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“The more aware we are of our basic paradigms, maps, or assumptions, and the extent to which we have been influenced by our experience, the more we can take responsibility for those paradigms, examine them, test them against reality, listen to others and be open to their perceptions, thereby getting a larger picture and a far more objective view.”

Has Beens Reality Views Responsibility Perception Tests Objectives Assumption Maps Taking Responsibility Paradigm

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“I had a friend who got pregnant at age 14 and wasn't quite sure who the father was. Her paternity test went a little something like this: “If it comes out black, its Darwin's and if it comes out white its Ray's.” This is how things were done in the trailer park.”

Ifs Littles Done Age Father Black White Tests Parks Rays Pregnant Trailers Trailer Park

Author:Kate Madison

“We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'”

People Thinking Want Tests Tendencies Behave Want Me Leaving Me You Want Me

Author:Iyanla Vanzant

“I never wash my hair the night before an event - I call it second day hair, and it holds better. Also, the day before, test run your makeup and watch it every couple of hours (see if your mascara is bleeding, or if your lip gloss runs out really quickly). Oh, and for me, shoe-wise, platforms give me the same height that I need, but they're not as taxing on my feet.”

Ifs Needs Giving Running Night Hours Watches Wise Feet Events Hair Couple Tests Give Me Shoes Lips Height Makeup Platforms Bleeding Gloss Mascara Lip Gloss

Author:Debby Ryan

“I don't make movies about issues. This is my same litmus test for all the movies I love: Is it a great character on a great emotional quest with a great emotional need? Do they overcome great emotional obstacles? Is it a fantastic story? I didn't set out to be a political activist. I'm just a human being who's moved by certain things, and if certain things break my heart, I set out to fix them.”

“I find dictating in the mass media particularly good because you're writing for voice anyway; you're writing for people to say a line and, consequently, saying a line through a machine is quite a valid test for the validity of what you're saying.”

People Writing Voice Lines Media Mass Tests Machines Validity Mass Media Dictating

Author:Rod Serling

“When starting a new business, people get blinders on. They have an idea, they stick to the idea, but they don't test it or check with their potential audience to see if this is a good idea. It happens all the time. Talk to your customers, see what they like and what you can change or not change.”

People Ifs Ideas Happens Audience Tests Sticks Starting Customers Checks Good Ideas New Business Blinders Starting New Business

Author:JJ Ramberg

“Have a lot of conversations. Look at the implications of changing, but ultimately, you have to trust your gut. Test your conflicting advice as much as you can through research and conversations.”

Looks Advice Conversation Research Tests Guts Implications Trust Your Gut

Author:JJ Ramberg

“Social media is a great way to get customers. Time is money. If you do this right, it costs money. But social media is great because you put stuff out there and see if it works almost immediately. You can test to see if it will be effective for your company. It's easy if you hit a nerve and talk about something people are interested in. It's easy for them to share with their friends.”

People Ifs Way Social Easy Stuff Company Share Media Cost Tests Social Media Customers Nerves Time Is Money

Author:JJ Ramberg

“As president, I will stand up to the great human rights tests of our time - in China, Russia, and the Middle East. We must send a signal to our allies and adversaries that America is back in the leadership business.”

Humans America President Rights Middle Tests Human Rights China East Russia Our Time Allies Middle East Signals Adversaries

Author:Carly Fiorina

“As you get to the end of the project you want to run all the tests cases against one version and make sure that you know that that version passed everything. And so as you get late in the project you get a little more conservative about making radical changes to the software.”

Knows Want Littles Ends Running Cases Projects Late Tests Conservative Versions Radical Software Radical Change

Author:Bill Gates

“I think the West needs to get away from the habit of regarding the regime's nuclear tests and ballistic launches as isolated provocations timed to generate maximum attention.”

Thinking Needs Attention Habit Tests West Nuclear Get Away Regimes Isolated Maximum Provocation Need To Get Away

Author:Brian Reynolds Myers

“Usually we look at it like, "Oh, black people couldn't vote in Mississippi because they had to take a literacy test." But one of the things you learn in the film is that there were major consequences for even trying to vote. You could be killed for trying to vote. You could definitely be fired from your job and many were, which is why so few black Mississippians even attempted to register early on. They put your name in the newspaper if you tried to register to vote.”

People Ifs Trying Looks Jobs Film Names Black Majors Consequence Tests Vote Newspapers Black People Literacy Register Mississippi

Author:Stanley Nelson Jr.

“The origins of these [schooling] federal policies were tied to President Johnson's war on poverty. Supplemental funds were sent to school districts serving poor children to compensate for issues related to poverty. Since the enactment of NCLB, the focus on mitigating poverty has been replaced by a focus on accountability as measured by test scores.”

“Women and men will have to go through the same physical test before they get into these ground combat jobs, and the test will increase over time for again both Marine Corps and the Army just to make sure everyone is physically fit enough to go through these jobs, to get through this training.”

Men Enough Jobs Fit Training Men And Women Tests Increase Army Combat Marine Marine Corps Physically Fit

Author:Renee Montagne

“When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that's still in your life today.”

Thinking Stills Today Moving Youth Tests Test Of Time

Author:Michelle Gomez

“Pointing is a metaphor we all know. We've done a lot of studies and tests on that, and it's much faster to do all kinds of functions, such as cutting and pasting, with a mouse, so it's not only easier to use but more efficient.”

Knows Kind Done Use Study Cutting Easier Tests Function Metaphor All Kinds Faster Efficient Mice Pointing

Author:Steve Jobs

“I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.”

Home Able Used Boys Failing Tests Leaving Complaining Leaving Home

Author:Gabourey Sidibe

“The test in life nowadays is just trying to keep yourself charged up with enough good feeling. It's like, "OK what am I going to do to feel really good today?" Not like, some chick or a drink.”

Feels Trying Enough Feelings Today Drink Tests Chicks Good Feeling

Author:Mos Def

“The moment you start thinking it's hopeless, then it is. [But], if you think it's gonna get better, it really does. Life is a test.”

Ifs Thinking Doe Moments Life Is Tests Get Better Hopeless

Author:Mos Def

“You've got to make sure that you don't overstep your boundaries with teachers, especially when it's report card day or when you're about to take a test.”

Teacher Tests Boundaries Cards Reports Report Cards

Author:Jordan Francis

“The whole idea of timing tests is a century old, from a scientist who thought speed and ability were tightly correlated, which they are not.”

Ideas Whole Ability Century Tests Scientist Speed Timing

Author:L. Todd Rose

“Sarah Palin is an attractive candidate, but based on her background, she only was governor for what, two years. I don`t think she passed that test.”

Thinking Years Two Tests Backgrounds Attractive Candidates Two Years Governors Palin

Author:Dick Cheney

“South Korea are pushing for a stronger way to isolate and punish North Korea for its latest nuclear test.”

Way Tests Stronger South Nuclear Pushing Korea North Korea South Korea

Author:Elise Hu

“We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. They stand tall because they have a symbolic value, they represent a culture.”

Would Be Today Values Culture Easy Quality Havens Building Wall Tests Tall Symbolic Pyramids Test Of Time Great Wall Building Things

Author:Zhang Xin

“After finishing art school I was applying to stores like Home Depot and Walmart. You know, places where you have to take a urine test before you get your minimum wage. Even those places wouldn't hire me. So I was lucky when I got included in a group show at the Richard Heller gallery that kind of started my art career.”

Knows Kind Art Shows Home School Careers Groups Lucky Tests Stores Minimum Gallery Finishing Minimum Wage Art School Walmart

Author:Marcel Dzama

“In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.”

People Ifs Thinking States Enough Law Happened Students Succeed Achievement Standards Tough Tests Driven Ideology Gaps Old People Framework Achievement Gap

Author:Diane Ravitch

“Sometimes I listen to the radio and I can't believe some of the stuff that I'm hearing that everyone is loving. So it's a task that we've got to conquer and we have to make sure that we pass the test.”

Believe I Can Sometimes Stuff Tasks Tests Radio Hearing Conquer

Author:Ginuwine

“Organizer is kind of a grand term for what I was doing. I answered an ad that the Presbyterian Church of Chicago put up on college campuses. I was at the University of Kansas, and it's somewhat relevant to my life and work that I'm a Jew. But they weren't doing a religious litmus test. They wanted energetic, civil-rights-committed college students to come help them run some summer programs.”

“Orwell is almost our litmus test. Some of his satirical writing looks like reality these days. When you have someone like Cheney who talks about "endless war" or war that might last fifty years, he could be Big Brother. You have Bush incessantly going on about the evil ones.”

Writing Years Looks War Bigs Reality Might Lasts Evil Brother Tests Endless These Days Fifty Satirical Incessantly Endless War

Author:John Pilger

“We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.”

Humans Stills Support Rights Example Program Tests International Human Rights Terrorism Obligation Iran Violation Sanctions Missiles Violation Of Human Rights

Author:Barack Obama

“The intelligence community, in particular the FBI, have been sounding alarms about this for more than a year. So to argue that suddenly we have to do this because of the San Bernardino case doesn't really pass the straight-face test. I mean, they've been talking about this. And to say, well, it will only apply to this case, that just - that doesn't wash. This is a major piece of public policy.”

Years Wells Mean Has Beens Faces Community Talking Cases Pieces Policy Particular Majors Tests Arguing Alarms Fbi Public Policy Intelligence Community Straight Face

Author:Angus King

“Some of the subject matter is a little less weighty. When we were writing for Mr. Show, we were talking about how is this going to stand up to the test of time. Every little piece had to be this brilliant comedy jewel.”

Writing Littles Matter Shows Talking Comedy Pieces Subjects Tests Brilliant Jewels Subject Matter Test Of Time Mr Show

Author:B. J. Porter

“I think Nevada is going to really be the first true test of whether or not these candidates have particular strengths in particular demographics.”

Thinking Firsts Particular Tests Candidates Demographics Nevada

Author:Lucy Flores

“I had a dream , okay, go do a swim off Antarctica, and I'd train in Gauteng and just dive into the sea off Antarctica... You've really got to do a simulated test as best you can in South Africa before you go off.”

Dream Sea Tests Okay Train South Swim South Africa I Had A Dream Antarctica

Author:Lewis Pugh

“When our embassy is attacked in Benghazi by terrorists and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Russia invades Ukraine and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Syria crosses the red line and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Iran launches tests of ballistic missiles and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When North Korea attacks Sony Pictures and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. In other words, Mrs. Clinton, you cannot lead from behind. We must respond when we are attacked or provoked.”

Lines Behinds Behavior Red Crosses Tests Clinton Response Terrorist Russia Iran Syria Korea North Korea Ukraine Missiles Provoked Bad Behavior Sony Embassy Benghazi Red Lines No Response

Author:Carly Fiorina

“Everyone is talking about sustainability and resilience, yet all that knowledge is thrown in the bin. [Lagos is] a unique case, but also a test case. It's unbelievably unique, but also it's now considered with a number of really generic opinions, generic solution, generic expectations.”

Numbers Talking Opinion Cases Unique Solutions Expectations Tests Resilience Thrown Sustainability Generic

Author:Rem Koolhaas

“To something that looks very different. The thing to understand here is that Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, they're not the disease and they're not the symptom of the disease. They are the beta test of a cure for the perspective of the people.”

People Looks Different Perspective Trump Disease Tests Cures Symptoms Beta

Author:Ben Domenech

“At the end of the day it's really easy to be a great leader when things are going well. The real test, whether or not you believe in being an emotionally intelligent leader, is when things go wrong.”

Believe Wells Real Ends Easy Leader Tests Intelligent The End Of The Day Great Leader When Things Go Wrong

Author:Kevin Allen

“Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.”

Thinking Men Tests Every Man Freedom Of Speech Freedom Of Thought Martyrdom

Author:Samuel Johnson

“As far as my sport is concerned, my mission is to make it as big as it deserves to be. We've been growing, it's just not as noticeable. The NCAA picked beach volleyball up to be a championship sport, and it was the fastest test sport that's been adopted. That's a really big deal for our sport because that just means the USA system is going to have a feeder system from the college system.”

Mean Bigs Sports Deals Growing College Deserve Concerned Tests Missions Beach Usa Championship Adopted Big Deal Volleyball Ncaa Beach Volleyball

Author:Kerri Walsh

“And using that - the birth of a religion, it suggests that you have got two tests. You have the test of weakness. When you're weak, do you compromise, do you bend, do you give in, do you accommodate? And then the test of strength. When you're strong, are you merciful, are you generous, or are you cruel?”

Giving Two Strong Birth Weakness Weak Tests Compromise Generous Merciful Accommodate

Author:Salman Rushdie

“I was one of five out of 100 people who passed the test, which just proved to me how little Americans are taught geography.”

People Littles Five Taught Tests Geography

Author:Ayshay

“Growing up in public is a test, and not many people know how to do it.”

People Knows Know How Growing Up Growing Tests

Author:Johnny Marr

“The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.”

Country Certain Culture Freedom Atheism Security Judging Amount Diversity Tests Social Justice Equality Enjoyed Minorities Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely

Book:The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

Source: The History of Freedom (and other Essays)

“I think I did a couple of test commercials that didn't even make it on the air. That's how little I had really done. I knew almost nothing about the camera. In fact, I actually did know nothing about the camera.”

Thinking Knows Littles Done Facts Air Couple Tests Cameras

Author:Mary Steenburgen

“I really love watching the 70s live performance TV series "The Midnight Special" and "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Those are the best performances you've ever seen, and they sound incredible.”

Sound Special Tvs Tests Performances Series Incredibles Grey Midnight Tv Series Live Performance Best Performance

Author:Feist

“I don't really know. I think the first test is when you're very little and you fart, and you laugh at it and so do your friends and family. I knew before I was funny I was very annoying so I have that covered. I think it was because I was not very good in school I used humor as a defense mechanism. When I started doing plays and stuff at school I decided that I was going to keep doing it until someone tells me to stop and get a real job.”

Thinking Knows Firsts Littles Real Play School Jobs Used Stuff Laughing Decided Tests Very Good Defense Covered Annoying Mechanism Family And Friends Fart Real Jobs Defense Mechanisms

Author:Joel McHale

“I think of translations as passing some scholarly smell test: you can read the words of the translation and be reasonably sure of what the words are in the original.”

Thinking Tests Originals Smell Passing Passings Translations Scholarly

Author:Christian Wiman

“It was great and I had fun that day even though I was so sort of pleased when it was over to get through it. I didn't realize at the time that usually they screen test a number of actresses for the part, but they only tested me. So I think they knew then they wanted me to do it, and I wish they told me because I wouldn't have been so nervous. That was quite funny.”

Thinking Has Beens Wanted Fun Wish Realizing Numbers Tests Actresses Screens Nervous Tested Had Fun I Had Fun

Author:Gemma Arterton

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