“Maybe the reality-based fractions of red and blue America are reaching a sort of consensus: Just as Republicans are beginning to get why George Bush makes so many Americans want to rip their hair out, a lot of Democrats have finally, viscerally come to understand Clinton-loathing. Mutual, symmetrical disillusionment; it's a start.” WantRealityAmericaHairRepublicanRedBlueClintonDemocratReachingMutualConsensusRipFractionsLoathingDisillusionmentSymmetricalRed And Blue Author:Kurt Andersen
“Even great travelers of the inner world have got stuck in beautiful experiences, and have become identified with those experiences, thinking, "I have found myself." They have stopped before reaching the final stage where all experiences disappear. Enlightenment is not an experience.” ThinkingWorldBeautifulFoundStageEnlightenmentFinalsDisappearStuckReachingTravelerInner WorldBeautiful Experiences Author:Rajneesh
“... keep practicing. After a great deal of practice, we no longer think about all the necessary movements we must make; they become part of our existence. Before reaching that stage, however, you must practice and repeat. And if that's not enough, you must practice and repeat some more.” IfsThinkingEnoughDealsExistencePracticeStageMovementRepeatsReaching Author:Paulo Coelho
“Acting was my classroom in many ways and I always believed and I still do that acting is not just about pretending to be someone else, it's also about discovering yourself and reaching deeper inside yourself.” WayStillsActingDeeperReachingPretendingClassroomDiscoveringAlways BelieveDiscovering YourselfPretending To Be Someone Else Author:Kristen Stewart
“I love hanging out with my friends and family. I really, really, really love articulating original thought. That's probably my core, my biggest buzz. Because then it makes me feel like I know why I was born. Reaching original thought, where I know that I'm perceiving something that only I have seen, and I need to incarnate that. That's it right there.” KnowsNeedsFeelsBornMy FriendsOriginalsCoreReachingHanging OutFamily And FriendsBuzzOriginal ThoughtArticulating Author:Caroline Myss
“Part of the reason why we're only now reaching a point in American society where we can talk about the need for truth and reconciliation and the legacy of slavery is that it was such a dominant part of our history.” NeedsReasonSlaveryLegacyReason WhyReachingDominantReconciliationAmerican Society Author:Bryan Stevenson
“Obviously, it was a big life change for me and quite a shock to suddenly have these songs I'd written in my bedroom as a far-too-intense teenager all over the airwaves and see my face on buses, especially in a small country like New Zealand, but at the same time it was such a thrill and an honour knowing that my music was reaching people.” PeopleCountryBigsFacesSongKnowingWrittenIntenseTeenagerLife ChangingReachingShockHonourBusBedroomThrillNew ZealandSmall Countries Author:Brooke Fraser
“Realism's anxieties are not my anxieties, but I think I've had its tools close at hand all along. It may be that I'm reaching for them more often than I used to. On the other hand, I'm making no promises for the future. The material itself always gets the last word.” ThinkingMayHandsLastsUsedMaterialsPromiseAnxietyToolsReachingRealismLast Words Author:Roy Kesey
“I think when you're reaching outside of something you're comfortable doing, you're just heading towards a light. I don't think you stop to justify it.” ThinkingLightComfortableReachingJustifyReach OutHeadingsDoing You Author:Sally Field
“I think that reaching out to kids that feel really isolated is a life saving gesture that we have a responsibility as older queers to do.” ThinkingFeelsKidsResponsibilitySavingReachingReach OutIsolatedGesturesLife Saving Author:Margaret Cho
“We may experience moments of profound inner peace, a sense of oneness with nature, or a sense of something that is more important that we're not reaching by the usual goals of human society. Perhaps we could say there's a common heart to all the religions.” HumansHeartMayImportantMomentsGoalCommonProfoundInner PeaceOnenessReachingUsualHuman Society Author:Thomas Keating
“American Green Berets have been on the ground reaching out to some of the factions there. But don't confuse them with combat troops. So we're only talking about airstrikes now. If there are any troops that go in there it will likely be the Italians.” IfsHas BeensTalkingGreenReachingCombatReach OutTroopsFactionsGreen Beret Author:Tom Bowman
“Shake It Up definitely teaches kids about the importance of reaching for your dreams and setting high goals. It also teaches great lessons about friendship and family.” DreamKidsGoalTeachLessonsImportanceSettingSettingsYour DreamsShakesReachingAbout FriendshipHigh GoalsShake It UpFriendship And Family Author:Zendaya
“What's cool is when people send me messages or tag me in their photos, which definitely happens more after a project comes out. The best part, I think, is that the DMs and tags are always from young girls, and reaching them is the most important thing for me.” PeopleThinkingImportantHappensYoungGirlProjectsMessagesImportant ThingsReachingTag Author:Petra Collins
“The moment in which the narrator, reaching for his boots, becomes vividly and lastingly aware of the finality of his grandmother's death is another such moment. It would be interesting to explore Proust's great novel from the perspective of seeing how stable synthetic complexes are formed and modified.” MomentsWould BeInterestingNovelSeeingPerspectiveComplexesReachingGrandmotherBootsStableFinalityNarratorsSyntheticProustGreat Novels Author:Philip Kitcher
“It took 10 years to go from building the initial Smartphone to reaching the mass market. BlackBerry came out in 2003 and it didn't get to about a billion units until 2013. So I can't imagine it would be much faster for VR.” YearsI CanWould BeImagineBuildingMassBillionsFasterReachingUnitsInitialsSmartphonesBlackberries Author:Mark Zuckerberg
“One person told me that Christians believe in a king. We believe in a King Jesus who oversees the affairs of mankind. Maybe we're reaching for an earthly king.” BelievePersonsChristianJesusMankindKingsAffairReaching Author:Max Lucado
“I think we all have a lot of darkness in our bellies. As an actor, the challenge of tapping into that, reaching down into that sadness or anger, is very therapeutic.” ThinkingHappinessActorsChallengesDarknessSadnessAngerReachingBellyTherapeuticTapping Author:Kevin Bacon
“There is always the risk that a conflagration in the Middle East becomes larger and more dangerous. In this scenario, we discover that the Arab Spring was merely the prelude to a deeper and much farther-reaching upheaval in the region that has greater impact on countries like Iran and Saudi Arabia.” CountryGreaterRiskMiddleDangerousSpringImpactDeeperEastReachingRegionsIranMiddle EastScenariosArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisUpheavalPreludeArab Spring Author:Ian Bremmer
“Without hesitation, each time, my answer was our standing with Hispanics and Latinos. We must do a better job of reaching out to these communities and demonstrate to them that our party is aligned with the aspirations Hispanics have for their families and for America.” JobsAmericaCommunityAnswersPartyStandingAspirationReachingReach OutLatinoHesitationBetter Jobs Author:Kevin Madden
“The NBA has more than 435 players and there are at least 100-some players doing more than expected. Shaq is doing a lot. Dwight Howard, [Manu] Ginobli. Dirk [Nowitzki] is doing a lot, and not just in Europe; he's reaching out to Africa and all other places.” PlayerEuropeExpectedReachingNbaReach OutDwightShaq Author:Dikembe Mutombo
“I think you had the GOP down there in North Carolina reaching out to African-American voters and this guy coming on television and using the N-word and saying what Don Yelton said.” ThinkingSaidGuyTelevisionAfrican AmericanReachingVotersReach OutThis GuyCarolinaNorth CarolinaGopAmerican Voters Author:Aasif Mandvi
“A myth... is a metaphor for a mystery beyond human comprehension. It is a comparison that helps us understand, by analogy, some aspect of our mysterious selves. A myth, in this way of thinking, is not an untruth but a way of reaching a profound truth.” ThinkingWayHumansSelfHelpingMysteryAspectProfoundMetaphorMythMysteriousReachingComparisonWay Of ThinkingComprehensionAnalogiesUntruthProfound Truth Author:Christopher Vogler
“But the most reliable indication of the future of Open Source is its past: in just a few years, we have gone from nothing to a robust body of software that solves many different problems and is reaching the million-user count. There's no reason for us to slow down now.” YearsDifferentReasonProblemBodyPastMillionsGoneSourceSolveReachingNo ReasonSoftwareUsersSlow DownIndicationRobustOpen Source Author:Bruce Perens
“Even if you do no work that is particularly lofty or far-reaching, if you can shed mundane feelings, that is a great achievement. Even if you do not strive much for progress in learning, if you can minimize the influence things have on you, you will soar into the realm of sages.” IfsFeelingsProgressInfluenceAchievementStriveRealmsReachingTaoismShedSoarSageMundaneLoftyGreat Achievement Author:Zicheng Hong
“I'm working on different fields. One of my next books Insha'Allah will be a novel because it's important to explore the heart and imagination, the spiritual side. I've been working for twenty five years in the legal field and now I'm reaching what I want, which is an Islamic applied ethics and I'm also dealing with Muslims in the West.” WantYearsHeartImportantBookDifferentSpiritualNextSidesImaginationNovelFiveFieldsEthicsTwentiesWestIslamicFive YearsReachingTwenty Five Author:Tariq Ramadan
“The collective psychology is something very close to being sacred - we can do it but we don't do it. We should understand that the Holocaust in the European conscience is reaching a point which is very close to what is sacred for people in the Southern countries, whether they are Muslims or not. Because of that we need to try to have intellectual empathy.” PeopleNeedsShouldTryingCountryCan DoPsychologyIntellectualEmpathyConscienceSacredReachingCollectivesSouthernHolocaust Author:Tariq Ramadan
“It's very interesting being an artist and a comedian, (because) you aim for jobs that will feed your ego, but when you get up to the precipice of them, you actually have to deliver. You actually have to understand that you're reaching a new level where there are way more eyes on you, way more expectations and way more pressure.” WayEyeJobsArtistInterestingLevelsEgoExpectationsPressureAimGet UpComedianReachingVery InterestingBeing An ArtistPrecipice Author:Chris Gethard
“It's about reaching as many souls as I can through techno, speaking God's truth and his gospel to as many ears as I can, taking the message to the street.” I CanSoulStreetsMessagesEarsReachingTechno Author:Robert Hood
“Iowans are feeling the pinch of a big federal government, and elected officials like Bruce Braley keep championing the over reaching bureaucracy. Iowans know what is best for Iowa more than Washington politicians and bureaucrats do.” KnowsFeelingsBigsGovernmentPoliticianOfficialsReachingFederal GovernmentBureaucracyBureaucratsIowaElected Officials Author:Joni Ernst
“Good judges develop certain habits of mind. One of those habits of mind is the habit of delaying reaching conclusions until everything has been considered.” MindHas BeensCertainJudgingHabitConclusionReachingHabits Of MindGood Judges Author:Samuel Alito
“This Administration [of Barack Obama] favors a pluralistic world and respects cultural differences, so it's wrong for the West and American elitists to judge how women are treated under Sharia. I'm going too long on all this, but I choke up on the President's legacy of reaching out to the Muslim world. It's an emotional thing.” WorldLongPresidentDifferencesEmotionalJudgingWestFavorsTreatedAdministrationBarackLegacyReachingReach OutChokeElitistCultural DifferencesMuslim WorldShariaEmotional Things Author:Joe Biden
“Isolating, shutting down, and feeling guilt about pain makes it linger so much longer. Reconnecting, trusting, and being open and honest is really the only cure. Reaching out and talking to loved ones and friends is a must.” FeelingsPainTalkingHonestDown AndGuiltCuresReachingLoved OnesReach OutReconnectingShutting Down Author:Jaime Murray
“I feel most spiritual when I am listening to a soprano voice soaring to the top of its range at the most dramatic point of an aria. It feels like a geyser shooting up from the center of the earth and reaching for the stars.” FeelsEarthSpiritualStarsVoiceListeningShootingRangeDramaticReachingSoarSopranosAriaReaching For The StarsShooting UpGeysers Author:China Forbes
“Those memories that are engraved within me become teaching tools, ways of connecting with others, of creating an empathic bridge, of reaching out a hand and saying, I've been there, too.” WayHandsMemoriesTeachingCreatingToolsBridgesReachingReach OutConnectingEngraved Author:Dani Shapiro
“You've got to find a difierent approach. You've got to create some interest in your language, in the words and pictures you create. If a candidate can't give a 10-minute speech and have reporters reaching for their pens in the first 90 seconds, he probably shouldn't be running.” IfsGivingFirstsRunningLanguageInterestMinutesSpeechApproachCandidatesReachingPensSecondsReporters Author:Roger Ailes
“I think Donald Trump's reaching out and supporting John McCain and Kelly Ayotte in particular, and Paul Ryan, who had been critical of him, you know, a couple of days earlier, shows that he has the ability and the understanding to realize that there are going to be disagreements and you've got to be able to reach out to the entire party.” ThinkingKnowsShowsAbleUnderstandingRealizingAbilityPartyParticularTrumpCoupleCriticalReachingReach OutDisagreementMccain Author:Rudy Giuliani
“I think if you come from where I came from and where I have always been, I've always been reaching out and whether it's talking with our neighbors or going shopping or standing, talking to people in these bookstores and hearing what's on their minds, or even the work I did for eight years as a senator to bring new jobs to New York and stand up for the people I represented.” PeopleIfsThinkingYearsMindJobsTalkingNew YorkStandingEightHearingNeighborReachingShoppingReach OutSenatorsBookstoresNew Job Author:Hillary Clinton
“I like to see people reaching back for the roots and for the reason why. Not intellectually, but just for the gut feeling of what it's all about.” PeopleReasonFeelingsRootsReason WhyReachingGutsWhy NotGut FeelingsReaching Back Author:Van Morrison
“All of this strife on the political front might just be the death throes of another set of [less-honorable] American beliefs, that have, at their core, the notion that equality is something the privileged group "gives" to those not so privileged - a reaching down, as it were.” GivingMightPoliticalBeliefGroupsFrontsNotionCoreReachingHonorablePrivilegedStrife Author:George Saunders
“Of course, the UK is a significant economy that makes up a quarter of American exports to the EU, more than 50 percent of our exports in certain sectors and over 25 percent of the government procurement opportunities we have in Europe. Brexit reduces the size of the TTIP deal for the United States, and there will need to be an adjustment of expectations accordingly, but Brexit underscores the value of reaching an agreement at this critical moment in the evolution of Europe.” NeedsStatesMomentsGovernmentCertainValuesCoursesOpportunityUnitedDealsUnited StatesEconomyEvolutionExpectationsPercentEuropeSizeCriticalSignificantReachingAgreementQuartersAdjustmentCritical MomentsProcurement Author:Michael Froman
“The serious work for feminism in the 21st century is across the globe. Instead of retreating into "safe spaces" and focusing on their own imagined oppression, today's feminists should be reaching out to women's groups in the developing world.” WorldShouldTodaySpaceGroupsFeminismCenturySeriousSafeFeministOppressionDevelopingReachingReach OutGlobes21st CenturySafe SpaceSerious Work Author:Christina Hoff Sommers
“It happens to all of us, I concluded that Easter Sunday morning. God simply keeps reaching down into the dirt of humanity and resurrecting us from the graves we dig for ourselves through our violence, our lies, our selfishness, our arrogance, and our addictions. And God keeps loving us back to life over and over.” HappensLyingHumanityMorningViolenceAddictionGravesSelfishnessArroganceReachingSundayDirtEasterLoving LifeSunday MorningEaster Sunday Author:Nadia Bolz-Weber
“Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.” DesignArchitectureReachingArchitectReach OutModern ArchitectureGreat DesignArchitectural Design Author:Louis Kahn
“A joint European army is a very far-reaching proposal and it would be difficult to implement. Such initiatives are nevertheless needed.” Would BeDifficultNeededArmyReachingInitiativeNeverthelessJointsProposal Author:Martin Schulz
“As I came through medical school, it was very exciting because physicians were reaching out to each other, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and sort of helping to build bridges among, you know, people, people who were not allowing our government to pit us against each other and to actually take us to the brink of nuclear war. And Physicians for Social Responsibility wound up getting a Peace Prize, a Nobel Peace Prize, which they shared with International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.” PeopleKnowsWarHelpingGovernmentSchoolSocialResponsibilityExcitingUnionsInternationalMedicalNuclearWoundsBridgesReachingPrizeAllowingSovietReach OutPhysiciansSocial ResponsibilitySoviet UnionPitsNobelNuclear WarPreventionMedical SchoolNobel Peace Prize Author:Jill Stein
“Surprisingly, though, you know, there are red states in which we are doing very well because the Democrats don't really even try in the red states and they don't visit there. So it's too soon to say. You know, at this point we are building a movement. We are reaching out, especially to millennials.” KnowsTryingWellsStatesMovementBuildingRedDemocratReachingReach OutMillennials Author:Jill Stein
“Don't get stuck on small. Don't stop dreaming, reaching and enhancing what you have.” DreamStuckReachingStop Dreaming Author:T. D. Jakes
“In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.” RunningCreativeIssuesSolutionsWideReachingCollaborationImaginativeCreative SolutionsInterdisciplinary Author:Robert J. Shiller
“I'm reaching out to all Americans - Democrats, Republicans, and independents - because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone. We need your talents, your skills, your commitments, your energy, your ambition.” NeedsShouldCountryHelpingEnergyGrowsEconomyTalentRepublicanSkillsAmbitionCommitmentDemocratOur CountryReachingReach Out Author:Hillary Clinton