Quotes about taken
taken giving attention
When we blather about trivial things, we ourselves become trivial, for our attention gets taken up with trivialities. You become what you give your attention to. Epictetus
taken opportunity europe
American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of. Emilio Pucci
taken time
Once I've taken photographs, I look at them, and I get into them, and I'm there for the moment - and then that's it. I find little time for reflection. Pattie Boyd
taken
The U.S. increasingly has taken on the characteristics of what we describe as 'failed states.' Noam Chomsky
taken trend
It's like a trend that's taken over the league, Michael Jenkins
taken world crowds
The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar. Niccolo Machiavelli
taken men decision
A decision once taken brings peace to a man's mind and eases his soul. Mika
taken love-is different
I've always loved fantasy. I've always loved sci-fi. It's not like I can list off my favorite sci-fi shows or movies, but I just love being taken into a different world. I'm a huge fan of Steven Spielberg. I'm a huge fan of George Lucas. I've always loved it. Ksenia Solo
taken watches film
I can't watch my movies and get into them because as soon as I see myself I get taken out of the film. Kirsten Dunst
taken technology usa
Why are oil prices so low? First, energy consumption growth rates in developing markets have decreased. This is particularly noticeable in China. Second, new technologies are being developed and the shale gas revolution in the USA has taken place
taken together earth
Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations. Karl Marx
taken expression monetary
Price, taken by itself, is nothing but the monetary expression of value.
taken mean hands
By means of the banking system the distribution of capital as a special business, a social function, is taken out of the hands of the private capitalists and usurers. But at the same time, banking and credit become the most effective means of driving captialist production beyond its own limits and one of the most effective vehicles of crises and swindle.
taken may prudent
It may be taken for granted that, rash as the Americans are, when they are prudent there is good reason for it. Jules Verne
taken cooking proud
Cooking was taken with such seriousness in France that even ordinary chefs were proud of their profession. That's what appealed to me. Julia Child
taken world hamburgers
It is the Americans who have managed to crown minced beef as hamburger, and to send it round the world so that even the fussy French have taken to le boeuf hache, le hambourgaire.
taken artist self-worth
A career must be husbanded. Care must be taken. Everyday must bring some small bit of progress. How would an artist with any self-worth act? Act that way. Julia Cameron
taken loss answers
I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?" . . . Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.
taken years games
We need to raise the level of our game in terms of explaining the planetary warming by infrared absorption of CO2 etc. The missing area of understanding seems to be the actual physical mechanism. Lets target an explanation at an audience that has taken 1 year each of undergraduate physics and chemistry, plus calculus. Once we have something that is convincing at this level, we can work on how to communicate this to the interested public (i.e. those that hang out in the climate blogosphere). Willis Eschenbach’s help is needed in translating this for the WUWT crowd. Judith Curry
taken mean acting
When we say gender is performed, we usually mean that weve taken on a role or were acting in some way and that our acting or our role playing is crucial to the gender that we are and the gender that we present to the world. Judith Butler
taken thinking rights
Whether or not we continue to enforce a universal conception of human rights at moments of outrage and incomprehension, precisely when we think that others have taken themselves out of the human community as we know it, is a test of our very humanity.
taken winning giving
If you take from the rich you give the rich less incentive. If you give what you have taken from the rich to the poor, you make the poor more dependent. Nobody wins... Josh Bernstein
taken philadelphia community
It is an incredibly hopeful experience watching communities come together and actually reassemble democracy. The democracy's been taken away from us. But they're reinventing democracy out there in rural Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in Pittsburgh. Josh Fox
taken faces teeth
I covered my face because they had taken my wisdom teeth out. Josh Brolin
taken hands world
For I desired, as Youth does, to be taken by the hand and hurled into the world. Patti Smith
taken our-generation rocks
What I've always tried to do is to express the highest point of me, and rock 'n' roll is the first and the most open form created by our generation. The cool thing about it is that you get the power, you get the rhythm; you can be taken over sexually, you can be taken over cerebrally; it's great to look at - it's a package deal.
taken humorous japan
If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps. P. J. O'Rourke
taken writing school
...there was practically one handwriting common to the whole school when it came to writing lines. It resembled the movements of a fly that had fallen into an ink-pot, and subsequently taken a little brisk exercise on a sheet of foolscap by way of restoring the circulation. P. G. Wodehouse
taken brain too-much
I suppose he must have taken about a nine or something in hats. Shows what a rotten thing it is to let your brain develop too much.
taken dancer lessons
He was one of those earnest, persevering dancers--the kind that have taken twelve correspondence lessons.
taken squares careers
Well, why do you want a political career? Have you ever been in the House of Commons and taken a good square look at the inmates? As weird a gaggle of freaks and sub-humans as was ever collected in one spot.
taken law arms
The laws allow arms to be taken against an armed foe. Ovid
taken thinking needs
I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music. Paul Oakenfold