#familiar

Coming to understand a painting or a symphony in an unfamiliar style, to recognize the work of an artist or school, to see or hear in new ways, is as cognitive an achievement as learning to read or write or add. ↗

— Nelson Goodman

#add #artist #cognitive #coming #hear

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies. ↗

— Twyla Tharp

#because #bodies #bottom #bottom line #decisions

Great affection is often the cause of violent animosity. The quarrels of men often arise from too great a familiarity. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

#animosity #arise #cause #familiarity #great

As an actress for most of my life, I am profoundly familiar with poverty. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#am #familiar #i #i am #life

People, and especially theologians, should try to familiarize themselves with scientific ideas. Of course, science is technical in many respects, but there are some very good books that try to set out some of the conceptual structure of science. ↗

— John Polkinghorne

#conceptual #course #especially #familiarize #good

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile. ↗

— Paul Reiser

#familiar #his #history #long #minute

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity. ↗

— Debbie Reynolds

#comes #even #familiarity #get #i

Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album. So I'm very familiar with the Beatles; Ringo was my favorite Beatle until I grew up and then changed. I made the switch over to George Harrison just in time to regain my cool. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#asleep #beatle #beatles #changed #cool

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera. ↗

— Kevin Richardson

#been #camera #classes #familiar #i

My parents must have done a great job. Anytime I wanted to pursue something that they weren't familiar with, that was not part of their lifestyle, they let me go ahead and do it. ↗

— Sally Ride

#anytime #done #familiar #go #great