“When I have a lot of work to do my life is very distracted, so for me to concentrate on music I need to create a structure where I can focus better.” NeedsI CanLife IsFocusStructureDistracted Author:Suzanne Ciani
“I'm really curious as to the actual structure of the Emni [the intelligence unit that handles foreign attacks]. And Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, the head of it. There are so few pictures of him. We don't even really know what he looks like. For somebody with this outsized influence projecting murder abroad, you'd think that we would know a lot more by now. And then the role of the hostages.” ThinkingKnowsLooksRolesInfluenceMurderStructureHandleCuriousAlsNow And ThenUnitsMuhammadHostage Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“In arriving at the relevant theory about the specifics of our faculty of vision we will presumably use our eyes to gather relevant data. Based on such data we come to know about the optic nerve, the structure of our eyes, the rods and cones, etc., so as to explain how it is that vision gives us reliable access to the shapes and colors of objects around us. In reliably arriving at that theory we thus exercise the very faculty whose reliability is explained by the theory. There is no vice in this sort of circularity.” KnowsGivingUseEyeVisionObjectsColorTheoryExerciseShapesStructureVicesAccessDataEtcFacultyNervesRelevantArrivingReliabilityConesSpecificsCircularity Author:Ernest Sosa
“Even when we tell kids to go play, what do the kids do? They come up with a set of constraints and structures. "Oh, we're gonna build a fort out of clothes, and now that we're in the fort we're going to pretend that we're prisoners," or whatever.” PlayKidsClothesStructureCome UpPrisonerConstraintsForts Author:Ian Bogost
“We're stuck in these situations with other people and our stuff and our jobs, and thinking that we can extract ourselves from those seems doomed to me. Instead, how can we live within those systems of constraints? We don't have to enjoy them, exactly, but at least acknowledge that those boundaries are real and that they structure our response to the world. And then once you do that, you allow yourself to say "I did my best given the circumstances."” PeopleThinkingWorldRealSeemsJobsGivenStuffEnjoySituationCircumstancesStructureResponseStuckBoundariesAcknowledgeDoomedConstraints Author:Ian Bogost
“It was probably one of the things that gave me a sense of possibility and allowed for me to see beyond the small community that I existed within. You know, I was making friends with young Soviet kids. this is during perestroika. You know, there's bread lines and vodka lines. The entire social structure of what was then the Soviet Union was radically different from what we know today.” KnowsDifferentKidsTodayYoungSocialCommunityLinesPossibilityStructureUnionsBreadSovietWithin YouSoviet UnionVodkaMaking FriendsSocial StructureSmall Communities Author:Kehinde Wiley
“Is it the responsibility of the colored artist or the ethnic artist to create works that are designed to exist in opposition to a certain political structure?” PoliticalArtistCertainResponsibilityStructureOpposition Author:Kehinde Wiley
“Say you're working for a big overseas aid organization. You can't leave home in a Mercedes Benz, travel 80 kilometers to work in a great concrete structure where there are diesel engines thundering in the basement just to keep it cool enough for you to work in, and plan mud huts for Africa! You can't get the mud huts right if you haven't got things right where you are. You've got to get things right, working for you, and then go and say what that is.” IfsEnoughHomeBigsPlansHavensOrganizationStructureAidsWhere You AreEnginesConcreteMudBasementsHutsDieselBenzMercedes Benz Author:Bill Mollison
“There needs to be a certain structure to a situation, a certain predictability that allows you to have a basis for the intuition.” NeedsCertainSituationBasesStructureIntuitionPredictability Author:Gary A. Klein
“I don't really remember much before was eight, but I do remember that my dad brought me to drop me off at my grandmother's house, and he was a very emotional guy, but that was the first time I really saw him cry, cos I knew it killed him to have to give me up, but he knew I needed some family structure. That was the last time I'd see him or talk to him when he was sober for the next 10 years.” GivingYearsFirstsLastsRememberGuyNextHouseSawsCryEmotionalNeededDadFirst TimeGive MeStructureMy DadEightGrandmotherLast TimeSoberMy Grandmother Author:Diamond Dallas Page
“When J.J. [Abrams] called Lisa [Joy] and myself, he pitched us this idea of, what if we turn the structure around and started with the hosts. For us, that gave us a way to play with everything that we're interested in, all at once. It's the ultimate playground for us because we deal with questions about artificial intelligence, which is something I've long been fascinated by, but also human intelligence, or the lack thereof, human behavior, and interactive, immersive storytelling.” IfsWayHumansLongIdeasPlayJoyTurnsDealsBehaviorUltimateStructureStorytellingWhat IfArtificial IntelligenceHostFascinatedArtificialHuman BehaviorPlaygroundsHuman IntelligenceInteractiveAbram Author:Jonathan Nolan
“You'd have a quality insurance department, where they're making sure there aren't any glitches or weird things, and that the guests have a great experience and seamless experience. You'd also have security. So, we laid out the corporate structure, and then we cherry-picked from that the people who would be brought into the most conflict and the most day-to-day relationship with each other and with the hosts.” PeopleWould BeQualitySecurityConflictStructureCorporateDepartmentHostGuestsDay To DayCherriesWeird ThingsGreat ExperiencesSeamlessGlitches Author:Jonathan Nolan
“Tunes have notes and tempos and rules. If the tune is "All the Things You Are," you have to adhere to its structure and to the tradition behind that structure.” IfsBehindsTraditionStructureNotesTunesTempo Author:John Kao
“The head of a record label sets up structures, but he also defines the sound of the label, which is to describe what is desirable, what fits and what is quality for that label and then to create an environment where that sound can thrive.” SoundQualityRecordsEnvironmentFitStructureLabelsThriveDesirableRecord Labels Author:John Kao
“The impresario function is about intervening with the company's more administrative management structure. It is about trying to establish a sense of boundaries and budgets and milestones and so forth on a project that does not necessarily lend itself to milestones. It is about translating between the intimate interior environment of the creative work team and the company's need to make money. And finally, it is about positioning the fruits of the creative process in the marketplace and selling them.” NeedsTryingDoeProcessCompanyCreativeEnvironmentTeamProjectsFunctionManagementStructureFruitBoundariesSellingMaking MoneyBudgetsIntimateCreative ProcessTranslateInteriorsMarketplaceCreative WorkMilestoneAdministrativeIntervening Author:John Kao
“The rabid opposition to group selection has now considerably subsided. In the process, the conceptual structure of evolutionary theory has become clearer, as have the relationships that connect different theoretical approaches.” DifferentProcessGroupsTheoryApproachStructureOppositionSelectionTheoretical Author:Elliott Sober
“What had the board been doing when they see these things happening. I mean, you can write a law that says you cannot provide incentives for the openings of accounts, but I think it gets to be a deeper issue of the value structure of any organization and the value of its leaders.” ThinkingWritingMeanLawValuesLeaderIssuesHappeningsOrganizationAccountsStructureDeeperThings HappenOpeningBoardsIncentives Author:John Kasich
“What does seem to be a constant is that I write more emotional stories the older I get. I think a lot of that has to do with growing up in a patriarchal structure where unemotional intellect (male) is taken more seriously than delving into emotions (female), and gradually freeing myself from those expectations.” ThinkingWritingDoeStoriesSeemsEmotionGrowing UpTakenGrowingEmotionalExpectationsFemaleStructureConstantMalesIntellectDelvingUnemotional Author:Karin Tidbeck
“I can write a story in working-class Stockholm Swedish, but I'm not going to assume I can perform the same feat with Cockney. I'll focus on adventures in story, themes and structure instead.” WritingI CanStoriesClassFocusAdventureStructureAssumingThemeWorking ClassFeatsSwedishStockholmCockneys Author:Karin Tidbeck
“When we think of our world today with all of its interconnectedness and complexities, the scope of gospel renewal includes systems and structures that are far beyond what we might consider day-to-day.” ThinkingWorldMightTodayStructureComplexityOur WorldDay To DayScopeRenewalWorld TodayInterconnectedness Author:David Kim
“Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.” PoliticalInfluenceEconomicImpactStructureBillionsSweeping Author:David Kim
“When economic structures and policies allow people to have access to capital, it releases a host of productivity that could humanize many bringing a greater flourishing to our society to the glory of God.” PeopleGreaterEconomicPolicyGloryStructureAccessProductivityReleaseOur SocietyHostGlory Of GodFlourishing Author:David Kim
“Our work is connected to much larger structures and systems that can be influenced and changed to align with God's intention to bring order and fruitfulness into the world.” WorldOrderChangedStructureIntentionConnectedFruitfulness Author:David Kim
“Music doesn't have to be so rule-based - and so strict in its structures, construction and perception.” PerceptionStructureConstructionStrict Author:Stephen Mallinder
“The development of the plot of the novel leads to a single point, and it's my opinion that the ending that the novel has, which is a somewhat ambiguous ending, is the only logical ending given the structure of the book as a whole.” BookWholeGivenOpinionNovelDevelopmentStructurePlotLogicalAmbiguous Author:Emily Barton
“We now know that the structure of the DNA in humans and chimpanzees differs by only just over one percent. You could even have a blood transfusion from a chimp, provided you have the same blood group.” KnowsHumansGroupsBloodPercentStructureDnaChimpanzeesBlood Transfusion Author:Jane Goodall
“It was really different this time, because we did everything in the studio and thought out the writing and song structures. Before this album ["The Black Crown"], we used to just write riff after riff and then worry about the rest of it later.” WritingDifferentUsedSongBlackWorryStructureAlbumsStudiosCrowns Author:Mitch Lucker
“It's interesting to look at all the aspects where everyday Americans, many of whom are not college educated, are thinking deeply now about our economic structure.” ThinkingLooksInterestingEconomicCollegeAspectStructureEverydayEducatedThinking Deeply Author:Bell Hooks
“The objective of the people who bring impeachment charges, if the Republicans do this on Trump, the objective will be to get one of them back in the power structure.” PeopleIfsTrumpRepublicanStructureObjectivesImpeachment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The only accounting we had of the origins and the structure of nature was Biblical Genesis.” StructureBiblicalGenesisAccounting Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I want to shift my career back to shows like The Knick. I prefer the classic drama structure.” WantShowsCareersDramaStructureClassicKnicks Author:Andre Holland
“The main thrust of the Social Security reform was to get the benefit structure in line with the realities of the Trust Funds.” RealitySocialLinesSecurityBenefitsStructureReformFundSocial SecurityThrustTrust Funds Author:George W. Bush
“I kind of limp along like so many of us do in these realms. Occasionally I've felt the grace of another presence in my life. But I can't develop any kind of spiritual structure on that.” KindI CanSpiritualFeltGraceStructureRealms Author:Leonard Cohen
“Part of the reason some Japanese companies have underperformed financially was corporate governance and board structures.” ReasonCompanyStructureCorporateBoardsGovernance Author:Jamie Dimon
“I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.” PeopleThinkingWritingStructureScreenplays Author:Charlie Kaufman
“Different times and different structures make more sense at one point in life than at another.” DifferentStructureDifferent TimesPoints In Life Author:Jesse Ball
“I have a very basic notion of the structure the book might have - that's mostly it. The rest is luck and happenstance.” BookMightLuckStructureNotionHappenstance Author:Jesse Ball
“I still care deeply about so many thing. And so I'm going to be engaged. I'm going to be out there as - with a platform to talk about the things that I care about: foreign policy and, you know, violence against women, you know, the inequity in the tax structure.” KnowsStillsCareViolencePolicyTaxesStructureEngagedForeign PolicyPlatformsI CareViolence Against WomenI Still Care Author:Joe Biden
“America has been around less than 250 years, and in less than 250 years we have created what is the greatest country on earth. There are reasons for it. And any other country on earth could do the same thing. They could structure it the same way, and if they don't have natural resources they could economically structure a way to barter, share, buy, trade, you name it. They could do the same thing.” IfsWayYearsHas BeensCountryReasonEarthAmericaNamesNaturalShareResourcesTradeStructureOther CountriesNatural Resources Author:Rush Limbaugh
“When you hear the melodic structures of what classical musicians put together and you compare it to that of a rock & roll record, there's a hell of a long way rock & roll has to go.” WayLongTogetherHellRecordsRocksMusicianStructureCompareLong WayClassical MusicClassical Musicians Author:Jimmy Page
“I have a commission to do a piece in a place in California, Oliver Ranch, which has an eight-storey structure called The Tower designed by the visual artist Ann Hamilton.” ArtistPiecesStructureEightCaliforniaVisualsTowersVisual ArtHamiltonVisual Artist Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Charter schools are public schools. They're paid for publicly and they're part of the public system. They just have a more independent structure.” SchoolPaidIndependentStructurePublic SchoolCharterCharter Schools Author:David Brooks
“Even just making albums - which was more within the structure that I've worked in for years - you have no idea how people will respond. You don't know if it'll be any good whatsoever. It can be terrifying.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsIdeasStructureAlbumsNo Idea Author:Kate Bush
“My second mother is my maternal grandmother. Her name is Thelma. She also gave me a very powerful medicine; she made sure that I knew my role as a young lady and as someone with moral structures and principles. She taught me that if I was going to be involved with anything, whether it be spirituality, music, or some skill, that I have to practice.” IfsMadeYoungMotherSpiritualityNamesPowerfulMoralPrinciplesRolesPracticeTaughtInvolvedSkillsStructureMedicineGrandmotherVery PowerfulYoung Ladies Author:Erykah Badu
“I think, you know, what we've had for many years is a federal government that's not particularly concerned with the structure of the economy at all, just looking at the basic rules. I think we're going to see a different approach under Donald Trump with more kind of specific concern for the health of the manufacturing sector. I'm not necessarily sure that's a bad thing.” ThinkingKnowsYearsKindDifferentGovernmentEconomyTrumpApproachConcernConcernedStructureBad ThingsFederal GovernmentManufacturingDifferent Approach Author:Edward Alden
“In some bigger cities, I don't think people really realize these structures were built for the Olympics.” PeopleThinkingRealizingCitiesBuiltBiggerStructureOlympics Author:Gary Hustwit
“Whiteness allows the architectural ideas to be understood most clearly - the difference between opacity and transparency, solid and void, structure and surface. These things are more perceptible in a white environment. They have a greater clarity.” IdeasDifferencesWhiteEnvironmentGreaterUnderstoodStructureSurfaceClarityVoidTransparencyWhiteness Author:Richard Meier
“Things like science and technology still leave some gaps, so it's not as if everybody was sitting around doing nothing, but the bureaucracy and the whole structure of our culture is basically built out of men trying to be legitimate and making things up so they look important.” IfsMenTryingLooksStillsImportantWholeCultureTechnologySittingBuiltStructureGapsBureaucracyDoing NothingScience And TechnologySitting Around Author:Peter Buffett
“Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our constitutional structure. And I think if we did that, then the will of the people would not be overturned.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldGivenPrinciplesCitizensEqualVoteStructure Author:Lawrence Lessig