#tract

In some units it may suppress the motor discharge altogether, in some it may merely slow the motor discharge thus lessening the wave frequency of the contraction and so the tension. ↗

— Charles Scott Sherrington

#contraction #discharge #frequency #lessening #may

They tend to be pretty abstract ones then, like doing what will have the best consequences; obviously you wouldn't specify what consequences are best, they may be different in some circumstances, so at a lower, more specific level, you may well get differences. ↗

— Peter Singer

#be different #best #circumstances #consequences #differences

We got government off the backs of the people of India, particularly off the backs of India's entrepreneurs. We introduced more competition, both internal competition and external competition. We simplified and rationalized the tax system. We made risk-taking much more attractive. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#backs #both #competition #entrepreneurs #external

The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention. ↗

— Edith Sitwell

#attract #been #dress #had #incarnation

I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall. ↗

— Frank Stella

#against #become #best #gestures #had

It has no enforceable standards to stop a union from conspiring with employers to keep another stronger union out or from negotiating contracts with lower pay and standards that members of another union have spent a lifetime establishing. ↗

— Andy Stern

#conspiring #contracts #employers #enforceable #establishing

It seems I have a hard time being attracted to someone unless I respect what they do on some level. Otherwise, I would feel disdain for them. Which is not always pleasant in a relationship. Sometimes it's fun though. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

#attracted #being #disdain #feel #fun

Fame attracts lunatics. ↗

— Elton John

#fame #lunatics

Well, I was making a record, and I had to choose a name, because they said, you know, you can't make a record under the name of Reg Dwight, because it's never going to - you know, it's not attractive enough. ↗

— Elton John

#because #choose #dwight #enough #going

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment, in human organizations. Here again, while we cannot predict the result of any given input, we can say that it will likely fall within one of several areas. ↗

— Kevin Kelly

#any #areas #attraction #cannot #complex