“Technology isn't the enemy, it is our ally, but only if we adopt a new model that puts people before profit. I realize that we seem far from that model, but I have seen it in action and it is a beautiful thing. So I'm not willing to give up yet. Hope is the last thing to die.” PeopleIfsGivingSeemsActionLastsBeautifulDiesRealizingEnemyTechnologyWillingGiving UpModelsProfitAlliesBeautiful Things Author:Justin Sane
“Studying the model and realizing it is sometimes very slow in coming for the artist.” SometimesArtistRealizingStudyModels Author:Paul Cezanne
“I realize now how lucky I was, in the total absence of role models, to have only men to rebel against. Today's women students are meeting their oppressors in dangerously seductive new form, as successful congenial female professors who view themselves as victims of a rigid foreign ideology.” MenTodayFormRealizingViewsRolesSuccessfulStudentsLuckyModelsFemaleVictimMeetingsAbsenceIdeologyProfessorsRole ModelsRebelOppressorsSeductive Author:Camille Paglia
“I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and that's everybody's wish... I try to be a role model for black kids, white kids, yellow kids, green kids. This is what I felt was good about my personality.” TryingPersonsKidsWishFeltBlackRealizingWhiteRolesPersonalityModelsGreenRole ModelsYellow Author:Michael Jordan
“The older I get, the more I realize I'm becoming people's role models and that's freaky to me. That's not what you intend to do when you set out to be a musician, to be a little 14-year-old's role model.” PeopleYearsLittlesRealizingRolesBecomingMusicianModelsRole ModelsFreaky Author:Ingrid Michaelson
“You have to realize the truth of biologist Julian Huxley's idea that 'Life is just one damn relatedness after another' "So you must have the models, and you must see the relatedness and the effects from the relatedness.” IdeasLife IsRealizingEffectsModelsDamnJust OneBiologistHuxley Author:Charlie Munger
“It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFeelsDoeUsedRealizingRolesLike YouModelsImportanceVersionsRole ModelsExaggerated Author:Demetri Martin
“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 was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another, not realizing what it was all about.” MadeHandsFormRealizingNumbersActivityCreatingModelsAirplane Author:Paul Smith
“I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked up to in my youth and just wanted to be in contact with. It's also important to realize that you find your role models in a lot of different places. I've never believed that your role models have to look like you. You can find them in all sort of colors, shapes and sizes.” PeopleTryingLooksImportantDifferentCountryKidsWantedRealizingAnswersRolesYouthColorLike YouShapesModelsLettersSizeContactRole ModelsDifferent Place Author:Condoleezza Rice
“When you're a caregiver, you need to realize that you've got to take care of yourself, because, not only are you going to have to rise to the occasion and help someone else, but you have to model for the next generation.” NeedsHelpingCareNextRealizingGenerationsModelsTake CareOccasionsNext GenerationTake Care Of YourselfCaregivers Author:Naomi Judd
“While it may seem a little mundane, the material realities of realizing the painting actually have a lot to do with how you should read the painting. For example, we assume that what the model is wearing is what we found him in in the streets. No; in fact, a lot of what happens is that in Photoshop certain aspects are being heightened or diminished. There is no actual material truth in these paintings.” ShouldMayLittlesFactsRealitySeemsHappensCertainFoundRealizingStreetsExamplePaintingMaterialsModelsAspectAssumingMundanePhotoshop Author:Kehinde Wiley
“It's called "Pickman's Mephitic Models," based on the story [Pickman's Model by H. P. Lovecraft].Certain things about it many people don't realize. Pickman was a real painter who lived between 1888 and 1926. Now, there's a question mark [gesturing toward the writing in the margins of the painting], because Lovecraft claims that he turned into a ghoul. God knows how old he is now.” PeopleKnowsWritingRealStoriesCertainRealizingKnow HowPaintingModelsClaimsMarkPainterGod KnowsMarginsGhoulsQuestion MarkLovecraft Author:Paul Laffoley
“It is impossible to swear an oath to the German Basic Law without realizing that our constitution is among the most liberal constitutions in the world. As the head of government in such a country, I would stand up to all those who call into question this free, open and tolerant model of society.” WorldCountryGovernmentLawRealizingImpossibleModelsConstitutionSwearOath Author:Martin Schulz