People are divided into two classes - those who profit by experience and those who do not. The unfortunate part of it all is that the latter class is by far the larger of the two.
A commitment to human rights cannot be fostered simply through the transmission of knowledge. Action and experience play a crucial role in the learning process.
And actually, about three weeks ago, Micky, Peter and I were in Vegas at the MGM Grand. And we did about 12 shows in seven days. It was quite an experience.
In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If the lead characters in the story are driven to it, it's at the extreme end of their experience.
Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.
Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done.
Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It's like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.
Cloud Gaming means that the game doesn't need to be downloaded and run on your computer; it literally means the game runs out on the Internet, in the cloud, with the experience being streamed to the players.
When I get a script, it's the only time that I get to be an audience member with the first-time experience of that movie. That's the first and only time.
My background in financial services and my experience as a state representative have given me the ability to identify our country's fiscal problems and find steps to remedy them.
What we have to get clear to kids is that when you offer your stillness and open yourself to the experience of music, it pays you back more than you give.
Something happens to us all when we experience something as a unit that doesn't occur when we're on our couches or holding our little portable DVD players.
I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.
It is as true for the writer as for the reader that any novel worth its ink should be an experience first and foremost - not an essay, not a statement, not an orderly rollout of themes and propositions.
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.
You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution.
I have always considered reunions to be a way to make a quick buck, and it sells short my own experience of it the first time around.
But beginners to the World Economics Forum have to understand there is no single Davos experience, and there is no single Davos community either. There are numerous tribes who interact only at a minimal level.
I've had to come to grips with a God that fits my own experience, which is, my God could not be offering protection and not have protected my boy.
Every day is a learning experience for city kids, and they are really sort of forced to interact with everyone around them and develop into social beings.
I just came into my own sexuality at thirty. I don't think it's something you can deeply experience at 18 or any time before that.
