Quotes with direct

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  • Eknath Easwaran Through meditation and by giving full attention to one thing at a time, we can learn to direct attention where we choose.
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  • Maxwell Maltz Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Ben Affleck To answer the question, though: I didn't always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump in. It would be horrible, but it led to a short, then another, and another. It was like student films.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
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  • Bernard Crick Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking.
    In Defence Of Politics Ch. 2, A Defence Of Politics Against Ideology, p.
    Bernard Crick
    British political theorist (1929 - 2008)
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  • Henry David Thoreau We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Martin Luther King We who in engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Bill Condon When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those.
    Bill Condon
    American director and screenwriter (1955 - )
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  • Bob Diamond When the U.K. or U.S. government issues bonds to fund a deficit, the buyers are not solely in the U.K. or the U.S. - they're in Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. Investment banks provide direct access to these buyers.
    Bob Diamond
    Anglo-American banker (1951 - )
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  • Bonnie Hunt When you're an actress, you are a part of the storytelling process. You have to do the same thing when you direct.
    Bonnie Hunt
    American actress, comedian, director and producer (1961 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Who can direct when all pretend to know?
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Arthur Scargill Yet what you need is not marches, demonstrations, rallies or wide associations, all of them are important. What you need is direct action. The sooner people understand that, the sooner we'll begin to change things.
    Arthur Scargill
    British trade unionist (1938 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist You used to be taught to let the ball go as far as possible and then drop it on the runner, whereas now it might be even more advantageous to direct the ball in front of the bag and get the guy on the leg.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Terence You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Fanny Brice Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.
    Fanny Brice
    American comedienne and singer (1891 - 1951)
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  • Ben Shapiro The argument that gay marriage doesn't affect straight marriages is a ridiculous red herring: Gay marriage affects society and law in dramatic ways. Religious groups will come under direct assault as federal and state governments move to strip them of their non-profit statuses if they refuse to perform gay marriages.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Judith Rossner Love is the direct opposite of hate. By definition it's something you can't feel for more than a few minutes at a time, so what's all this bullshit about loving somebody for the rest of your life?
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