“I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.” IdeasSelfShowsLastsFashionFrontsMonthsModelsConsciousGreenExtraordinaryNo IdeaSelf ConsciousUndertakingsFashion ShowBurberry Author:Eddie Redmayne
“Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them better ways of doing things.” IfsWaySelfTeachModelsRaisesAssuredBetter WaysEfficacySelf EfficacyPerceived Self Author:Albert Bandura
“There are very many characteristics which go into making a model civil servant. Prominent among them are probity, industry, good sense, good habits, good temper, patience, order, courtesy, tact, self-reliance, many deference to superior officers, and many consideration for inferiors.” SelfOrderIndustryHabitModelsSuperiorsServantCharacteristicsConsiderationOfficersTemperInferiorsSelf RelianceRelianceCourtesyGood SenseProminentTactGood HabitsDeferenceCivil ServantsProbity Author:Chester A. Arthur
“Canada may be fast-forwarding, jump starting, into a new pattern, a model of communication linkages, a civilization that is more than a grab for power and dominance, a place that could channel the fires of the global wirings, where political alliances are subject to electrical ebb and flow, and the alchemical cultivations of imagination and perception, of the self, could precail of the ideology of capital.” MaySelfPoliticalImaginationFireSubjectsCommunicationCivilizationPerceptionModelsFlowStartingPatternsIdeologyCanadaAlliancesDominanceElectricalCultivationEbb And FlowWiringLinkages Author:B. W. Powe
“If none of your role models provide the answer, then it is time to go within and ask yourself, "What would make me happy?" In other words, let your feelings guide you. This doesn't work well if you focus narrowly on your personal needs. I am not talking about selfishness or self-interest. When I ask, What will make you happy?, I mean, What way of loving others feels right for you? Choose a way of loving that makes you happy, and your efforts will be play rather than work.” IfsWayNeedsFeelsWellsMeanSelfPlayFeelingsAsksInterestAnswersEffortTalkingRolesFocusModelsGuidesSelfishnessRole ModelsYou ChooseSelf InterestMake You HappyMake Me HappyNot TalkingFeels RightLoving OthersPersonal Needs Author:Bernie Siegel
“I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.” KnowsHumansSelfUseHuman BeingsRolesUniqueModelsExpectationsCopiesRole ModelsDevotedNot InterestedUniquenessFulfillingBeing A Role ModelUnique Self Book:The Same River Twice Source: The Same River Twice
“Executives run organizations. In business, we need executives who have clarity, people who are in touch with themselves. Then, in leadership and management positions, they can be good role models and leaders. The people I know who have really moved their organizations are scrupulous role models. They are so clear about honesty, integrity, openness, mutual self-respect, dignity for the individual, and creativity, that they don't deviate from these principles at all in their behavior.” PeopleKnowsNeedsSelfRunningIndividualBusinessLeaderPrinciplesRolesCreativityClearHonestyPositionIntegrityBehaviorModelsDignityOrganizationManagementMovedBe GoodClaritySelf RespectExecutivesMutualOpennessRole ModelsLeadership And ManagementHonesty IntegrityDeviateGood Role Models Author:Michael Ray
“I had a pretty poor self-image for a long time. I broke into acting as a model in New York. I was never anything like a "supermodel," but I made a living at it for a couple years. The thing was, I was convinced that I was tricking everyone into thinking I was attractive.” ThinkingYearsLongMadeSelfPoorActingNew YorkCoupleLong TimeModelsConvincedBrokeAttractiveSupermodelPoor Self Image Author:Geena Davis
“It would be gross understatement to say that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 is not a model of clarity. It is in many important respects a model of ambiguity or indeed even self-contradiction.” ImportantSelfWould BeModelsClarityContradictionGrossAmbiguityUnderstatementTelecommunications Author:Antonin Scalia
“Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.” SelfHardChoicesStudyTeacherStudentsModelsInspiredMotivatedGreat TeacherGreat EducationSelf Motivated Author:Oliver DeMille
“I think a good role model has to be sexy. Real, empowered, self-possessed women are sexy. When you're really in control of your choices, your mood, your body, and your opinions, people find you sexy.” PeopleThinkingRealSelfBodyChoicesOpinionRolesModelsSexyYour BodyMoodRole ModelsPossessedEmpoweredGood Role Models Author:Amanda Palmer
“Neoclassical economics ... has uncovered important truths about the nature of money and markets because its fundamental model of rational self-interested human behavior is correct about 80% of the time.” HumansImportantSelfBehaviorModelsEconomicsFundamentalsRationalHuman Behavior Author:Francis Fukuyama
“So many people have asked me how I could possibly be a role model and dress like a tramp and get implants... all I have to say is that self-esteem is how you look at yourself and I feel good enough about myself so wear that kind of clothing... the breast implant issue has nothing to do with that.” PeopleFeelsLooksKindSelfEnoughRolesIssuesSelf EsteemModelsDressesFeel GoodEsteemBreastsGood EnoughRole ModelsClothingsLook At YourselfI Feel GoodImplantsTrampsBreast Implants Author:Britney Spears
“Children need parents who model self-discipline rather than preach it. They learn from what their parents are actually willing to do; not from what they say they do.” NeedsChildrenSelfParentWillingDisciplineModelsSelf Discipline Author:John Bradshaw
“The exploitation agenda advocated by liberals is modeled after the dependency-inducing design of the drug dealer's business model: "We'll supply the first hit for free, and after that, you'll need us forever in order to survive." In order for the liberal scheme to succeed, all attempts at self-empowerment or individual initiative are to be met with fierce resistance and social sanction.” NeedsFirstsSelfOrderIndividualSocialForeverDesignMetsDrugSucceedModelsEmpowermentResistanceAgendasFierceInitiativeSchemesExploitationSanctionsSelf EmpowermentDealerDependencyBusiness ModelsDrug Dealers Book:Bamboozled: How Americans are being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda Source: Bamboozled: How Americans are being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda
“Poverty is about low, self-esteem and a lack of role models and opportunities. Without money, people resort to de-dignifying activities in order to support themselves. We free people through education and entrepreneurship. Freedom is self-determination, and you can't self-determine without understanding money and capitalism.” PeopleSelfOrderOpportunityUnderstandingFreedomMoneyEducationPovertyRolesSupportSelf EsteemActivityModelsLowsSelf ImprovementCapitalismDeterminationEntrepreneurDetermineDeterminedEsteemEntrepreneurshipRole ModelsSelf DeterminationLackingKey To SuccessResortsRoad To SuccessLow Self EsteemDetermination MotivationalCauses Of Poverty Author:John Hope Bryant
“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 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 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
“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
“I'd say, [writing memoir] not so much a model, but maybe to provide an insight, here or there, to help somebody come to terms with the dark corners of their own soul, to come to terms with the undecided, their own sense of self, and maybe help develop a capacity to love - to love wisdom, love justice.” WritingSoulSelfHelpingTermJusticeDarkModelsCapacityCornersInsightMemoirSense Of SelfCapacity To LoveUndecidedLove Wisdom Author:Cornel West
“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 NowModelsRole ModelsSense Of SelfSelf Deprecation Author:Garance Dore
“In reggae I have a model of artistic excellence and possibility that is challenging and inspiring. The poem remains a demanding thing - an object to be understood and shaped into my own sense of self, the same is true of the play, the novel, the short story. Yet, for some reason, I approach these existing genres with the kind of confidence that the reggae artist approaches any song floating around out there.” KindSelfReasonPlayStoriesArtistSongChallengesMy OwnNovelPossibilityObjectsApproachModelsUnderstoodRemainsExcellenceArtisticGenreShort StoryFloatingSense Of SelfReggae Author:Kwame Dawes
“Self-dealing, essentially, occurs when managers run companies to line their own pockets instead of those of the companies' owners. It's been a perennial problem in American capitalism and became a real dilemma when America moved toward a model in which corporations would be run by professional managers who had only small ownership stakes.” RealSelfProblemWould BeRunningAmericaLinesCompanyModelsCapitalismMovedManagersCorporationsPocketsOwnersStakesOwnershipDilemmaAmerican Capitalism Author:James Surowiecki
“Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.” ShouldSelfSportsRolesModelsRespectSelf RespectRole ModelsCivil SocietyMutual Respect Author:Barry Bonds
“The great gifts of models are not that they're more beautiful than the next person, it's that they're able to be photographed and not be self-conscious.” PersonsSelfAbleBeautifulNextModelsConsciousSelf ConsciousGreat Gifts Author:Bono