Charles West Churchman Quotes
The measure of our intellectual capacity is the capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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The more you work and get known for something, sometimes things begin to narrow a bit, and your opportunities get more... specific.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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Many of the wars we see around the world start as domestic conflicts that are fueled by external forces and powers. My view is that we can help peace if we help communities transform from the inside, on their own terms.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I'll be singing with The Blind Boys of Alabama, which is a great joy to me. I've done some work with them before, and they truly are amazing.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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An author's ability to bring a marketing synopsis to the table - along with a great manuscript - makes a difference in what books get picked up. This is true for both fiction and nonfiction titles. You need to show your publisher what you've got in your marketing arsenal.
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Anyone who is awake and aware knows that these quote-unquote bathroom bills or any legislation discriminating against LGBTQ citizens is horrible.
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You can always plan where you think your life is going to go but I don't think you can really plan your future.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
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On a purely personal level, it's very strange, because as a kid, Superman informed my personality. Now I've been given the job of forming Superman's personality and, in some ways, drawing on my own background.
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Twitter is an astounding platform for information, but it's a total blank slate - which means it's an astounding platform for disinformation, too.
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I used the music kind of as therapy, and it's just amazing that I feel so free after doing that. I feel like I had it trapped inside of me and now I feel free. So it's been a very good therapy session for me as well.
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This modern mania for interfering in other's lives, usually under the guise of health and safety concerns, is highly irritating and counterproductive. Down with the nanny state.
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Books are my weakness.
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When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto four-track. Like Beatles songs and stuff. When I started writing, I used the singing side of the production as a vehicle for melody and lyrical ideas.
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Know that whatever is happening in your life right now, it's there for a reason. Just accept the things the way they are. Just relax and let go of all the mental constructs that your mind is creating. Acceptance leads to wholesome right action.
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I spoke bluntly about what I had seen in a little over a year as United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. To the apparent surprise of many in the room, I observed publicly that insider trading appeared to be rampant.
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The great bell of Beaulieu was ringing. Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
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Is there a phrase in the English language more fraught with menace than a tax audit?
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Over the years, everyone stumbles. That's why I'll be here for you — and you'll be there for me. I don't expect perfection. I want you, and you're a thousand times better.
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The measure of our intellectual capacity is the capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems.
