“I'm taking better care of myself by eating healthy, exercising and doing my best to keep my stress level down as well as role modeling good habits for my kids.” WellsCareKidsLevelsRolesHabitExerciseHealthyEatingStressRole ModelsModelingGood HabitsEating HealthyStress Levels Author:Monica Potter
“Discerning the merits of competing claims is where the empirical basis of science should play a role. I cannot stress often enough that what science is all about is not proving things to be true but proving them to be false. What fails the test of empirical reality, as determined by observation and experiment, gets thrown out like yesterday's newspaper.” ShouldEnoughPlayRealityRolesFailingProveTestsBasesClaimsStressDeterminedYesterdayNewspapersExperimentsBeing TrueObservationMeritThrownCompetingDiscerning Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“I believe the role that people like myself have played in the transformation of public opinion has been by persistently presenting a different point of view, a point of view which stresses the importance of private markets, of individual freedom, and the distorting effect of governmental policy.” PeopleBelieveHas BeensDifferentIndividualI BelieveViewsOpinionRolesEffectsPolicyImportanceStressTransformationPoint Of ViewPublic OpinionPresentingIndividual FreedomDifferent Points Of View Author:Milton Friedman
“I have underscored my commitment to dialogue and cooperation with our neighboring Turkey, a country that plays an important role for the future of our region. But I still stress that the promotion of this important relations can only take place on the basis of mutual respect without threats of war and questioning of sovereign rights.” StillsImportantWarCountryPlayRolesRightsCommitmentBasesStressRelationThreatDialogueRegionsMutualCooperationQuestioningSovereignTurkeysPromotionMutual Respect Author:Alexis Tsipras
“Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.” ActionGrowthRolesRiskExampleLimitsComfortableModelsTrainingStressRemoveRole ModelsSpheresSparesTireExceedStimulus4 Hour Work WeekPhysical Training Author:Tim Ferriss
“Conversations...begin with the sort of imaginative engagement you get when you read a novel or watch a movie or attend to a work of art that speaks from some place other than your own. So I'm using the word 'conversation' not only for literal talk but also as a metaphor for engagement with the experience and ideas of others. And I stress the role of the imagination here because the encounters, properly conducted, are valuable in themselves. Conversation doesn't have to lead to consensus about anything, especially not values; it's enough that it helps people get used to one another.” PeopleArtIdeasEnoughHelpingUsedValuesSpeakImaginationRolesWatchesNovelConversationStressMetaphorValuableEncountersWorks Of ArtEngagementImaginativeConsensusLiteral Author:Kwame Anthony Appiah
“The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social graces to hide behind, to play roles. You are the essence of what you are.” PlayCharacterSocialBehindsRolesGraceEssenceStressClimbingTrue CharacterSocial Graces Book:High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places Source: High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places
“I don't believe athletes should be role models. . . . We're a one-shot deal, one in a million, so we should be the least likely role models. . . . I think one of the problems in society today is that we don't stress education enough, because we glorify athletes, actors and actresses.” ThinkingShouldBelieveEnoughProblemTodayActorsBeliefDealsEducationRolesMillionsModelsShotsStressDon't BelieveAthleteActressesRole ModelsGlorifyActors And ActressesSociety TodayDon't StressOne In A MillionProblems In Society Author:Charles Barkley
“In times of disorder and stress, the fanatics play a prominent role; in times of peace, the critics. Both are shot after the revolution.” PlayTruthPoliticalOpinionRolesRevolutionShotsStressCriticsDisorderFanaticsProminent Author:Edmund Wilson
“In the end, the humanities can only be defended by stressing how indispensable they are; and this means insisting on their vital role in the whole business of academic learning, rather than protesting that, like some poor relation, they don't cost much to be housed.” MeanEndsWholeHumanityPoorRolesCostStressRelationAcademicIndispensableInsisting Author:Terry Eagleton
“Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.” NeedsDifferentReasonUseActorsRolesStressCastingSuitable Author:Stephen Chow