“God has made us humans in God's own image. So therefore the highest way to talk about God is by some kind of analogy with ourselves. So, naturally, if we who are finite and sinful suffer in multiple ways because of sin and evil and the horrible things that happen in our world, how much more does God, who is infinite, sinless, and knows the totality of all that happens to everybody, suffer pain and heartache at the suffering of his human and non-human creation - and be angry at all that causes it?” WorldKindPainSufferingEvilSinCreationInfiniteHorribleHeartacheMultiple Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“Donald Trump was tainted every kind of way you could imagine. I mean, no way in the world that Donald Trump is a champion of working people. He has hurt workers in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Florida, multiple bankruptcies, never showed his taxes. I don't know any good thing this guy's ever done. And yet, because he was able to throw hate and poison on Hillary Clinton, he was able to somehow prevail at least until the Electoral College. I think he was skilled at just sort of, like, keeping the attention on anyone but himself. He is the most outrageous person ever to win a presidential election.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindMeanDoneHateWinningHurtAttentionImagineCollegeTaxesElectionGood ThingsClintonPresidentialChampionMultipleBankruptcyPresidential Election Author:Keith Ellison
“Even if we profess to be non-judgmental, there's an inherent judgmentality and hierarchy in which the spiritual person, the conscious person, the mindful person, is more developed than the typical truck driver or waitress or heroin addict. This is a red flag, another problem built into the concept of spirituality. The truth is that every person you meet is in some way more developed than you are, and that the multiple modes of development that a human being can pursue require the whole of humanity to pursue. We're in this together. Enlightenment is a collective effort.” ProblemTogetherSpiritualHumanitySpiritualityEffortTruth IsEnlightenmentConsciousMultipleAddictTruckHeroinWaitressTruck Driver Author:Charles Eisenstein
“TV is longer form, and that's sometimes a positive, and sometimes a more challenging thing. As an actor, you want to be able to have your character develop or transform in some way. When you're acting on a show over the course of multiple seasons, you get to watch a character really grow and change, and go from one place to an entirely other place.” SometimesCharacterChallengesActingMultiple Author:Cameron Monaghan
“I always knew from the beginning that this was the only way to write Then We Came To The End - that it had to be in first - person plural if it was going to illustrate how the individual becomes part of the collective. I had no interest in writing the book in a more conventional voice. It goes back to that fascination I had with telling a story in multiple ways. It was the only choice I gave myself, really - I said "This is it, pal. If you can't tell a story this way, you're going to have to abandon the book. Write it this way or give up."” GivingWritingBookChoicesIndividualInterestGiving UpAbandonMultiple Author:Joshua Ferris
“I was really inspired by my own experience, and specifically my own identity crisis but larger than that, I also wanted to explore the trend of reverse immigration, of the immigrant returning home after being in a host country or an adopted home for 20 years, and finding themselves at various levels of discord with the home culture. I wanted to explore people building lives across multiple geographies. I think that's, something that we're experiencing more and more as travel becomes easier, as people are traveling more for work. People can work from anywhere.” PeopleThinkingCountryHomeCultureIdentityBuildingCrisisInspiredVariousImmigrationHostMultipleAdoptedGeographyReturning Home Author:Cherien Dabis
“Every single word that's on the screen, I oversee. There's nothing that's shot, I'm not involved in. The scripts go through multiple drafts, and I work with the writers on all these things. And I'm extremely involved in the writing process.” WritingMultipleWriting ProcessSingle Word Author:Matthew Weiner
“I find myself speaking through the other characters, putting ideas in their voices and heads. Writing almost becomes a splitting of myself into multiple personalities. But I don't write to make an argument on behalf of any of the characters, or to prove anything about a character. I think that's important that I be serving the story first and not my own point of view.” ThinkingWritingImportantCharacterPersonalityProveArgumentPoint Of ViewMultipleMultiple Personalities Author:Danzy Senna
“My studio works in cycles. I am consistent with all of the practices, but I give attention to one part for a certain amount of time. I say, "Okay, I'm making performances," and sometimes that means I can't be making photographic works. As I'm maturing as an artist, years have passed and I feel that I'm becoming a better craftsperson in multiple fields, but that takes time. Also, because I trained as an actor, I hold this thing about how an actor prepares and therefore I try to prepare for all of my tasks.” GivingTryingMeanSometimesArtistAttentionOkayConsistentMatureTake TimeMultiple Author:Xaviera Simmons
“Our band tries and be as personable with fans as possible because up until the last two months it's been very bearable and easy to get to know fans on first name basis, especially the fans who come to multiple shows. Now its getting a little bit harder with new people and it's a little overwhelming so we're trying to strike the balance of being a very public band that establishes a relationship with the audience.” PeopleTryingEasyAudienceBalanceOverwhelmingMultiple Author:Sameer Gadhia
“There are multiple ways to solve a problem and add value. There are seldom right answers. So, you've got to use your abilities to diagnose a situation and use your best judgment on what to do and how to do it. You WILL make mistakes - when you do, admit them and go back and try to fix them. I don't know is often the right answer.” TryingProblemValuesAbilityMistakeSituationJudgmentMaking MistakesMultiple Author:Robert S. Kaplan
“We frequently hear how essential it is for someone to think "outside the box," but what actually determines one's facility for doing so? In other words, what skills make someone a creative thinker? Typically, creative thinkers can view issues from multiple perspectives, define problems in several different ways, and anticipate likely obstacles. Someone's aptitude for these skills determines how well he or she will perform as a creative thinker.” ThinkingDifferentProblemCreativePerspectiveDetermineObstaclesThinkerMultipleOutside The Box Author:Justin Menkes
“We noted the psychological problems facing many of the returning from Iraq veterans - of the 700,000 returning veterans, more than a 100,000 have been diagnosed with problems, but the numbers are likely to get worse, as those with multiple deployments return. We should have valued the loss of life as a result of these suicides, using the same procedures we used for the loss of those who died in combat.” ProblemLossSuicidePsychologicalMultipleVeteranDeployment Author:Joseph Stiglitz
“I find it painful when I'm without anything. But I work in multiple fields. If I can't write, I find myself taking photographs. I can go on the road and perform. But the most important thing for me is writing, and when I hit those walls, it's painful.” WritingImportantWallPhotographPainfulMultiple Author:Patti Smith
“Especially in this business of football you got to get on your knees multiple times a day, just thanking God. I pray while I'm on the field because He has to be with me. One injury away from being done from playing football for the rest of my life or just that fast it can happen. So I just always got to pray for that covering. Make sure He's with me out there making plays with me. God wants to be involved in everything that you do. And I just try to involve Him. And that's what God said to do, to help build up His kingdom.” TryingDoneHelpingFootballPrayingInjuryThank GodMultipleI PrayPlaying Football Author:Chris Harris, Jr.
“One of the crucial underpinnings of New York as a culture capital is that there are multiple markets. There is not just one art gallery district, there are several art gallery districts. I feel that there should be art galleries and art studios in every neighborhood without exception. They should be integrated into the social and physical fabric of the streets. If we want a lively city, we can't just have high towers and dense constructions, we have to have living organisms of streets and neighborhoods. And the arts are a crucial part of that.” ArtCultureExceptionNeighborhoodConstructionMultipleLivelyIntegrated Author:Sharon Zukin
“Ten years ago when I started out I was kind of told I was insane for trying to pursue multiple fields at once because in five years everyone who just did one would have five times the resume I would if I was lucky, but I took that gamble because I just my gut told me it was the right thing to do and you know as an actor there is so much downtime you want to fill it with something else and as a writer you know sometimes you're doing a passion project, sometimes it's a paid gig, sometimes there is nothing, so you can do a journalistic piece.” TryingKindSometimesPassionLuckyInsaneRight ThingGutsMultiple Author:John Buffalo Mailer
“Architects and urbanists are fascinated with cities that are shrinking, like the Rust Belt cities. Or, alternatively, we are fascinated with the growth of favelas and informal settlements. The 2008 financial crisis made these changes more extreme. The subtraction protocols rehearse a way of thinking about multiple properties in counterbalancing interdependence - not just the shaping of one property but the ratcheting interplay between properties.” ThinkingGrowthCrisisPropertyFinancialArchitectMultipleSettlementInterdependenceFinancial Crisis Author:Keller Easterling
“My focus is creating more - creating a DJ set, but also creating the feeling that it's a certain type of production that's happening using multiple decks. I'm layering tracks together, but I'm kind of doing the same thing that I would do in a recording studio.” KindFeelingsTogetherFocusTrackMultipleDeck Author:Jeff Mills
“What we face in Canada are multiple overlapping crises. We have the climate crisis, which is screaming down on us - all of the predictions are coming true even faster than the scientists thought. We have the inequality crisis, where the Panama Papers are a great reminder that the one per cent have actually created their own economy. We still have the crisis of child poverty, which has never been dealt with despite decades of concerned words from politicians.” ChildrenPovertyEconomyPoliticianConcernedScientistCrisisInequalityMultiple Author:Avi Lewis
“I do study Marcel Proust, for multiple technical virtuosities but also his swerve, as you say, between characters and in scenes. Certain films can help for that, too, in terms of understanding how multiple conversations at a table, or in a room, can take place and remain separate, and dissonant, and also gather themselves, accidentally, into a collective rhythm and an affect.” CharacterHelpingFilmUnderstandingTermStudySceneRhythmMultipleProust Author:Rachel Kushner
“It's hard to know how many rank-and-file nineteenth-century church members accepted the idea that Jesus was married to multiple women and fathered children, but the idea received support from many high-ranking leaders, including Brigham Young and Joseph F. Smith.” ChildrenJesusChurchLeaderSupportMarriedAcceptedMultiple Author:John Turner
“It's more like I write multiple first drafts, handwritten. So with my first novel, I wrote whole drafts from different points of view. There are different versions of that novel in a drawer on loose-leaf sheets. I won't even look at the first draft while I'm writing the second, and I won't look at the second before writing the third.” WritingDifferentNovelPoint Of ViewMultiple Author:Lauren Groff
“Purposeful organizations develop the next generation, not simply the next leader. My friend Marshall Goldsmith, bestselling author and leading executive coach, does not like the term succession planning. Better to say, "succession development." That means you are focusing on multiple managers and grooming them to lead.” MeanTermLeaderCoachesPlanningMultipleNext GenerationSuccessionGrooming Author:John Baldoni
“A change initiative can fail for multiple reasons - in fact, there are just too many things that can go wrong. The focus of the initiative might be wrong - too narrow or too broad. The initiative might be poorly executed or under-resourced. But most often, a change initiative fails because it hits a behavioral impasse. Something in the culture of the company is in conflict with the objective or execution of the initiative.” ReasonCultureFocusFailingConflictInitiativeMultiple Author:James A. Champy
“In a time when our nation is engaged in multiple, long-term wars, it's critical that "the military" not become an abstraction to the vast majority of Americans who are not participants.” WarMilitaryMultiple Author:James M Strock
“I made multiple leaps where there were no guarantees that I was going to be successful. By the way, I was not always successful. But I think if you go into something new with an open mind, and you let people around you know what you don't know, for the most part they're going to link arms with you. So you can't plan a career so closely that you never make a move unless you know that it's going to work. There's always going to be risk involved in change.” PeopleThinkingMindMovingSuccessfulRiskBeing SuccessfulSomething NewLeapMultipleGoing To WorkOpen Mind Author:Susan Lyne
“We learn by making mistakes. If you genuinely want to have a multifaceted career that takes you into multiple industries, then I think you have to be willing to fail.” ThinkingMistakeFailingMaking MistakesMultiple Author:Susan Lyne
“When you're your parents' one shot at a genetic legacy, you may get to attend all the best schools, wear all the best clothes and eat all the best foods - at least relative to children in multiple-sibling households. But you also wind up with an overweening sense of your own importance.” MayChildrenSchoolParentWindClothesShotsImportanceLegacyRelativeHouseholdMultipleSiblingAll The BestBest FoodBest School Author:Jeffrey Kluger
“There is some argument about who actually invented text messaging, but I think it's safe to say it was a man. Multiple studies have shown that the average man uses about half as many words per day as women, thus text messaging. It eliminates hellos and goodbyes and cuts right to the chase.” ThinkingMenUseHalfStudyCuttingSafeArgumentAverageGoodbyeMultipleAverage ManText Messaging Author:Ashton Kutcher
“I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.” CharacterStoriesFilmLinesPiecesPlotMultipleFavourEnsemble Author:Spike Lee
“Did you know that the White House drug test is multiple choice?” KnowsChoicesHouseWhiteDrugTestsWhite HouseMultipleDid You KnowMultiple ChoiceDrug Testing Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Consumers around the world are more aware of the multiple global crises we face than ever before, thanks to information found on the Internet.” WorldFacesFoundInformationInternetCrisisThanksAround The WorldConsumersMultiple Author:Simon Mainwaring
“As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face.” FacesSocialEasyMediaInformationInternetBehaviorFunctionCrisisSocial MediaAccessThanksBrandsConsumersEaseMultipleAccess To InformationEasy Access Author:Simon Mainwaring
“I'm a serial dater. When I see someone I like, we go on multiple dates.” Goes OnMultipleSerials Author:Lance Bass
“Researchers who examined the voting records of wine judges found that 90 percent of the time they give inconsistent ratings to a particular wine when they judge it on multiple occasions.” GivingFoundRecordsParticularJudgingPercentWineOccasionsVotingMultipleRatingResearchersInconsistent Author:Nathan Myhrvold
“I deeply believe in pluralism. I believe in the close proximity of multiple systems or agnostic systems.” BelieveI BelieveI Believe InMultipleAgnosticProximityPluralism Author:Ben Nicholson
“Every year in consulting is like three years in the corporate world because you have multiple clients, multiple issues - you grow so much.” WorldYearsThreeGrowsIssuesCorporateThree YearsClientsMultipleConsultingCorporate World Author:Indra Nooyi
“Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.” PeopleChildrenHelpingHomeLeftRevolutionAdultsRaisesMultipleSmall ChildIndustrial Revolution Author:Martha Beck
“I find the English amazing how they got over 7/7. There were no multiple memorials with people sobbing as they would have been in America. There, they are constantly scaring people, but at the same time, people think nothing of going to see a therapist.” PeopleThinkingHas BeensAmericaRidiculousMultipleMemorialTherapistsSobbing Author:Gwyneth Paltrow
“I've lost touch with a lot of that boutique-type music just because of my age, and raising my son and the multiple jobs I have at this point.” AgeJobsLostSonTypeMy SonMultipleMultiple Jobs Author:Liz Phair
“Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.” WorldGivingHelpingChancePossibilitySkillsEssentialsGive MeDimensionsHelp MeMelodyMultipleComposingLearning NewNew SkillsGive Me A ChanceLearning New Skills Author:Liz Phair
“My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.” SelfHappensSufferingPersonalityRight NowSignificantObsessionDisorderMultipleMultiple PersonalitiesSelf ObsessionSignificant OtherPersonality Disorders Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“A lot of people in this country right now are living with multiple generations under one roof, struggling to make ends meet.” PeopleEndsCountryStruggleGenerationsRight NowMultipleRoof Author:Martha Plimpton
“Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.” ArtTogetherFormDeathSimpleDesignMethodDefinitionsComplicatedDesignerMultipleAestheticsGood DesignGraphic DesignerInspirational Graphic DesignDesign And ArtDesign InspirationArt DesignGraphic Design InspirationBeautiful Design Author:Paul Rand
“It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.” ThinkingMindHardPayAttentionTechnologyInformationFasterPay AttentionThese DaysMultipleSmarterInformation TechnologyInternet Technology Author:Robert Redford
“Nowadays people talk about PayPal's founders as prescient geniuses who would inevitably change the world. It was, however, not so obvious that PayPal would taste its first major success by helping people sell Beanie Babies on eBay. But they had a vision, a hope, and the perseverance to try multiple iterations until they got it right.” PeopleWorldTryingFirstsHelpingVisionBabyGeniusTasteMajorsSellsPerseveranceObviousChanging The WorldFoundersMultipleHelping PeopleEbayPaypal Author:Eric Ries
“I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.” WarFilmStarsOriginalsMultipleScreeningChinatown Author:Richard Roeper
“For every disciplined effort there is a multiple reward.” InspirationalActionEffortGreatnessDisciplineRewardsMultipleSelf DisciplineBest EffortHard Work Pays OffDaily DisciplineDisciplined Life Author:Jim Rohn
“Multiple Sclerosis is obviously close to my heart and I'm determined to make a difference in the lives of people who suffer from the disease by raising the profile of MS, as well as raising funds for advocacy and research.” PeopleWellsHeartSufferingDifferencesMy HeartDiseaseResearchDeterminedMaking A DifferenceFundMultipleProfileAdvocacyClose To My HeartMultiple Sclerosis Author:Ann Romney