Kurt Lewin Quotes
Lewin formally defines a Gestalt as: a system whose parts are dynamically connected in such a way that a change of one part results in a change of all other parts.
Quotes to Explore
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My hunger is always there.
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I've always wanted to be Batman, but I don't naturally tend towards Batman. I tend towards Robin, but I did get to play Superman.
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The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it's going to go and where you'll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don't let anyone deter you from that.
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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
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I'd never kill myself for a man. I wouldn't do it for anybody.
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Leadership has become a heavy industry. Concern and interest about leadership development is no longer an American phenomenon. It is truly global. Though I will probably be in less demand, I wanted to move on.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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I will continue to try and be innovative to keep it fresh for my fans.
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Too many people hold a very narrow view of what motivates us. They believe that the only way to get us moving is with the jab of a stick or the promise of a carrot. But if you look at over 50 years of research on motivation, or simply scrutinize your own behavior, it's pretty clear human beings are more complicated than that.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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Women are what completely inspire me, and they have also been my downfall.
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But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation.
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My point is that, over the years, I've taught five thousand people acting and lately I have a lot of energy on these kids, having the same break I had as a high school girl.
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When it is good, theatre takes a lot of beating both to watch and perform.
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People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy making something that you can sell in the marketplace, and if nobody wants to buy it, it must be crap. And that's not true.
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The prestige of the international financial institutions rates less than zero.
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I never expected that. I didn't aim for that. All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.
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From my own kind I only learnHow foolish comfort is
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When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.
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For me the grotesque is necessary to understand beauty.
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I am looking forward very much to getting back to Cambridge, and being able to say what I think and not to mean what I say: two things which at home are impossible. Cambridge is one of the few places where one can talk unlimited nonsense and generalities without anyone pulling one up or confronting one with them when one says just the opposite the next day.
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Whenever I'm out of town for at least a week, I feel like I should write a postcard or something, but you can be a genius, you try and write a postcard you come across like a moron anyway: 'This city's got big buildings. I like food. Bye.'
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Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.
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Lewin formally defines a Gestalt as: a system whose parts are dynamically connected in such a way that a change of one part results in a change of all other parts.
