#kin

We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill... it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress. ↗

— Li Ka Shing

#approaching #broader #cannot #capabilities #constructive

One learns about painting by looking at and imitating other painters. ↗

— Frank Stella

#imitating #learns #looking #other #painters

To get away from one's working environment is, in a sense, to get away from one's self; and this is often the chief advantage of travel and change. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

#away #change #chief #environment #get

Well, I think the president is going to do well in terms of his influence for positive change here in the Congress, making sure that we don't overspend, making sure that we spend for only those programs that are justified. ↗

— Thad Cochran

#congress #going #here #his #i

The second half of the '60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me. ↗

— Bruce Cockburn

#kind #learning #me #period #really

I recently spent quite a bit of time in Sheffield, England, which is where I'm from. I wouldn't move back there, but it's funny when you spend a bit of time in the place where you were brought up. You kind of realize how that place has had quite a big effect on you or made you a certain way. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#big #bit #brought #certain #certain way

I think the credit crunch is a brilliant thing. We should all stop moaning and start celebrating. When times are tough, it's an opportunity to start looking at life in a different way. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#celebrating #credit #crunch #different #different way

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there. ↗

— Joel Coen

#around #i #just #less #making

To look for some kind of insight or meaning in pop songs is not really - well there's plenty of other places where you should probably look first before you start looking for it in a pop song. I guess it was just because I was really into music as a child, and I wanted it to say more. It was the thing, wasn't it? And now it isn't. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#before #child #first #guess #i

Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and they are not really transforming in terms of their character. ↗

— Joel Coen

#character #different #different thing #kinds #like