“By recognizing your own vulnerability you can recognize and identify with the vulnerability in others.” VulnerabilityRecognizing Author:Jill Soloway
“We live in a world where there is a need for pluralistic institutions and for recognizing different types of freedom, economic, social, cultural, and political, which are interrelated.” WorldNeedsDifferentPoliticalSocialEconomicTypeInstitutionsRecognizing Author:Amartya Sen
“I absolutely get thrills from taking on these big guys and recognizing how, behind all their power, they are so empty. I just keep going at it. Each of these balloons does deflate. Ive seen a lot of balloons get deflated in my life.” DoeBigsGuyBehindsEmptyKeep GoingRecognizingBalloonsBig Guys Author:Vandana Shiva
“My daughter decided to embrace and celebrate who she was. She was a size 2 at one time, but she decided she didn't want to be hungry anymore. I think that's how you turn it around. Today, more and more designers are recognizing how lucrative that market is.” ThinkingWantTodayTurnsDaughterDecidedEmbraceSizeHungryCelebrateDesignerMy DaughterOne TimeRecognizing Author:Beverly Johnson
“I think it's Greek Orthodox - who totally believes in the pope, not anything about attacking the United States, which needs to be because we're not recognizing the dignity of all people.” PeopleThinkingNeedsBelieveStatesUnitedUnited StatesDignityGreekOrthodoxPopeRecognizingAttackingGreek Orthodox Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I actually think the only way that you can beat Trump is recognizing that he is a one- man wrecking machine fueled by this cult personality. So you have to attack him on those bases. None of these ideological positioning issues matter for [Donald] Trump.” ThinkingMenWayMatterIssuesPersonalityTrumpBeatsMachinesBasesOne ManCultRecognizingIdeological Author:Bernie Sanders
“The American work environment has to change, not the women. We should be recognizing that what women are not fitting into is a very narrow, male-dominated workplace of the 1950s.” ShouldEnvironmentMalesWorkplaceRecognizingFittingWork EnvironmentNot Fitting Author:Anne-Marie Slaughter
“It's a funny line when you're walking - the creativity, the subjectivity versus the objectivity, creativity versus the business, and recognizing that you are in the music business, so there are certain things that you have to acquiesce to on the business side and certain creative decisions that you have to make for the purposes of serving the business side of it.” PurposeCertainSidesLinesDecisionCreativityCreativeWalkingServingVersusRecognizingObjectivityMusic BusinessSubjectivity Author:Lupe Fiasco
“The failure of protection, the importance of recognizing the ways in which we influence (and infect) each other - the fact that being an "individual" can't protect you - these are issues I've been thinking about for a while.” ThinkingWayFactsIndividualIssuesInfluenceProtectImportanceProtectionRecognizingProtect You Author:Laura Mullen
“The problem of numbers can only be dealt with by recognizing that people have a fundamental right to economic security. If you provide them with economic and environmental security, the population will stabilize itself.” PeopleIfsProblemNumbersEconomicSecurityFundamentalsEnvironmentalPopulationRecognizingEconomic Security Author:Vandana Shiva
“Stereotypes work to help divide women from recognizing their common interests.” HelpingInterestCommonDividesStereotypeRecognizingCommon Interests Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Of course, a woman's choice to go out into the world is a very significant thing. But part of real liberation is recognizing that mothering is every bit as important as other kinds of work. I actually believe it's more important than anything we do out in the world.” WorldBelieveKindImportantRealChoicesCoursesBitsSignificantLiberationRecognizingMotheringSignificant Things Author:Marianne Williamson
“Just recognizing and naming that many of the things we treat as historical fact are stories can help erode their power over our sense of identity and thinking. If they are stories rather than "truth," we can write new stories that better represent the country we aspire to be. Our new stories can be about diverse people working together to overcome challenges and make life better for all, about figuring out how to live sustainably on this one planet we share, and on deep respect for cooperation, fairness, and equity instead of promoting hyper-competitive individualism.” PeopleIfsThinkingWritingCountryFactsHelpingStoriesTogetherChallengesShareIdentityPlanetsTreatsOvercomingHistoricalWorking TogetherCooperationIndividualismDiverseFairnessAspireRecognizingEquityPromotingHyperErodeHistorical Facts Author:Annie Leonard
“One thing I'm recognizing more and more in myself - and looking to change - is going down more of a self-destructive path when I feel pain. I'm trying to avoid that as much as possible. That is an impulse, when I feel out of control.” FeelsTryingSelfPainPathOne ThingImpulseDestructiveRecognizingSelf Destructive Author:Tyler Blackburn
“Unfurl your brow. So many people walk around stressed, or upset, or confused, and they make that face, where they scrunch their brow. Just recognizing that your face is clenched and unfurling your brow will instantly make you feel more relaxed.” PeopleFeelsFacesWalksUpsetConfusedYour FaceRecognizingRelaxedStressedBrows Author:Asher Roth
“The great news is that overwhelmingly far more than adults, youth already care about the environment. Young people are recognizing that we have largely made a mess of things with respect to the environment [and] that the burden to fix it will fall on them.” PeopleMadeCareYoungFallEnvironmentYouthNewsAdultsBurdenMessRecognizingGreat News Author:Philippe Cousteau, Jr.
“I have struggled to be taken seriously as a female athlete. I have struggled to find my worth outside of winning. I have struggled to accept parts of myself. Now I'm recognizing the beauty in those parts as well as beauty in the times when things didn't go my way.” WayWellsWinningAcceptingTakenFemaleAthleteMy WayRecognizingFemale Athlete Author:Lynsey Dyer
“Our politics at its best involves us recognizing ourselves in each other. And our politics at its worst are when we see immigrants or women or blacks or gays or Mexicans as somehow separate, apart from us.” WorstGayImmigrantsRecognizing Author:Barack Obama
“We have to look at it country by country. In places like the developing world where, as you say, in Mumbai, it's about five hours' gap between what a woman does and a man does. You have to start by recognizing the problem and talking about it, trying to change those roles.” MenWorldTryingLooksDoeCountryProblemHoursTalkingRolesFiveDevelopingGapsRecognizingTrying To ChangeMumbai Author:Melinda Gates
“You can rear children in an antagonistic environment or in a facilitative one with a good combination of love and discipline. It's about supporting them, and recognizing achievements and contributions, but also saying, "that's fantastic but it's not enough, here's the next thing."” ChildrenEnoughNextEnvironmentDisciplineAchievementFantasticCombinationContributionRecognizing Author:Christiana Figueres
“Our society is connecting workers with the products people consume and recognizing workers for their contributions. It is important to do that, and to have organized labor - a middle class - to preserve our democracy.” PeopleImportantClassDemocracyMiddleProductsLaborWorkersPreservesOrganizedContributionMiddle ClassOur SocietyRecognizingConnectingOrganized Labor Author:Dolores Huerta
“It's sometimes hard to accept that the people you love and feel the closest to may have different dreams and goals from yours, and those are valid. And I've felt that way: accepting people's differences and recognizing them as valid choices even if they're different from your own.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsMayDifferentSometimesHardDreamChoicesFeltGoalDifferencesAcceptingClosestRecognizingDreams And Goals Author:Gillian Jacobs
“After the unlawful decision to recognize Kosovo, everyone expected Russia to respond by recognizing the independence and sovereignty of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This is true, this is how it was. Everyone was waiting for Russia's decision. And we had the moral right to make it but we did not. We were more than restrained. I don't even want to comment on it. In truth, we "swallowed" it.” WantWaitingDecisionMoralIndependenceSouthExpectedRussiaCommentSovereigntyRecognizingUnlawfulKosovo Author:Vladimir Putin
“I grew up recognizing that there was nobody to give me any advice and that you do your best and if it's not good enough, someday you will come to terms with that.” IfsGivingEnoughTermAdviceGrewGrew UpGive MeSomedayGood EnoughRecognizingNot Good Enough Author:Chinua Achebe
“I think our drug laws need to be made scientifically, as best as possible, recognizing that values will always be part of that.” ThinkingNeedsMadeLawValuesDrugRecognizingDrug Laws Author:Maia Szalavitz
“We have got to do a better job recognizing and correcting the errors in the system that do reflect an institutional bias in criminal justice, but what Donald Trump and I are saying is let's not have the reflex of assuming the worst of men and women in law enforcement.” MenJobsLawJusticeWorstTrumpMen And WomenAssumingErrorsCriminalsBiasLaw EnforcementEnforcementRecognizingIn-lawsCriminal JusticeCorrectingBetter JobsReflexes Author:Mike Pence
“Once you start backing into all of that, then you see this incredibly intricate, totally wrong-headed way to do things, but nevertheless has a lot of merit to it for the fact that [Buckminster Fuller] is recognizing much larger patterns, seeking much larger patterns and seeking much larger ways of trying to solve for the problem of unhygienic conditions in slums. They really were unhygienic. Whether his family was living in the slum is debatable but they were unhygienic. That needed to be addressed. He was attempting to address it.” WayTryingFactsProblemConditionsNeededPatternsSeekingSolveMeritAddressesNeverthelessRecognizingAttemptingIntricateSlumsBuckminster Fuller Author:Jonathon Keats
“People are recognizing that I am an entrepreneur and do more than be on a reality TV show.” PeopleShowsRealityTvsEntrepreneurTv ShowsRecognizingReality Tv Author:Kim Kardashian
“In short, for me - I'm kind of projecting onto you - distraction has become a modus vivendi, a way of life. Rather than complaining, I am recognizing that I couldn't do what I wanted to do because I'm distracted.” WayKindWantedComplainingDistractionRecognizingDistracted Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“I know many Catholic priests and nuns who use the Buddhist teachings to become better Catholics, and Jews who use them to become better Jews. Why not?! It just takes us towards more deeply recognizing our original nature, which is what we all share after all.” KnowsUseShareTeachingOriginalsCatholicJewBuddhistPriestsWhy NotRecognizingNun Author:Tenzin Palmo
“Managers are, and should be, totally responsible for recognizing individual strengths (both natural talents and skills), getting those strengths in proper alignment (i.e. in the right "seats"), and then leveraging them.” ShouldIndividualNaturalTalentSkillsResponsibleManagersSeatsRecognizingAlignmentNatural TalentIndividual Strength Author:Marcus Buckingham
“Now the good of political life is a great political good. It is not a secular good specified by a comprehensive doctrine like those of Kant or Mill. You could characterize this political good as the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another: the duty to give citizens public reasons for one's political actions.” GivingReasonActionPoliticalLife IsDutyCitizensEqualDoctrineSecularRecognizingCivilityComprehensiveMillsPolitical LifePolitical ActionGreat Political Author:John Rawls
“The good of political life is the good of free and equal citizens recognizing the duty of civility to one another and supporting the institutions of a constitutional regime.” PoliticalLife IsDutyCitizensEqualInstitutionsRegimesRecognizingCivilityPolitical Life Book:Collected Papers Source: Collected Papers
“I mentioned earlier the two wings of awareness. The first step is recognizing the fear of getting close to others - this honest witnessing of where it is in the body, where it is in your beliefs.The other wing regards what's seen with kindness and compassion.” FirstsTwoBodyBeliefCompassionStepsKindnessHonestAwarenessRegardWingsFirst StepsRecognizingKindness And Compassion Author:Tara Brach
“We have not always been in sync on every issue in terms of our core values, in terms of her integrity, her truthfulness, her thoughtfulness, [Angela Merkel] doing her homework, knowing her facts, her commitment to looking out for the interests of the German people first, but recognizing that part of good leadership on behalf of the nation requires engaging the world as a whole, and participating effectively in multilaterally institutions, I think she's been outstanding.” PeopleThinkingWorldFirstsWholeFactsValuesNationsTermInterestKnowingIssuesIntegrityCommitmentInstitutionsCoreEngagingRecognizingBehalfOutstandingHomeworkTruthfulnessParticipatingGood LeaderCore ValuesThoughtfulnessAngelaGood LeadershipSync Author:Barack Obama
“I've sought a constructive relationship with Russia, but what I have also been is realistic in recognizing that there is some significant differences in how Russia views the world and how we view the world.” WorldDifferencesViewsSignificantRussiaRealisticRecognizingConstructive Author:Barack Obama
“I think more and more people are recognizing how much adults and elders are actually needed. That's a gift of the sibling society.” PeopleThinkingNeededAdultsRecognizingEldersSibling Author:Robert Bly
“I think the core problem is much closer to recognizing where force is of value, where it is useful, and to distinguish that from situations in which war is not useful or is indeed counterproductive.” ThinkingWarProblemValuesForceSituationCoreRecognizingCounterproductive Author:James Mattis
“For me to come in as the mayor already recognizing some of the problems that we were facing and also having put some of those reforms in place, I recognize what the advocates were talking about. I also recognize what the police department`s concerns were and what the community in general was concerned about.” ProblemCommunityTalkingConcernConcernedPoliceReformDepartmentRecognizingMayorsPolice Department Author:Catherine E. Pugh
“The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.” WorldFirstsCountryProblemAmericaStepsFirst StepsRecognizing Author:Aaron Sorkin
“I think the generosity of President Trump's spirit, recognizing that in the patriot's heart, there's no room for prejudice is part of who this president is.” ThinkingHeartSpiritPresidentRoomsTrumpPrejudiceGenerosityPatriotRecognizing Author:Mike Pence
“So many Muslims would tell you that they felt like that you had to - you fold it into yourself because people were looking at you and recognizing you as being the culprit even though, look, I'm American. I don't believe that the teachings of Islam justified those actions.” PeopleBelieveLooksActionFeltTeachingIslamDon't BelieveRecognizingJustifiedFoldsCulprit Author:Mahershala Ali
“I recognize that there's an appetite that I'm now serving, and I'm happy to do so. I think it means quite a bit that science has achieved this level of public interest and access. And so I'm simultaneously astonished every day upon recognizing this, and I think it's a good sign for the country and possibly for the world.” ThinkingWorldMeanCountryBitsInterestLevelsAccessServingAppetiteRecognizingPublic Interest Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“One thing that attracts me in Daoism and Heidegger is a delicate combination of recognizing deep differences between human being and any other kind of being, and a desire, nevertheless, to cultivate an intimacy with animals, trees, mountains and so on.” HumansKindDesireDifferencesHuman BeingsAnimalOne ThingTreeMountainIntimacyCombinationDelicateNeverthelessRecognizingHeidegger Author:David E. Cooper
“I think Republicans now are recognizing that [Obamacare cancellation] may not be what the American people, including even [Donald] Trump voters, are looking for. And my hope is that the president-elect, members of Congress from both parties look at, "Where have we objectively made progress, where things are working better?" Don't undo things just because I did them. I don't have pride of authorship.” PeopleThinkingLooksMayMadePresidentPartyProgressPrideTrumpRepublicanMembersIncludingCongressVotersRecognizingObamacareAuthorshipCancellation Author:Barack Obama
“Finding the leaders of the future is a question of recognizing those people who give leadership in a crisis.” PeopleGivingLeaderFindingsCrisisRecognizing Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Nonviolence is based on recognizing that all of us are human beings. And at a certain point we begin to learn that you don't gather very much by making enemies out of people and not recognizing their humanity.” PeopleHumansCertainHumanityHuman BeingsEnemyNonviolenceRecognizing Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“Nonviolence is essentially based on recognizing the humanity in every one one of us.” HumanityNonviolenceRecognizing Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“It's not as though there aren't many, many art works and many other cultures, but there was something special about the civic nature of the Greek theater. All the citizens stopped working. They came into these theaters. It wasn't like a Broadway theater where you sit in the dark and you expect to be passively entertained. You're in this theater, amphitheater, in bright sunlight looking at your fellow citizens, recognizing their faces, and thinking with them about the future of your city. I think very few cultures have had a theatrical tradition that is quite so civic.” ThinkingArtFacesCultureDarkCitiesSpecialCitizensTraditionTheaterFellowsGreekSunlightBroadwayRecognizingTheatricalCivicsSomething SpecialOther Cultures Author:Martha C. Nussbaum
“I think young people are recognizing the power of institutions, and we have to really dismantle a lot of the stigma and shame, culturally, but we also have to change things in terms of how government and institutions deal with this.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentYoungTermDealsShameInstitutionsRecognizingStigma Author:Cecile Richards