“From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.” ShouldWholeStudyProgressEffectsStudentsOughtPeriodsDiseaseObservationWitnessSicknessPersevereCommencement Author:Robert James Graves
“I did a series of classes in psychology (at the institute), .. The students that came to that class had children. And over a period of a few years, they decided they wanted a nursery school, a play group (to watch over their children while they were studying). So in one of the garages that was near where we were having the classes, we established a play group area and the students volunteered to supervise. That eventually led to building a state-licensed nursery school, which was approved by the California department of social welfare.” YearsChildrenStatesPlayWantedSchoolSocialClassWatchesStudyPsychologyGroupsStudentsBuildingPeriodsAreasDecidedSeriesCaliforniaWelfareDepartmentInstituteGarageApprovedNurserySocial WelfareNursery School Author:Dorothy Nolte
“Statistically, it would seem improbable that any mathematician or scientist, at the age of 66, would be able through continued research efforts, to add much to his or her previous achievements. However I am still making the effort and it is conceivable that with the gap period of about 25 years of partially deluded thinking providing a sort of vacation my situation may be atypical. Thus I have hopes of being able to achieve something of value through my current studies or with any new ideas that come in the future.” ThinkingYearsMayStillsIdeasSeemsWould BeAgeAbleValuesEffortSituationStudyAchievePeriodsAchievementResearchScientistAddCurrentsGapsVacationProvidingNew IdeasMathematicianImprobableHaving HopeDeluded Author:John Forbes Nash
“I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar , were retarded by the indulgence of teachers who were proud of my drawing faculties, and passed over my neglect of uncongenial subjects.” SchoolStudyTeacherSubjectsProudPeriodsDrawsMathematicsDrawingFacultyNeglectRecallsGrammarIndulgenceRetardedDistasteful Book:Let There Be Sculpture Source: Let There Be Sculpture
“I went to college to study drama where I discovered I had no talent and after a period of dropping out majored in cultural anthropology which of course meant more masks and dancing. I studied what interested me and so I had to become a writer because my education had left me unsuited for a decent well-paying job.” WellsJobsCoursesLeftStudyTalentCollegePeriodsDramaDancingDecentMaskDroppingAnthropologyDropping Out Author:Elizabeth Hand
“It will take about a month for that awareness to be fully absorbed and modify someone's attention field. During that period of time, a person who studies with me will meditate on their own, and apply those things that they have learned to their daily lives.” PersonsAttentionStudyAwarenessFieldsBuddhismMonthsPeriodsDaily LifeRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“I recently went to my staircase at Clare College, Cambridge and there were women there! There have been a lot of convincing studies recently about the loss of productivity in the Western male. It may be that entertainment culture now is so engaging that it keeps people satisfied. We didn't have that. Science was much more fun than listening to the radio. When you are 16 or 17 and in that inherently semi-lonely period when you are deciding whether to be an intellectual, many now don't bother.” PeopleMayHas BeensScienceCultureFunLossStudyCollegeListeningPeriodsIntellectualLonelyWesternMalesRadioEntertainmentProductivitySatisfiedBotherEngagingConvincingCambridgeStaircases Author:James D. Watson
“I don't even know why, but my entire career is contemporary films. Entire career! There's no period movies - there's one - but there's no period movies, no special effects movies. I just do character studies and so, some of them are gonna bump into each other, but I love the challenge, with a good script. I love the challenge of playing not a very pleasant or attractive character that seduces an audience or wins an audience over by the end.” KnowsEndsCharacterFilmWinningChallengesCareersAudienceStudySpecialEffectsPeriodsScriptsContemporaryAttractivePleasantBumpsSeducingSpecial Effects Author:Michael Douglas
“If I'm going to continue to be any kind of spiritual teacher, I've got to go deeper myself. And so for me, [I am] preserving long periods of solitude, silence, prayer, journaling, study, writing. I don't turn on music or the TV unless I really need to.” IfsNeedsWritingKindLongSpiritualTurnsPrayerSilenceStudyTeacherTvsPeriodsSolitudeDeeperTurn-onSpiritual TeachersJournaling Author:Richard Rohr
“The plain truth is that the period I study is the 16th century, and they were absolutely obsessed with witches and spiritual beings.” SpiritualStudyCenturyPeriodsTruth IsObsessedWitchSpiritual Beings Author:Deborah Harkness
“A recent study shows that standing at work for long periods of time is bad for you, after earlier research indicated that sitting for too long at work is bad for you. So really the only thing we know is, work is bad for you.” KnowsLongShowsStudyPeriodsResearchSittingStandingLong Periods Of Time Author:Jimmy Fallon
“I know my priorities... I love music and I will continue to make songs, I know it's not just a period in my life. But I am focused on my studies.” KnowsSongStudyPeriodsFocusedPrioritiesMusic LoveI Love Music Author:Marilou
“I knew a bit but we don't study a lot of British history at school in Australia. We have our own 50-year period to concentrate on.” YearsSchoolBitsStudyPeriodsBritishAustraliaBritish History Author:Eric Bana
“I recently found myself going through a period of uncertainty about my future as a performer, my status as a personality, the believability of my Christian witness and the knowledge of God's will in my life. I felt a force bigger than myself saying, 'Lay back. Take it easy. Study hard. Read your bible. Think, write and keep your mouth shut for awhile.'” ThinkingWritingHardChristianFoundForceFeltEasyStudyPersonalityPeriodsMouthsBiggerLaysGods WillWitnessUncertaintyPerformersMy FutureKnowledge Of GodTake It EasyBelievability Author:Johnny Cash
“There was a huge period where I was filming and studying. But then we went into summer and it became easier. I did find combining the two difficult and I haven't figured out how to do it effortlessly just yet.” TwoDifficultStudyHavensHugePeriodsEasierSummerCombining Author:Yasmin Paige
“The sense of Islam as a threatening Other - with Muslims depicted as fanatical, violent, lustful, irrational - develops during the colonial period in what I called Orientalism. The study of the Other has a lot to do with the control and dominance of Europe and the West generally in the Islamic world. And it has persisted because it's based very, very deeply in religious roots, where Islam is seen as a kind of competitor of Christianity.” WorldKindReligiousChristianityStudyPeriodsEuropeRootsWestIslamViolentIslamicIrrationalThreateningCompetitorsDominanceVery DeepLustfulOrientalism Author:Edward Said
“Time is the most important factor in determining market movements and by studying past price records you will be able to prove to yourself history does repeat and by knowing the past you can tell the future. There is a definite relation between price and time. By studying time cycles and time periods you will learn why market tops and bottoms are found at certain times, and why resistance levels are so strong at certain times, and prices hold around them. The most money is made when fast moves and extreme fluctuations occur at the end of major cycles.” DoeMadeImportantEndsAblePastMovingCertainFoundStrongLevelsKnowingStudyRecordsMovementPeriodsProveMajorsRelationBottomExtremesResistanceFactorsRepeatsCyclesDefiniteFluctuationTime Periods Author:William Delbert Gann
“I taught Bible Study, and there was period where I thought all of my beliefs were right, and everybody who disagreed with me was wrong.” BeliefStudyTaughtPeriodsBible Study Author:Moby
“Have this Chet Baker movie coming out and in that situation, I went down the rabbit hole studying Chet Baker and being obsessed with the period and the music and the relationships and the dynamic, and everything, drug addiction. There was so much I wanted to get at to kind of get at the truth. With Regression, I was certainly in Alejandro's [Amenabar] hands.” KindHandsWantedSituationStudyPeriodsDrugAddictionHolesObsessedComing OutRabbitsDrug AddictionDrug AddictBakersRegressionRabbit HolesChet Baker Author:Ethan Hawke
“I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was "Baby Jesus" - so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17!” MadeWantedSchoolUsedJesusNamesStudyFashionStupidBabyPeriodsClothesSellsLabelsTeenagerDesignerOnlineStylistBaby Jesus Author:Bethany Cosentino
“There was a period there where I was like, "No, no, no, this is crazy. I don't want to take any more drawing classes and talk about what looks best. I want to study math and psychology and physics and all these nerdy things with computers." That was fun and great, but that didn't work out. At the end of high school, I was like, "Uhh, what's easier? Drawing is easier, I'll do that".” WantLooksEndsSchoolFunClassStudyPsychologyCrazyPeriodsEasierComputerHigh SchoolWork OutMathDrawingPhysicsNerdyHigh School Ending Author:James Pearse Connelly
“On the other hand, there are plenty of red flags that link developmental disabilities to things like lead and mercury and pesticides and air pollution and certain kinds of unhealthy foods, and that's what's begging for a comprehensive and definitive study. We should have a long-term prospectus study that looks at all, you know, exposures, medications, life habits, etc., pollution, and traces people over a period of many years, starting with when - starting with their parents, from when they are healthy. This is how we learned what causes heart disease.” PeopleKnowsShouldYearsLooksHeartKindLongHandsCertainCausesParentTermStudyAirHabitPeriodsHealthyDiseaseRedShould HaveStartingPlentyLong TermEtcLinksDisabilityFlagsPollutionExposureComprehensiveBeggingUnhealthyMedicationMercuryHeart DiseaseHealthy FoodDevelopmentalPesticidesRed FlagsAir PollutionUnhealthy FoodDevelopmental Disabilities Author:Jill Stein
“After a short period of time in Pakistan, it's clear that drones are not a security solution. If you believe in drones, the original idea was to go after so-called high-value targets, which according to the NYU-Stanford study 2% of the people killed by drones are high-value targets - now, who are all the rest of the people? Well, it's a secret program, so therefore the CIA doesn't have to tell us anything, yet they claim that with each attack they're getting militants. Now we have people coming forward, saying, actually, no we're not terrorists.” PeopleIfsBelieveWellsIdeasValuesSecretStudyClearSecurityPeriodsSolutionsProgramClaimsOriginalsTerroristTargetPakistanIf You BelieveCiaDronesOriginal IdeasStanfordNyu Author:Robert Greenwald
“People are interested in certain ideas, in certain periods, and then that moves, and okay, now people are more interested in studying this, and there is no perfect balance, and how would you know what the perfect balance is? I mean, what does it mean to have too many Beethoven chairs and too few Stravinsky chairs? I mean, that's kind of a value judgment that isn't really based on humility. We don't know what the optimum number is, so let people figure this out on their own. People are more interested in Beethoven than Stravinsky? Great! Why would that bother me?” PeopleKnowsKindMeanDoeIdeasMovingCertainValuesPerfectNumbersStudyFiguresHumilityBalancePeriodsJudgmentOkayBotherChairsOptimumPerfect BalanceStravinsky Author:Charles Koch