“There are some very real areas where working together is critical, whether it's talking about public policy issues, enforcement, or how to work together to facilitate new business opportunities. The RIAA has gotten much more involved in that.” RealTogetherOpportunityTalkingIssuesPolicyInvolvedAreasCriticalWorking TogetherEnforcementPublic PolicyFacilitateNew BusinessBusiness Opportunity Author:Hilary Rosen
“Programmers waste enormous amounts of time thinking about, or worrying about, the speed of noncritical parts of their programs, and these attempts at efficiency actually have a strong negative impact when debugging and maintenance are considered. We should forget about small efficiencies, say about 97% of the time: premature optimization is the root of all evil. Yet we should not pass up our opportunities in that critical 3%.” ThinkingShouldEvilOpportunityStrongForgetWorryAmountWasteNegativeProgramRootsImpactCriticalSpeedEnormousEfficiencyProgrammersMaintenancePrematureOptimizationDebugging Author:Donald Knuth
“They also have at that critical point of death the opportunity to be converted to God through repentance. And if they are so obstinate that even at the point of death their heart does not draw back from malice, it is possible to make a quite probable judgment that they would never come away from evil.” IfsHeartDoeEvilOpportunityJudgmentDrawsCriticalRepentanceDeath PenaltyMaliceObstinate Author:Thomas Aquinas
“Millions upon millions of people came here full of hope and aspiration to this extraordinary land of liberty and opportunity, and helped build the United States. So the Atlantic Ocean was absolutely critical to the story of America.” PeopleStatesStoriesAmericaOpportunityUnitedLibertyMillionsUnited StatesLandOceanExtraordinaryCriticalAspirationAtlantic Ocean Author:Simon Winchester
“Agency is the power to think, choose, and act for ourselves. It comes with endless opportunities, accompanied by responsibility and consequences. It is a blessing and a burden. Using this gift of agency wisely is critical today because never in the world's history have God's children been so blessed or so blatantly confronted with so many choices.” ThinkingWorldChildrenTodayChoicesOpportunityResponsibilityBlessingConsequenceBlessedBurdenCriticalEndlessAgencyEndless Opportunities Author:Sharon G. Larsen
“After the privatization of public education everyone will get to choose a school that reflects only your own social values. No need for the competition of ideas or critical thinking. So the curriculum will be up to the school to determine. I am certain that the growing percentage of us who have McJobs will welcome this opportunity to spend a large portion of our income on education and choose an ideology at the same time.” ThinkingNeedsIdeasSchoolCertainValuesOpportunitySocialGrowingCompetitionDetermineCriticalIncomeWelcomeIdeologyPortionsPercentagesCritical ThinkingCurriculumPublic EducationPrivatizationSocial Values Author:David A. Strauss
“You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.” KnowsStatesOpportunityUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesPolicyDemocraticCriticalForeign PolicyAssociates Author:Jehane Noujaim