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“Ideals are very often formed in the effort to escape from the hard task of dealing with facts, which is the function of science and art. There is no process by which to reach an ideal. There are no tests by which to verify it. It is therefore impossible to frame a proposition about an ideal which can be proved or disproved. It follows that the use of ideals is to be strictly limited to proper cases, and that the attempt to use ideals in social discussion does not deserve serious consideration.”

Source: Folkways: A Study of Mores, Manners, Customs and Morals

“This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation.”

“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.”

Knows Writing Doe Process Knowing Tasks Not Knowing Embarking

Author:Donald Barthelme

“Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks.”

Years Grows Process Common Tasks Stronger Partnership Posture

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963

“The moral task of man is a process of spiritualization. All creatures are go-betweens, and we are placed in time that by diligence in spiritual business we may grow liker and nearer to God. The aim of man is beyond the temporal - in the serene region of the everlasting Present.”

Men May Spiritual Grows Process Moral Creatures Tasks Aim Regions Everlasting Diligence Serene

Author:Meister Eckhart

“Never hesitate to show your own staff that you need help. They need to be reminded how important they are to the process. In life and in business, we rely on each other to be responsible for individual tasks that benefit everyone. People sometimes forget how much interdependence there really is in a successful business. Learn the art of asking for help to empower and motivate others, and you will have learned a very powerful management strategy.”

“The idea that we are "stewards of the earth" is another symptom of human arrogance. Imagine yourself with the task of overseeing your body's physical processes. Do you understand the way it works well enough to keep all its systems in operation? Can you make your kidneys function? Can you control the removal of waste? Are you conscious of the blood flow through your arteries, or the fact that you are losing a hundred thousand skin cells a minute?”

“After the first shock of recognition - a sudden sense of "this is what I'm going to write" - the novel starts to breed by itself; the process goes on solely in the mind, not on paper. I feel a kind of gentle development, an uncurling inside, and I know that the details are there already, that in fact I would see them plainly if I looked closer, but I prefer to wait until what is loosely called inspiration has completed the task for me.”

Ifs Knows Feels Writing Mind Firsts Kind Facts Inspiration Waiting Process Novel Goes On Development Paper Tasks Details Recognition Gentle Shock

Author:Vladimir Nabokov

“The simplest scheme of evolution is one that depends on two processes; a generator and a test. The task of the generator is to produce variety, new forms that have not existed previously, whereas the task of the test is to cull out the newly generated forms so that only those that are well fitted to the environment will survive.”

Wells Two Form Process Environment Produce Depends Evolution Tasks Tests Variety Schemes Simplest Generator

Author:Herbert Simon

“There is as yet no civilized society, but only a society in the process of becoming civilized. There is as yet no civilized nation, but only nations in the process of becoming civilized. From this standpoint, we can now speak of a collective task of humankind. The task of humanity is to build a genuine civilization.”

Humanity Speak Nations Process Growth Becoming Civilization Tasks Genuine Collectives Civilized Humankind Standpoint Civilized Society Civilized Nations

Author:Felix Adler

“I'm very keen. Adaptations of other people's work, too. I got fascinated by the adaptation process, so I think that'd be a really interesting task. I would happily write original screenplays as well. I think it's become one of my favorite genres.”

People Thinking Writing Wells Process Interesting Tasks Originals My Favorite Genre Fascinated Adaptation Really Interesting Screenplays

Author:Emma Donoghue

“A powerful programming language is more than just a means for instructing a computer to perform tasks. The language also serves as a framework within which we organize our ideas about processes.”

Mean Ideas Language Process Powerful Computer Tasks Programming Organize Framework Programming Languages

Author:Hal Abelson

“The impresario functions as a bridge and a translator. He or she is a bridge between the creative point of view - which is often very focused on the creative task itself - and the resource-allocation process. The impresario has to make certain the funds and people required to get that task completed are available.”

People Certain Process Views Creative Resources Tasks Function Available Focused Point Of View Bridges Fund Translators Allocation

Author:John Kao

“The corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds. The task of cleaning the corridors of power (or cleaning the lobby of lobbies) was important so that the government machinery itself is improved. This process of correction and cleaning took quite some time but it will provide long-term benefits in the form of clean and fair governance.”

Kind Long Important Government Form Process Term Benefits Fairs Tasks Clean Various Long Term Cleaning Machinery Governance Corrections Corridors Delhi

Author:Narendra Modi

“I'm an actor that loves to eat on camera. I love it. Something about the act of eating means that you actually can't act as much. You have to be involved in the very real task of trying to ingest sustenance without choking and dying. Something about that process takes the heat off trying to act and often feels more natural.”

Feels Trying Mean Real Actors Process Natural Dying Involved Eating Tasks Cameras Heat Choke Sustenance

Author:Grace Lynn Kung

“I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship right across the board to the people of Northern Ireland, to have the beginnings of a real peace process. In consequence, although I have no role in intergovernmental talks or political discussions, that would be my very top priority.”

People Important Real Hands Would Be Political Felt Process Roles Consequence Tasks Priorities Discussion Boards Islands Ireland Top Priorities Northern Ireland

Author:Mary Robinson

“Comparing filmmaking to a plastic model, shooting is the process where you mold and color each piece, and editing is where you build a finished whole from the pieces you molded and colored. Obviously, the latter is the most enjoyable part in the making of plastic models, so editing is the process in filmmaking I enjoy the most. But at the same time, editing can be a painstaking task, too.”

Whole Process Enjoy Pieces Color Models Tasks Finished Shooting Compare Latter Plastic Filmmaking Editing Enjoyable Mold

Author:Takeshi Kitano

“Sociopathy is the inability to process emotional experience, including love and caring, except when such experience can be calculated as a coldly intellectual task.”

Process Emotional Intellectual Tasks Including Caring Inability

Book:The Sociopath Next Door

Source: The Sociopath Next Door

“All fiction is a process of imagining: whatever you write, in whatever genre or medium, your task is to make things up convincingly and interestingly and new.”

Writing Process Fiction Tasks Mediums Genre

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. So many look to eradicate fear from their lives, when that is an impossible task. You can certainly experience moments in absence of fear, however accept that fear will be with you whenever you are in the process of living creatively. The challenge is to go ahead regardless, simply notice the feeling and manage being courageous.”

Looks Moments Feelings Process Challenges Accepting Impossible Inspirational Life Tasks Absence Resistance Manage Courageous Mastery Fear Not

Author:Mark Twain

“The purpose of science is to develop, without prejudice or preconception of any kind, a knowledge of the facts, the laws, and the processes of nature. The even more important task of religion, on the other hand, is to develop the consciences, the ideals, and the aspirations of mankind.”

Kind Important Facts Hands Law Science Purpose Process Knowledge Mankind Conscience Ideals Tasks Accounts Prejudice Aspiration Preconceptions

Book:The electron, its isolation and measurement ant the determination of some of its properties

Source: The electron, its isolation and measurement ant the determination of some of its properties

“The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful. The surest way to end them is to establish beyond question what should be the purpose and method of a philosophical enquiry. And this is by no means so difficult a task as the history of philosophy would lead one to suppose. For if there are any questions which science leaves it to philosophy to answer, a straightforward process of elimination must lead to their discovery.”

“A daily creative project is like a marathon. It's a ridiculously daunting task, but making an original creation every day gives you an incredible sense of accomplishment. It also forces you to push beyond your mental and physical barriers (especially the ones you've erected for yourself). You'll be amazed at what you produce and what you learn about yourself in the process.”

Giving Force Process Creativity Creative Creation Produce Projects Tasks Originals Incredibles Accomplishment Barriers About Yourself Amazed Marathon Sense Of Accomplishment Daunting Tasks

Book:365 Expanded Edition: A Daily Creativity Journal

Source: 365 Expanded Edition: A Daily Creativity Journal

“The photographer's most important and likewise most difficult task is not learning to manage his camera, or to develop, or to print. It is learning to see photographically — that is, learning to see his subject matter in terms of the capacities of his tools and processes, so that he can instantaneously translate the elements and values in a scene before him into the photograph he wants to make.”

Want Important Matter Values Process Difficult Term Subjects Scene Elements Capacity Tools Tasks Cameras Photographer Photograph Manage Print Translate Subject Matter Difficult Tasks

Author:Edward Weston

“We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring our environment to its original grandeur, and hope to have completed the task before your RSVP.”

Want Earth Process Environment Planets Tasks Originals Hopeful Our Planet Our Environment Grandeur Earth Day Restoring

Author:Jeremy Rifkin

“Do something you fear, NOT to conquer the fear, NOT to accomplish a task, but to familiarize yourself with the processes with which fear protects itself, to demystify it.”

Inspiration Process Protect Tasks Bravery Accomplish Conquer Fear Not

Author:Cheri Huber

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