#emphasis

Historically, China is not a nation of sportsmen. We traditionally put more emphasis on being close to nature than pushing endlessly to excel. A philosophy that values tranquil contemplation of the landscape cannot easily be adapted to the Olympic slogan of 'higher, stronger, faster.' ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#being #cannot #china #close #contemplation

It's not fair the emphasis put on beauty, or on sexuality. ↗

— Rosanna Arquette

#emphasis #fair #not fair #put #sexuality

But this emphasis would be lavished in vain, if it served, in your opinion, only to abstract a general type from phenomena whose particularity in our work would remain the essential thing for you, and whose original arrangement could be broken up only artificially. ↗

— Jacques Lacan

#arrangement #artificially #broken #could #emphasis

I am an English major in school with an emphasis in creative writing. I think hearing Maya Angelou speak at school last year was one of the best moments Stanford, at least, intellectually, had to offer. ↗

— Fred Savage

#angelou #best #creative #creative writing #emphasis

Just as in policing there is an emphasis on civilians to help with paperwork, we must free up trained and experienced social workers to focus on children, not bureaucracy. ↗

— Andy Sawford

#children #civilians #emphasis #experienced #focus

My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. They're both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#age #attorneys #both #emphasis #getting

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health. ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

#emotional #emphasis #health #i #material

Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true. ↗

— Emma Donoghue

#definitely #emphasis #exaggeration #truth #uncertainty

I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#enforcement #i #law #little #more

Given the best of all possible worlds, I would make a few changes. I would place emphasis on increasing the amount of funding that goes into programs like Pell Grants, that purely and simply award funds to students who really cannot afford full tuition. ↗

— Charles Vest

#amount #award #best #cannot #changes