“I think you try to extrapolate from the early civilizations and cultures of the continent, kind of looking for unique ways they set themselves apart from Western civilizations, and then pursue those avenues technologically and see where that takes you.” ThinkingWayTryingKindCultureCivilizationUniqueWesternPursueContinentsAvenuesWestern Civilization Author:Joe Robert Cole
“The '70s were full of creativity. Everybody was so unique. It was a very creative period, and I think to be a designer you have to know a little about art and literature and music because there is inspiration in all of these things. You're looking for beauty but also something that makes sense.” ThinkingKnowsLittlesArtInspirationLiteratureCreativityCreativePeriodsMusic IsUniqueMake SenseDesignerLiterature And Music Author:Carolina Herrera
“It was a unique experience in several ways, because I don't think Sam [Fuller] had ever collaborated with another writer over his whole career.” ThinkingWayWholeCareersUniqueUnique Experiences Author:Curtis Hanson
“Everyone knows innovation involves developing unique understanding of a market, thinking expansively to develop a solution, and then finding a way to test rigorously and adapt quickly.” ThinkingKnowsWayUnderstandingFindingsUniqueSolutionsTestsInnovationDeveloping Author:Scott D. Anthony
“When we are looking at ideas, we really are thinking of three things. Are you doing something that seems consistent with the patterns of success? Are there reasons to believe you have or can access the right people to make it happen? Can we play a unique role in enabling success? We all have our rules of thumb, I suppose.” PeopleThinkingBelieveIdeasReasonPlaySeemsHappensThreeRolesUniquePatternsAccessConsistentThree ThingsThumbsMake It HappenEnabling Author:Scott D. Anthony
“Just do exactly what you think is unique, fun and specific to your personality, that others aren't doing.” ThinkingFunPersonalityUnique Author:Mamrie Hart
“I do believe that India is a unique case. And you need I think exceptional skills I think to incorporate Indian into the world nuclear order.” ThinkingWorldNeedsBelieveOrderCasesSkillsUniqueIndiaNuclearExceptional Author:Manmohan Singh
“I do think we've looked at this film [Doctor Strange] not with any direct genre comparison but as a play on the supernatural genre. Certainly more so than we've done in the past, which is what makes his journey from person that doesn't wear a cape to person who does wear a cape - cloak, much more unique than we've seen in the past.” ThinkingPersonsDoeDonePlayPastFilmJourneyStrangeUniqueDirectDoctorsGenreComparisonCloaksCapes Author:Kevin Feige
“I do think that as I said before the canvas of action sequences and the way in which the sequences unfurl will be very unique and will be different than any movie we've made before, and that's what makes it interesting, what makes it [Doctor Strange] special, and what makes it worth pursuing, and worth bringing to life for the first time.” ThinkingWayFirstsMadeSaidDifferentActionInterestingSpecialStrangeUniqueFirst TimeDoctorsCanvasSequence Author:Kevin Feige
“There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write Python and five or six who act it. That's what makes it unique.” PeopleThinkingWritingFiveSixUniqueGapsPerformersPythonMonty Author:Eric Idle
“It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable.” IfsThinkingViolenceUniqueWesternMemorableClassicToneValleys Author:Ti West
“I don't think that the Israeli lobby is unique. It may differ from the others in the extent by which it is focused on just one issue, which is the survival of Israel, which is understandable, and promoting Israeli development and aid to Israel, and so forth and so on.” ThinkingMayIssuesDevelopmentSurvivalUniqueIsraelFocusedAidsJust OnePromotingIsraeli Author:Samuel P. Huntington
“I think we're at a really unique moment right now because the American people are waking up to the fact that it is a race to the bottom between these two corporate parties that are sending jobs overseas, putting downward pressure on wages, starving people out of healthcare, locking an entire generation into unpayable predatory student loan debt.” PeopleThinkingTwoMomentsFactsJobsPartyRaceGenerationsStudentsRight NowUniqueWake UpPressureBottomDebtCorporateWakingHealthcareWagesLoanStarvingPredatoryStudent Loan Author:Jill Stein
“I think every person has a unique story to tell and we each have the different life events that happen to us and sometimes we may feel sympathetic toward a certain aspect of that life event.” ThinkingFeelsMayPersonsDifferentSometimesStoriesHappensCertainEventsUniqueAspectSympatheticDifferent Life Author:Chath Piersath
“So much of the show [ Too Much Tuna] is improvisation, and I think that Nick [Kroll] and John [Mulaney] kind of catch each other at times, surprise each other. I think that really makes it a fun, sort of live, unique experience.” ThinkingKindShowsFunToo MuchUniqueSurpriseImprovisationTunaUnique Experiences Author:Alex Timbers
“It has now become a status symbol among the rich to say that you got ripped off by Bernie Madoff, because everybody is losing money in the market, everybody is, but it makes you special and unique if you lost money because of Madoff. These people don't think it makes 'em look stupid. It continues to elevate their status, they think.” PeopleIfsThinkingLooksLostRichSpecialStupidUniqueLosingSymbolsEmsRippedStatus SymbolLost MoneyLosing MoneyMadoff Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The metal or the stone that's helping me .I'll incorporate them into anything I wear - but I think it's about accessories more than anything, because it's how you accessorize yourself that gives you your own unique style.” ThinkingGivingHelpingStyleUniqueStonesMetalsAccessoriesUnique Style Author:Erykah Badu
“In terms of my conversations with [Vladimir] Putin, these are conversations that took place before the election. As I indicated, there has been very clear proof that they have engaged in cyber attacks. This isn't new. It's not unique to Russia. There are a number of states where we've seen low-level cyber attacks and industrial espionage and, you know, other behavior that we think should be out of bounds.” ThinkingKnowsShouldHas BeensStatesTermLevelsNumbersClearConversationBehaviorUniqueLowsElectionBoundsProofRussiaEngagedPutinEspionageCyberLow LevelCyber Attacks Author:Barack Obama
“I did not say that language as a completed system emerged in an individual in an instant. But I cannot think of a coherent alternative to the idea that mutations take place in individuals, not communities, so that whatever rewiring of the brain yielded the apparently unique properties of language, specifically recursive generation of hierarchically structured expressions, would therefore have taken place in an individual, and only later been used among individuals who had inherited this capacity.” ThinkingIdeasUsedIndividualLanguageCommunityBrainTakenGenerationsExpressionUniqueCapacityPropertyAlternativesInstantMutation Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think that the collectible ephemera craze/awareness is probably driven by a reverse market, rebounding off the sense of everything being mass-produced. It's the last step you take in trying to find something unique.” ThinkingTryingLastsStepsAwarenessMassUniqueDrivenReverseCrazeEphemeraCollectibles Author:William Gibson
“I want to see more young filmmakers, and specifically filmmakers who have a unique voice. I wouldn't mind seeing less of the attempt to force-feed people what others think they want, if that makes sense - whatever the formula is that some people seem to operate under, like needing a certain star, or needing a certain thing in order to get a piece made.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantMindMadeSeemsYoungCertainOrderForceStarsVoicePiecesSeeingUniqueMake SenseFilmmakerFormulasUnique Voices Author:Andre Holland
“I think we all see the world from our own little unique bubble.” ThinkingWorldLittlesUniqueBubbles Author:Julie Taymor
“I'm a big fan of Lady Gaga. I think she's kinda what modeling is about in a way: Unique-ness, different-ness, edginess, quirkiness is actually special and I think her message is - I wouldn't say it's exactly like my message - but there are similarities in embracing your uniqueness. When she talks about being born this way, I really think she's absolutely fabulous.” ThinkingWayDifferentBigsBornFansSpecialMessagesUniqueUniquenessFabulousModelingSimilarityGagaBorn This WayEdginessAbsolutely Fabulous Author:Tyra Banks
“When we kind of get caught up in the minutiae, the details that make us all different, I think there's two ways of seeing that. There's an opportunity to see the texture of that person, the characteristics that make them unique. And then there's an opportunity to go to war about it and to say that that person is different from me and I don't like you, so let's battle.” ThinkingWayKindPersonsTwoDifferentWarOpportunitySeeingLike YouBattleUniqueCaughtDetailsCharacteristicsCaught UpTextureTwo WaysMinutiaeI Don't Like You Author:Mahershala Ali
“Between the two [parents], it was a really unique upbringing, I think, especially for where I was from.” ThinkingTwoParentUniqueUpbringing Author:Mahershala Ali
“I do not think that I was brought up in a unique society with unique features about giving.” ThinkingGivingUniqueFeatures Author:Nelson Mandela
“I think many times young women do not give sufficient weight to the unique contribution that they can bring to any discussion or any cause. And they have within them something very special, and they should count all of their experiences as a plus.” ThinkingGivingShouldYoungCausesSpecialUniqueWeightDiscussionSufficientContributionPlusYoung Women Author:Nancy Pelosi
“As for uniqueness, this is virtually nonexistent! And it's a shame that people think they're unique because they have a face ring, retro clothing, colorful hair, drive a certain kind of automobile or listen to some obscure musician.” PeopleThinkingKindFacesCertainHairMusicianUniqueShameRingsClothingsUniquenessObscureAutomobileColorfulRetro Author:Gary Yourofsky
“Vegans are the ONLY unique people on this planet who think outside of the box. They are the ONLY ones who reject society's norms, and live differently than the aforesaid groups and people.” PeopleThinkingGroupsPlanetsUniqueBoxesRejectsVeganNorm Author:Gary Yourofsky
“There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends.” ThinkingGivingKindIndividualRoomsGroupsExpressionUniqueArtisticPsychologistSkatingExpressiveSkaterIndividual Expression Author:James Mercer
“I don't think you can erase memory, you can just bury it, and when we're ready to process old traumas they can reveal themselves in unique ways.” ThinkingWayProcessMemoriesReadyUniqueTraumaErase Author:Ed Gass-Donnelly
“If [Respulicans] can't get rid of [Obamacare], they're going to have to tell their base, we've been lying to you for the last five years. So they're willing to go to almost any extent to do that. That's unusual, in fact I think it's unique in the history of modern parliamentary systems. And it's very dangerous for the country and for the world.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsCountryFactsLastsLyingFiveModernDangerousWillingUniqueFive YearsUnusualObamacareParliamentaryLast Five YearsParliamentary System Author:Noam Chomsky
“I like this idea of the re-foundation of the European Union, maybe it can be done, because Europe - I do not say is unique, but it has a force, a culture, a history that cannot be wasted, and we must do everything so that the European Union has the strength and also the inspiration to make it go forward. That's what I think.” ThinkingIdeasDoneInspirationCultureForceUniqueEuropeFoundationUnionsEuropean Union Author:Pope Francis
“I think that's the hardest part for an artist is finding their voice and learning how to write, finding what they have to say that is unique.” ThinkingWritingArtistVoiceFindingsUniqueHardestLearning How To Write Author:Morgan James
“Fantasy, in addition to being great storytelling, moves us at some unique and profound level. It has, I think, the power of mythology, or ancient dreams we have always and forever shared. In it, we find our real world and our real selves.” ThinkingWorldRealSelfDreamMovingLevelsFantasyForeverUniqueProfoundAncientMythologyStorytellingReal WorldReal SelfAlways And Forever Author:Lloyd Alexander
“Whether it's a designer or a musician, I think the most important thing for people who express things are to be unique. There should be something unique only to them.” PeopleThinkingShouldImportantMusicianUniqueImportant ThingsDesigner Author:Taeyang
“I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts. It happens unexpectedly and looks painful. That's how it is in real life, and that's how it should be expressed. I don't glamorize it, nor do I depict it without necessity or inevitability.” ThinkingWayShouldLooksRealShowsHappensHurtViolenceUniquePainfulReal LifeMy WayFilmmakerIt HurtsInevitability Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I think one of the problems in determining the ending for a television series is that you don't know how long the show is gonna last. Particularly because we were in the unique position of adapting Tom's Perrotta novel The Leftovers, it always felt like the first season was gonna end with the end of Tom's novel, and then we would figure things out from there and look back.” ThinkingLongProblemNovelUniqueAdapting Author:Damon Lindelof
“It's really the best time to be a woman. And instead it can be an advantage. Think about what you can bring to the table that what you have to offer that makes you unique.” ThinkingUnique Author:Reed Morano
“On tour things go wrong all the time, I mean that's live music, that's what it's all about. I think one of the things I'm learning is that when stuff goes wrong, really brilliant musicians have the ability to turn this into something interesting and unique. I think good people in any sphere of anything know how to deal with problems, how to take it in your stride. We are learning this by touring, by being put in these positions when we need to focus and deal with it.” PeopleThinkingMeanProblemAbilityInterestingFocusMusicianUniqueBrilliantGood PeopleSomething Interesting Author:Joey Badass
“The amazing fact that one person can make his own film - I think animation is somewhat unique in that respect. I don't need to deal with lawyers. I don't need to deal with corporations. I don't need to deal with executives or agents or any of that. I can just sit at home and make a feature film. That's a wonderful experience. Each film I make gets more popular, more press and makes more money. So it's amazing that I've survived and actually prospered doing that sort of homegrown, cottage-industry filmmaking.” ThinkingHomeFilmWonderfulUniqueLawyerFilmmakingAnimation Author:Bill Plympton
“I think there is just this inherent understanding between us at a subconscious level when we play. It's like we anticipate each other's next move before it's made and we all land together somehow. It's that "something" that really good bands have that makes what they do unique. It's also something that is easy to take for granted, especially as the years spent performing together go by.” ThinkingTogetherMovingEasyUnderstandingUniqueGrantedPerformingSubconscious Author:Edward Kowalczyk
“I think what all the Universal monster movies are defined by, and what makes them very special, is that it's really the only genre entirely unto itself, in which you fear the monster and fear for the monster. That's a very hard thing to do. To fear for and fear at the same time is extremely unique.” ThinkingSpecialUniqueHard Things Author:Alex Kurtzman
“We have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith, their faith. Professed to stand up for Islam, but in fact are betraying it. Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history. And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.” PeopleThinkingRememberHumanityChristViolenceTerribleUniqueHorseIslamTerrorCommittedBetray Author:Barack Obama
“Any platform that you use to tell stories helps you regardless of the medium regardless if they are bedtime stories that you tell your children or comics or film. Specifically what makes comics unique is that they are a storytelling device that forces you to think both visually and economically. Some might say you are limited by your imagination, but that is not true because someone has to draw it.” ThinkingChildrenHelpingFilmImaginationUniqueOur ChildrenStorytellingYour ChildrenBedtimeBedtime Stories Author:Jeph Loeb
“Humanity has to start noticing that we are One. We are connected with the net of beings who are the life of this planet - and before we take them all down, we ought to see what we can do to preserve this unique and extraordinary family. That's what I think the wounded healer would do. We're all wounded in one way or another. The question is, can we heal?” ThinkingHumanityUniqueExtraordinaryHealNoticingHealer Author:Alex Grey
“You've got the whole civil rights movements emanating from the south, you've got the music that came out of the south that is the core of our current music, so for me that thinking comes out of having Dukes of Hazzard thrown in your face: that the south is a bunch of twangy people that I can't understand. So this is, hopefully, part of the movement to restore the south to its proper and rightful place in our nation... which is huge and pervasive. It's not about Texas - I'm not saying Texas doesn't have it's own unique history - but the south has this at its core.” PeopleThinkingUniqueCivil RightsHopefullyYour FaceCivil Rights Movement Author:Debra Winger
“I see basically two models of law firms in the world. One of the global law firm they go by the name of one-stop shops, which will open an office, everybody see and opportunity and will also practice the local law of that jurisdiction. That's a successful model as well but that's not the only model. And the other model is those of independent law firms, national champions which have some unique strengths as well and I think both have their strengths and weaknesses.” ThinkingWorldOpportunitySuccessfulOfficeUniqueWeaknessIndependentFirmChampion Author:Cyril Shroff
“We're all trying to be artists making our own unique statements. I think the only real way to do that is through failure.” ThinkingTryingRealArtistUnique Author:Ryan Guzman
“For us to make sure that we have full lives, meaningful lives, we will have to elevate our unique human qualities. And I think we know now, we can see clearly what makes us different from machines. And that's why the future is enhanced humanity.” ThinkingDifferentHumanityQualityUniqueMeaningfulMeaning Of LifeMeaningful LifeLife Means Author:Garry Kasparov