#mental

Although raised on the farm - my grandfather was an unsuccessful fundamentalist preacher turned farmer - my father and his brother both became professors. ↗

— Philip Warren Anderson

#became #both #brother #farm #farmer

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. ↗

— Arthur Ashe

#ideal #loose #mentally #physically #tight

I believe that the reason why I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#forces #hate #i #i believe #i believe that

There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#i #more #nothing #sentimentality #than

It seemed to be inadmissible to give in on such a fundamental point. This would have meant that any one who would have wanted to be a terrorist could gain eventually their freedom thanks to another kidnapping. ↗

— Robert Bourassa

#any #could #eventually #freedom #fundamental

The World War broke out with such elemental violence, and with such resort to all means for leading or misleading public opinion, that no time was available for reflection and consideration. ↗

— Hjalmar Branting

#broke #consideration #elemental #leading #means

The consequences of decisions don't just affect spreadsheets... They affect, in fundamental ways, the lives of people and they often mean the difference between life and death. ↗

— Phil Bredesen

#between #consequences #death #decisions #difference

Anything that happens that's good, they think, Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in? You've got to get them out of that mental framework. ↗

— Dick Butkus

#anything #framework #get #good #got

It is not enough to receive support, no matter, how needed it may be. It is fundamental to know how to receive this support and ensure that its result is exponential. ↗

— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

#ensure #exponential #fundamental #how #know

The global environment crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain, and I cannot stand the thought of leaving my children with a degraded earth and a diminished future. ↗

— Al Gore

#environment