#mechanism

I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life. ↗

— Toru Takemitsu

#always #between #i #i always #life

You might imagine that a person would resort to self-mutilation only under extremes of duress, but once I'd crossed that line the first time, taken that fateful step off the precipice, then almost any reason was a good enough reason, almost any provocation was provocation enough. Cutting was my all-purpose solution. ↗

— Caroline Kettlewell

#cutting #self-harm #si #imagination

People use irony as a defense mechanism. ↗

— David Byrne

#defense mechanism #irony #mechanism #people #use

Children, if they haven't been introduced to foods by the time they're 3 years old, are afraid of it, as if it would hurt them. They don't really get out of that until they're 6 or 7 - it's a safety mechanism, and you're not going to win. ↗

— Tyler Florence

#been #by the time #children #foods #get

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it. ↗

— Linda Vester

#easy #get #hardened #journalist #just

Life is an offensive, directed against the repetitious mechanism of the Universe. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

#directed #life #mechanism #offensive #repetitious

The Jews are trying to destroy all other cultures - as a survival mechanism - the only Nazi country in the world is Israel. ↗

— David Duke

#cultures #destroy #israel #jews #mechanism

For over two billion years, through the apparent fancy of her endless differentiations and metamorphosis the Cell, as regards its basic physiological mechanisms, has remained one and the same. It is life itself, and our true and distant ancestor. ↗

— Albert Claude

#basic #billion #cell #distant #endless

As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. ↗

— Tim Conway

#along #better #better way #comedy #defense

'No Child Left Behind' requires states and school districts to ensure that all students are learning and are reaching their highest potential. Special education students should not be left out of these accountability mechanisms. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

#behind #child #districts #education #ensure