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thinking perspective may
I think, though, that perspective-awareness may follow from a kind of speaking that also came into my work more recently - the "assay" poems (some labeled that, some not) that engage an abstraction or object from multiple angles. Jane Hirshfield
three attention pay
Zen pretty much comes down to three things -- everything changes; everything is connected; pay attention.
technology helping achieve
Technology is only an enabler, which can help achieve the intention of the person who is using it. Jane Chen
thinking young-writers influence
I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement. Jane Gardam
thinking magic want
I think when you really adore something and you've grown up with it you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic. Jane Goldman
thinking childhood hammers
I think it's part of everybody's childhood, there are some wonderful Hammer movies and there are some dreadful ones...
thinking years play
I think I'm the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn't had plastic surgery, so somebody's gotta play the old-lady parts! Jane Elliott
thinking black would-be
When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
two white numbers
White people’s number one freedom, in the United States of America, is the freedom to be totally ignorant of those who are other than white. We don’t have to learn about those who are other than white. And our number two freedom is the freedom to deny that we’re ignorant.
thinking guilt different
You know, the genders are different in how they approach things, and so I really think that women put a lot more guilt on themselves than need be. Jane Curtin
thinking political modern
But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics. Jane Campion
thinking good-movie made
I think I made good movies.
thinking way moments
I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.
thinking order ideas
I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the only way to fill two hours, or to phrase things, or to order thoughts, or order ideas.
thinking ideas phrases
If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold of it. I don't think there's any harm in that at all.
thinking television conservative
I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.
thinking interesting ifs
I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.
thinking way doe
Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in a way. And as much as we don't discuss that, because it's too embarrassing and too sad, I think it really does exist.
thinking wish research
You're thinking about putting scientists into small cages and doing research on them. I wish it could happen sometimes. Jane Goodall
teaching mean brilliant
I was even accused of teaching the chimps how to fish for termites which I mean that would have been such a brilliant coup.
tree fruit growing
Even chimps understand the concept - if a troop of chimps enters a fruit tree, they will only pick the fruits that are ripe and leave the others growing. That is sustainability.
thinking animal arrogance
We find animals doing things that we, in our arrogance, used to think was "just human".
thinking important messages
I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important message.
thinking
If you catch somebody doing something wrong, he will just cringe away and curl up. He will not listen anymore. Instead, he will think of how he can counterattack.
thinking laughing messages
I think the best evenings are when we have messages, things that make us think, but we can also laugh and enjoy each other's company.
thinking language communicate
I think we're still in a muddle with our language, because once you get words and a spoken language it gets harder to communicate.
thinking risk soldier
Just think of the trust that often exists in soldiers. Within their own unit, you could say they have to trust each other. A spirit of camaraderie builds up and, in the end, they will risk their lives for each other. They may even go so far as to dehumanise the other, enemy group - a mechanism you can also observe in chimps.
thinking faithful want
I don't think that faith, whatever you're being faithful about, really can be scientifically explained. And I don't want to explain this whole life business through truth, science. There's so much mystery. There's so much awe.
teacher teaching animal
I had a wonderful teacher about animal behavior.
thinking mind important
I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.
thinking people support
I don't think anybody has the right to a huge family. There's already more people on the planet than our natural resources can even support, and if everybody were to have a high standard of living, we need three or four or five new planets to provide the resources. And this cannot be, so something has to change.
trying scientist naturalist
I wasn't trying to be a scientist. I only ever wanted to be a naturalist, like a David Attenborough.
thinking world calm
A sense of calm came over me. More and more often I found myself thinking, "This is where I belong. This is what I came into this world to do.