Anthony Stafford Beer Quotes
Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.
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On 'Rogue One,' we had these sets with tiny little buttons that would light up when you pressed them, and screens full of graphics, and it really felt like you were driving a spaceship. The level of detail; you'll be two meters away from where the action is, but there'll be a little detail there just in case the camera catches it.
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When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.
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I wrote five issues of that and got the sack. Actually, they paid me for eight, but they changed their minds about the direction and threw three issues out the window.
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ArcGIS is an integrated Web GIS that is supported by services. These are abstracted in a geoinformation model that's managed by the portal, and then accessible by a number of apps, which are the growing part of this system.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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I have been talking to a lot of people who don't normally vote Democratic - independents and Republicans. They have been voting for Democrats because they think it's important to change the direction America is going.
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At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.
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Charles Bean is a brilliant director. I come in with an idea and try to do it, but I fall on my face. And then, he says, 'Wait a minute, there was a little moment in there. Let's try that moment and expand in that direction.'
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I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.
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The world is shifting from a hegemonic era, where the United States dominated alone, to a multipolar system.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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After years of piecemeal reform the current welfare system is complex and unfair.
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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
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Defenders of the status quo will argue that this system has served us well over the centuries, that our parliamentary traditions have combined stability and flexibility and that we should not cast away in a minute what has taken generations to build.
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We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.
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You matter to God, and every detail of your life matters to Him.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
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It's something we're trying to gain information about and letting them talk and visit and seeing what situations may be out there. And we're doing the same thing. We'll see if there's a fit. It has to make sense for us and make sense for both sides.
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I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense.
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Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.
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To study the abnormal is the best way of understanding the normal.
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Instead of trying to specify a system in full detail, specify it only somewhat. You can then ride on the dynamics of the system in the direction you want to go.
