“We've taken disturbances and fluctuations and averaged them together to give us comfortable statistics. Our training has been to look for big numbers, important trends, major variances. Yet it is the slight variations - soft-spoken, even whispered at first - that we need to encourage.” NeedsGivingFirstsLooksHas BeensImportantBigsTogetherChangeNumbersTakenComfortableMajorsTrainingStatisticsTrendsVariationDisturbanceFluctuationVariance Book:Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe Source: Leadership and the new science: learning about organization from an orderly universe
“If you're not comfortable with delay, frustration and impatience, get out of the Senate. It's the nature of the institution, but I think we've taken it to an art form.” IfsThinkingArtFormTakenComfortableInstitutionsFrustrationSenateLaw EnforcementDelayImpatience Author:Dick Durbin
“I was brought up in a home where I saw my parents read and I was taken to bookshops and libraries, so I grew up feeling very comfortable around books. Also, Ireland is a country which has honoured its writers and poets, so when someone says they wanted to be a writer, its not mocked or looked down upon.” BookCountryFeelingsHomeWantedParentTakenSawsPoetGrewComfortableGrew UpLibraryIrelandBookshopsWriters And Poets Author:Michael Scott
“I used to have to downplay my sexuality because I wanted to be taken so seriously as a thespian and as an artist and as an actor, so I'd play crack heads and down trotting women and disguise myself, and I think as I've gotten older, I become more comfortable with who I really am and all parts of me knowing that my physical self doesn't diminish me in any way or my talent.” ThinkingWaySelfPlayWantedUsedArtistActorsKnowingTakenTalentComfortableSexualityCracksDisguiseDiminishThespiansTrotting Author:Halle Berry