Quotes of: Individual-sport Keyword

I grew up with the great Sir Laurence Olivier, and I think it's fair to say that a lot of actors of my age were influenced by his very individual vocal delivery. He was a showman who would always play to the gallery.

Ian Holm

Just as an individual's ability to delay gratification at a young age is a powerful predictor of future academic and professional achievement, discipline is also central to the long-run economic health of nations.

Peter Blair Henry

I always hope that people feel less alone when they see a movie that I make. That some part of the story played out on the big screen will resonate for individuals in the audience in a way that gives them comfort.

Ira Sachs

Is being single hard? It depends where your mind is. If you are focused, being single is an enjoyable experience, but if you hate being alone, you'll hate being single. I think it depends on the individual are where they are in life.

Lauren London

We are strangely biased, as individuals and media institutions, to focus on big sudden changes, whether good or bad - amazing breakthroughs, such as a new gadget that gets released, or catastrophic failures, like a plane crash.

Steven Johnson

Music is an expression of individuality; it's how you see the world. All art is, for that matter. You take how you experience the world, interpret it, and send it out there - express it - whether it's sculpture, dance or singing.

David Sanborn

The giant white cube is now impeding rather than enhancing the rhythms of art. It preprograms a viewer's journey, shifts the emphasis from process to product, and lacks individuality and openness. It's not that art should be seen only in rutty bombed...

Jerry Saltz

Sad but true: individual intelligence probably peaked in the Upper Paleolithic, and we have been self-domesticated creatures ever since

2312

Individuality is the highest, deepest form of art.

The Accidental Caregiver: How I Met, Loved, and Lost Legendary Holocaust Refugee Maria Altmann

True creativity is inherently destructive, and truly creative individuals always, without exception, seek to destroy the mediums they work within.

Adbusters #84 Pop Nihilism

Far from checking the spread of immorality, repression has always extended and deepended it. Thus it is futile to oppose it by rigorous legislation which trespasses on individual liberty.

Anarchism

Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.

The Apology

Kalist likes to listen to the collective voices swell as more individuals in his colony arrive.

From the Horse’s Mouth

History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?

The Inner Circle

To condemn slavery was one thing—that I could do in my own individual heart—but female ministers!

The Invention of Wings

Everyone pretends to be 'free thinkers', but few individuals pass the line into expressive territories that may be detrimental to their own social well-being.

Killosophy

I think that I am too warm to negatively judge individuals, yet I am cold enough to negatively judge humanity.

Killosophy

An individual school can handle a resident idiot from time to time, but an entire school system is only as good as its weakest leader.

The Rainy Season

Talent is hereditary; it may be the common possession of a whole family (eg, the Bach family); genius is not transmitted; it is never diffused, but is strictly individual.

Sex & character

The goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego.

The Middle Passage: From Misery to Meaning in Midlife

The equal rights of man, and the happiness of every individual, are now acknowledged to be the only legitimate objects of government.

Letters of Thomas Jefferson