Finding Quotes - page 35

This test thought out and proposed by Professor Ebbinghaus of Berlin, varies in significance according to its mode of use. It consists essentially in this: a word of a text is omitted and the subject is asked to replace it. The nature of the intellectual work by which the gap is filled, varies according to the case. This may be a test of memory, a test of style, or a test of judgment. In the sentence: ‘Louis IX was born in --‘ the gap is filled by memory. ‘The crow -– his feathers with his beak'; in this the idea of the suppressed word is not at all obscure, and the task consists in finding the proper word. We may say in passing, that according to the opinion of several teachers before whom we have tried it, this kind of exercise furnishes excellent scholastic training. Lastly, in sentences of the nature of those we have chosen, the filling of the gaps requires an attentive examination and an appreciation of the facts set forth by the sentence. It is therefore an exercise of judgment. (Alfred Binet)
For love that is not requited in equal measure is not love at all; it is not sacred. And holding on to the ideal of such love can keep us from finding the one that is true. View quote
Kathleen McGowan
I happen to believe the world will change only when we change ourselves. And that starts with finding ourselves: learning to quiet the clamor in our minds and the voices of everyone around us and move toward what feels right – toward the things we know, for reasons we can't explain, that we're mean to do, the things that makes us feel alive. View quote
Kelly Cutrone
I love finding new talent, to be completely honest, and my opportunity that I got to do 'X Factor U.K.' was just incredible. I will never forget it. View quote
Kelly Rowland
One of the hardest things for me, now that I'm famous, is finding people who can read my stuff and give me an honest critique. View quote
Ken Follett
Acting happened to me. If I had pursued it, I think it would have been like someone going to a bar, desperately looking for love and not finding anyone. View quote
Keri Russell
The Polar Express was the easiest of my picture book manuscripts to write... Once I realized the train was going to the North Pole, finding the story seemed less like a creative effort than an act of recollection. I felt, like the storys narrator, that I was remembering something, not making it up. View quote
Chris Van Allsburg
It's not about finding your voice, it's about giving yourself permission to use your voice. View quote
Kris Carr
Faced with the almost inescapable conclusion that it had been selling lemons, Nike shifted into make-lemonade mode. Jeff Pisciotta became head of a top-secret and seemingly impossible project: finding a way to make a buck off a naked foot. View quote
Christopher McDougall
I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it? View quote
Lisa Kleypas
It was finally becoming clear to her that love wasn't about finding someone perfect to marry. Love was about seeing through to the truth of a person, and accepting all their shades of light and dark. Love was an ability. (Lisa Kleypas)
I want to be a writer. I do not want to spend 40 hours a week handling e-mails, formatting covers, finding editors, etc. View quote
Amanda Hocking
Finding the one is not just a feeling, it's an educated guess. I feel like I chose someone to share my life with who is my friend. View quote
America Ferrera
Remember that "needing" something to change will always flow negative energy and hold it to you. Finding a way to become excited about what it will be changing into will flow positive energy and get the desired revisions started. View quote
Lynn Grabhorn
I don't say anything and I feel awful. I tell somebody and I feel worse. I'm having trouble finding a middle ground. View quote
Laurie Halse Anderson
I love the sound of words, the feel of them, the flow of them. I love the challenge of finding just that perfect combination of words to describe a curl of the lip, a tilt of the chin, a change in the atmosphere. Done well, novel-writing can combine lyricism with practicality in a way that makes one think of grand tapestries, both functional and beautiful. Fifty years from now, I imagine I'll still be questing after just that right combination of words. View quote
Lauren Willig
One of our fundamental human needs is finding our partner that we hope we will stay with for the rest of our lives. You often find the same search in other genres. The mystery novel has a romance subplot. Literary novels often focus on that relationship but do not often end well. View quote
Lauren Willig
My main hope is eventually, in modern education field, introduce education about warm-heartedness, not based on religion, but based on common experience and a common sort of sense, and then scientific finding. View quote
Dalai Lama
You know, I have a really tough time finding new bands. View quote
Joan Jett
I want to try to live my own values as consciously and purposefully as I can. Being vegan for me is a cleaner way of not participating in practices that don't align with my values. ... As soon as I said publicly that I was trying this experiment, so many vegans out there, hundreds and hundreds of people, have been reaching out to me with incredible support and encouragement as well as practical tips of how to do this without having to sacrifice that much in terms of the food and what I like. I've discovered some really delicious things-recipes, stores, and restaurants-that have made this transition far easier. ... There's too much judgment out there. Really what we need to be doing is just all of us finding our own paths towards living the best lives we can live as clearly and boldly in accordance with our own personal values. View quote
Cory Booker
I think if we want to find happiness by finding a life partner, then it's a little selfish. You should be complete within yourself, so that when you're in a relationship, you can give out happiness rather than expect it. (Shahid Kapoor)
When the first settlers landed on American shores, the difficulties in finding or making shelter must have seemed ironical as well as almost unbearable. View quote
Alice Morse Earle
Our mission began with finding solutions for families, especially busy moms. View quote
Kathy Ireland
The same products, services or technologies can fail or succeed depending on the business model you choose. Exploring the possibilities is critical to finding a successful business model. Settling on first ideas risks the possibility of missing potential that can only be discovered by prototyping and testing different alternatives. View quote
Alexander Osterwalder
I'm always interested in finding ways to innovate .... It's a blend; it's not a point focus. View quote
Paul Allen