Sultan is being moved from his narrow and bigoted position into a wider, more subtle, more nuanced understanding of human experiences.” HumansBookStoriesUnderstandingPsychologyPositionModelsMovedEducationalRangeSubtleInstructionRulersHuman Experience Author:Marina Warner
“I don't like to use the words "real women," honestly. I like to use the word woman. And I say that because there are so many women out there who are naturally thin, or are naturally curvy, and I think when we start putting a label on the type of woman it gets misconstrued and starts to offend people. At the end of the day we just all want to be known as women or models or actresses or whatever.” PeopleThinkingWantRealEndsUseKnownTypeModelsActressesHonestlyLabelsThe End Of The DayCurvyReal WomenMisconstrued Author:Ashley Graham
“I didn't quite understand the DVD thing and why my husband was mailing it back. I couldn't quite wrap my head around it. But now that I'm deeply in, as a watcher of content, what a brilliant business model. As a consumer, it's empowering to choose what I want to watch and when I want to watch it. I have three small children, so I need that flexibility, in order to really get into a show. And being on a Netflix show, it's perfect timing. I feel so grateful.” WantNeedsFeelsChildrenShowsOrderThreePerfectWatchesHusbandModelsGratefulBrilliantConsumersEmpoweringMy HusbandTimingFlexibilityWrapsDvdsSmall ChildWatchersBusiness ModelsNetflixSo GratefulMailingPerfect Timing Author:Carrie-Anne Moss
“I believe that one of the most damning things about our culture is the adage to never talk religion and politics. Because we don't model this discourse at the dinner table and at Thanksgiving, we don't know how to do it well and we're not teaching our children about the world and about how to discuss it.” KnowsWorldBelieveWellsChildrenCultureI BelieveKnow HowTeachingModelsOur ChildrenTablesDinnerDiscourseAdagesDinner TableReligion And Politics Author:Julianna Baggott
“Someone said to me that we have to encourage more young women to want top-level editing jobs. I think that will happen naturally as we have more role models, more examples of boss ladies who aren't sad and cruel and overworked and undersexed like in DevilWearsPrada, but who are straight-up owning it and notable not for their gender but for their editorial savvy.” ThinkingWantSaidHappensJobsYoungLevelsRolesExampleModelsGenderBossRole ModelsYoung WomenEditingNotableEditorialsSavvyStraight UpOwning It Author:Ann Friedman
“We could say that Romanian Onirisme was born from painting and not from surrealist literature. The visual is primordial. Dimov said, 'Dreams are not a source, but a canon, a legislative model.'” SaidDreamLiteratureBornPaintingSourceModelsVisualsCanonSurrealist Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“We don't recount our dreams; we construct them with the materials of reality. We aren't looking for God, psychic truth or authenticity, but for esthetic effect. That's why I baptized our movement Structural, or Esthetic, Onirism. Dreams and music were our models.” DreamRealityEffectsMovementMaterialsModelsAuthenticityConstructsPsychicsOur DreamsBaptized Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“I'm not sure any narrative model has been more important for me than Benjamin Britten's chamber operas.” Has BeensImportantModelsNarrativeNot SureOperaChamber Author:Garth Greenwell
“When I started my own business, I funded it as a naked model. I still think that the sex industry can, for some men and women, be a powerful tool for improving their financial prospects.” ThinkingMenStillsSexMy OwnPowerfulIndustryModelsMen And WomenToolsFinancialNakedImprovingOwn BusinessProspects Author:Molly Crabapple
“'m the second oldest of eight kids. I'd have to say, what inspires me is making sure my siblings have a good role model to look up to. Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic. I understand that with great influence comes great responsibility.” ShouldLooksKidsTodayAttentionResponsibilityRolesInfluenceYouthInspireModelsEightLook UpRole ModelsSiblingMy SiblingsGreat ResponsibilityGood Role ModelsGreat InfluenceToday's Youth Author:Melanie Iglesias
“A refusal of nature as a model is a tradition that goes right back to Oscar Wilde.” ModelsTraditionOscarsRefusalWilde Author:Todd Haynes
“If India is an emerging economy with millions of new consumers, sell them the Volvo. Sell them the Cielo car. Sell them whatever you can, hamburgers and KFCs. Its the middle classes who have moved into being able to own a car, a refrigerator. For them there is this mantra that the General Electric refrigerator is better than some other model, that the Cielo car is fancier than the Ambassador.” IfsAbleClassMillionsEconomyMiddleCarModelsIndiaSellsMovedConsumersMiddle ClassElectricEmergingMantrasAmbassadorsRefrigeratorsHamburgersKfcVolvoGeneral ElectricEmerging Economies Author:Vandana Shiva
“Because of these new car models there is suddenly on the streets of Delhi a new intolerance by the motorists for both the cows and the cyclists. So for the first time the sacred cow in India, which used to be such a wonderful speed-breaker, is now seen as a nuisance. For the first time, Ive seen cows being hit and hurt. These guys just go right past, and if the cow is sitting on the road, they dont care. We cant afford to have a sacred car rather than a sacred cow.” IfsFirstsCarePastUsedGuyHurtWonderfulStreetsCarModelsSittingFirst TimeIndiaSacredDon't CareSpeedUsed To BeCowsIntoleranceNuisanceNew CarDelhiCyclistsSacred Cows Author:Vandana Shiva
“We also exchange oil for software technology. Uruguay is one of the biggest producers of software. We are breaking with the neoliberal model. We do not believe in free trade. We believe in fair trade and exchange, not competition but cooperation. I'm not giving away oil for free. Just using oil, first to benefit our people, to relieve poverty.” PeopleGivingFirstsBelievePovertyTechnologyBenefitsModelsFairsTradeCompetitionOilProducersCooperationSoftwareFree TradeFair Trade Author:Hugo Chavez
“I think I am a good role model, and a lot of mothers come up to me and they're really happy, and I think if any girl follows their dreams then anything can happen to them.” IfsThinkingDreamHappensMotherGirlRolesModelsCome UpRole ModelsReally HappyAnything Can HappenGood Role Models Author:Paris Hilton
“My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.” MatterHelpingFeelingsMotivationalResponsibilityRolesSuccessfulBasketballModelsHelping OthersRole ModelsGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:Kevin Johnson
“Tony Gonzalez is one of the best ever and changed the way tight ends have transitioned themselves from college to the NFL. He can do a little bit of everything. He's a guy who you want to model yourself after.” WayWantLittlesEndsGuyBitsCan DoChangedCollegeLittle BitModelsNflBest Ever Author:Virgil Green
“I wasn't put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a plus-size model, I was put on the cover of Sports Illustrated as a model, as a rookie, as Ashley Graham. This is exactly where we're headed, and yes, there are so many more things we need to do in the curve/plus-size industry.” NeedsSportsIndustryModelsSizePlusCurvesRookiesAshleyPlus SizeSports IllustratedPlus Size Models Author:Ashley Graham
“One of the things I want to do is be a decent role model. I've got a lot of emails and stuff from children. They look up to me. Kids get different labels and things like that and I want those kids to succeed.” WantLooksChildrenDifferentKidsStuffRolesSucceedModelsLabelsDecentLook UpRole ModelsEmail Author:Temple Grandin
“While I was in school, trying to figure out how to write an essay that could both satisfy my nonfiction workshops and still pass as something hybrid-y enough for my poetry workshops, I was looking for models, for forebears.” WritingTryingStillsEnoughSchoolFiguresModelsNonfictionEssaysWorkshopsHybrid Author:John D'Agata
“Back in the day, a lot of our instructors in nonfiction were actually fiction scholars. So they would bring in stories as models for the essay. And in some ways that's a good idea, because we can all learn from other genres. But I think it also made me realize that I literally didn't have an essay model, and that if I wanted one I would have to find it.” IfsThinkingWayMadeIdeasStoriesWantedRealizingFictionModelsGenreGood IdeasNonfictionScholarEssaysInstructorsBack In The Day Author:John D'Agata
“I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang.” GirlModelsOther Girl Author:Ronda Rousey
“I want to say something, and it may sound harsh, not to you, but to the American people. In a sense, in my view, the business model of Wall Street is fraud. It's fraud. I believe that corruption is rampant, and the fact that major bank after major bank has reached multi billion dollar settlements with the United States government when we have a weak regulator system tells me that not only did we have to bail them out once, if we don't start breaking them up, we're going to have to bail them out again, and I do not want to see that happen.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveMayStatesFactsGovernmentHappensI BelieveSoundUnitedViewsUnited StatesStreetsWallMajorsModelsWeakDollarsCorruptionBillionsFraudHarshSettlementState GovernmentBusiness ModelsBailUnited States GovernmentRegulators Author:Bernie Sanders
“I would model well-being by presenting myself as a high-energy person who loves what I am doing and who is thrilled to be able to offer books, tapes, and products designed to make people feel good. I would explain that they are in a store filled with this kind of energy and that creating such a space is exactly why I got into the business in the first place. If you want to feel good, then my store is the place you should visit on a regular basis. I would stay very informed about what's out there and make sure I carry many things with very high energy.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsShouldFirstsWellsKindPersonsBookAbleEnergySpaceProductsOffersCreatingModelsBasesFilledStoresFeel GoodWell BeingTapePresentingHigh Energy Author:Wayne Dyer
“When I was a model, actually, for a little while, my friend that I worked with a lot, she had horrible self-esteem too. We decided that the exact moment when we actually thought we were attractive, we wouldn't be anymore. We would just, like, miss it.” LittlesSelfMomentsMissingSelf EsteemModelsMy FriendsDecidedHorribleEsteemAttractive Author:Geena Davis
“My dean gave me permission to model during my work semester, even though I was in the Criminal Justice Department. I don't know whether I'd ever have become a model if he hadn't let me do that.” IfsKnowsJusticeModelsLet MeCriminalsDepartmentPermissionDeanCriminal JusticeSemester Author:Beverly Johnson
“My daughter has fulfilled all of my dreams, because she has a BA and MBA in business. She's both a financial analyst and a plus-size model. She has the best of both worlds because, in modeling, you have to have something to fall back on.” WorldDreamFallModelsDaughterFinancialSizeMy DaughterPlusFulfilledModelingFall BackAnalystsMbaBest Of Both WorldsPlus SizePlus Size Models Author:Beverly Johnson
“I have learned from my own pain is that God's plan for all of us is peace. Being a role model to peace, and spreading peace through being peaceful ourselves. It's about choosing peace instead of pain - this is the bottom line.” PainLinesMy OwnRolesPlansModelsBottomPeacefulRole ModelsI Have LearnedBottom LineGod's PlanBeing A Role Model Author:Doreen Virtue
“And it's about a three-month process every screening. And that way we have seven or eight chances at the film before we have to actually build the models, build the sets, do the animation and all of that. So it's a - I think that's a real key to the way we make films.” ThinkingWayRealFilmThreeProcessChanceKeysMonthsModelsSevenEightAnimationThree MonthsScreening Author:Pete Docter
“Mother Teresa- cream. Exemplars, exemplary models we can learn from and become more like, but we don't have to imitate them. We can become more authentically ourselves, impeccable and unselfish, and beneficial to many like a wish fulfilling jewel.” MotherWishModelsCreamFulfillingJewelsBeneficialUnselfishTeresaImpeccableExemplary Author:Surya Das
“My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me.” SelfReadingWishRolesAwarenessRight NowModelsMy FavoriteRole ModelsSense Of SelfSelf Deprecation Author:Garance Dore
“I want to be an example, the person who when they look at, they say, "That guy is a Christian, there's no doubt about it." I want to be blameless. I want to be an encouragement. I want to be a role model for the believer.” WantLooksPersonsChristianGuyRolesDoubtExampleModelsEncouragementBelieverNo DoubtRole ModelsThat GuyBlameless Author:Christian Hosoi
“There is another movie I love that always sticks with me and influenced me called "Frankie" starring Diane Kruger as a model past her prime trying to make it work and going crazy from how she is treated.” TryingPastCrazyModelsSticksTreatedPrimeGoing Crazy Author:Zoe Cassavetes
“I don't like to get too involved in the idea that "I'm a role model" and that everything I do is right. I don't think that's the case at all, but I think who I am at my core, and what I represent at my core, is something that is meaningful, and can be something that other people can gain inspiration from.” PeopleThinkingIdeasInspirationRolesCasesInvolvedModelsGainsMeaningfulCoreWho I AmRole Models Author:Mike Vallely
“I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay to be your own unique self.” PeopleFeelsSelfCharacterShowsRolesUniqueModelsOkayBlessedRole ModelsUnique Self Author:Atticus Shaffer
“One of the interesting characteristics of the Ego Tunnel is that it creates (as Finnish philosopher Antti Revonsuo called it) a robust "out-of-the brain experience", a highly realistic experience of not operating on internal models, but of effortlessly being in direct and immediate contact with the external world - and oneself.” WorldInterestingBrainEgoModelsDirectOneselfPhilosopherContactCharacteristicsInternalsRealisticTunnelsRobustFinnish Author:Thomas Metzinger
“What many people don't see is that there are abundant examples of phenomenal opacity: It is one of the most interesting features of the human conscious model of reality that, first, it can contain elements that are not experienced as mind-independent, as unequivocally real, as immediately given, and second, that there is a "gradient of realness" in which one and the same content can be experienced transparently or in an opaque fashion.” PeopleMindFirstsHumansRealRealityGivenInterestingFashionExampleElementsModelsConsciousIndependentFeaturesMost InterestingPhenomenalOpaqueRealness Author:Thomas Metzinger
“I believe that if we would carefully apply the distinction between transparency and opacity to the different layers of the human self-model, looking at self-consciousness in a much more careful and fine-grained manner, then we might also arrive at a new answer to your original question: What a "first-person perspective" really is.” IfsFirstsBelieveHumansPersonsDifferentSelfMightI BelieveAnswersConsciousnessPerspectiveFineModelsOriginalsCarefulDistinctionLayersTransparencyFirst PersonSelf Consciousness Author:Thomas Metzinger
“For a human being, to possess a consciously experienced first-person perspective means to have acquired a very specific functional profile and distinctive level of representational content in one's currently active phenomenal self-model: It has, episodically, become a dynamic inner model of a knowing self.” FirstsHumansMeanPersonsSelfHuman BeingsLevelsKnowingPerspectiveModelsActiveFirst PersonProfilePhenomenalDistinctive Author:Thomas Metzinger
“The notion of a conscious model of oneself as an individual entity actively trying to establish epistemic relations to the world and to oneself, I think, comes very close to what we traditionally mean by notions like "subjectivity".” ThinkingWorldTryingMeanIndividualModelsConsciousRelationNotionOneselfEntitySubjectivity Author:Thomas Metzinger
“Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug story. There's just her and her fame and her beauty. But Anna Nicole created that template of somebody that you'd want to watch on reality TV. Somebody that you'd want to invite into your home or as a role model, in terms of beauty and lifestyle and glamour.” WantKindStoriesHomeRealityTermRolesWatchesSuccessfulTvsDrugFameModelsTragedyLifestyleRole ModelsInvitesGlamourAnnaKimReality TvArchetypeHer BeautyNicole Author:Margaret Cho
“There's something really interesting about current urbanism: the only model is the universal model, and there is increasingly incapacity to consider the virtues and the qualities that are there, and then to build on them. The only thing is complete transformation.” InterestingQualityVirtueModelsUniversalTransformationCurrentsReally InterestingIncapacity Author:Rem Koolhaas
“If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name for this is constraint theory. It's a nonquantitative model, but it's a field of mathematics.” IfsNamesLeftFieldsPossibilityTheoryAmountModelsMathematicsListsFancyFiniteConstraints Author:George Friedman
“The unsupervised learning is the way most people will learn in the future. You have this model of how the world works in your head and you're refining it to predict what you think is going to happen in the future.” PeopleThinkingWorldWayHappensModelsRefining Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“It is great to have direct, unfiltered, interaction with your fans on Twitter and FaceBook, or whatever. I am not totally convinced that it has revolutionized the sales model. Its not completely apparent to me that it is easier to sell music. Obviously, there is a possibility of smaller bands, having their music listened to, but I am not sure to what degree it actually happens. Just because it can happen, doesn't mean it does.” MeanDoeHappensFansPossibilityEasierBandDegreesModelsDirectSellsConvincedNot SureInteractionTwitter And Facebook Author:Chris Cain
“Very often, when you're listening to a piece for the first time, you're listening through a model of other pieces that you know. At a certain point, a piece becomes idiosyncratic and you start to understand it on its own terms.” KnowsFirstsCertainTermPiecesListeningModelsFirst Time Author:Paul Lansky
“I prefer not to wink out from behind the character as myself, saying to the audience, "It's just me here, right, guys?" Peter Sellers is my model, and he didn't do that - he wore his character from head to toe.” CharacterGuyBehindsAudienceModelsPeterToesSellersRight Guy Author:Andy Daly
“I do think that metaphysical exploration is like scientific exploration, in the sense that philosophers and scientists are both developing models of reality, and furthermore that we all rely to a significant extent on the idea that models which provide elegant, simple and satisfying explanations are more likely to be true.” ThinkingIdeasRealitySimpleModelsScientistPhilosopherSignificantBeing TrueDevelopingExplanationRelyExplorationSatisfyingMetaphysicalElegant Author:L.A. Paul
“People deserve to have their experiences understood in a genuine bio-psycho-social approach. All too often, this is ignored in favor of what is a very reductionist, bio-medical, model.” PeopleSocialApproachModelsUnderstoodDeserveMedicalFavorsGenuineIgnoredPsychoBios Author:Peter Kinderman
“In Comme des Garçons, I hardly do any sketches; there's no fittings on bodies, there's no models that come in and say, "Oh, a little bit like this." In the beginning, there isn't even a theme. It's like getting the whole world at your feet - to empty your mind of everything that's ever happened before, to get an empty space.” WorldMindLittlesWholeBodyBitsSpaceHappenedFeetLittle BitModelsEmptyWhole WorldThemeEmpty Space Author:Rei Kawakubo