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In George W. Bush's case, the public paid far too little attention to the role of religion in his thinking. Many voters failed to appreciate that while Bush's religious beliefs may be moderate Methodist ones, he was someone who relied on his faith immoderately, as an alternative to rational understanding of complex issues.
Jacob Weisberg
Faith
Religion
Understanding
Thinking
Too
Complex
Religious
Religious Beliefs
Case
Someone
Rational
He
Attention
Failed
Voters
Alternative
Issues
George
Methodist
His
George W
Role
Moderate
May
While
Public
Little
Little Attention
Bush
Far
Paid
Who
Many
Beliefs
Appreciate
What I write comes from a place of deep love, and a deep understanding of all kinds of otherness.
Jacqueline Woodson
Love
Understanding
Kinds
Write
Place
Deep
Deep Love
I feel like somebody who just is very understanding is my biggest thing - timing is a major issue for me - but also funny! Obviously I want someone really cute and fun and fresh for good Instagram pictures and that just makes me really happy.
James Charles
Funny
Good
Me
Happy
Somebody
Understanding
Timing
Cute
Someone
Instagram
Feel
Major
Pictures
Like
Also
Obviously
Makes
Fresh
Issue
Very
Just
Want
Biggest
Biggest Thing
Really
Who
Fun
Thing
One of the problems with the fiasco of suburbia is that it destroyed our understanding of the distinction between the country and the town, between the urban and the rural. They're not the same thing.
James Howard Kunstler
Problems
Country
Understanding
Same Thing
Our
Distinction
Destroyed
One Of The Problems
Rural
Between
Town
Same
Fiasco
Suburbia
Urban
Thing
I need an audience to look at what I've done so I can understand it, so I can step back and watch them respond and figure out what they're understanding about what I'm trying to do and what they're confused about.
James Lapine
Confused
Understanding
Back
Respond
Out
About
Step
Look
Understand
Audience
Trying
Done
Them
Figure
Watch
Need
The frontiers of knowledge in the various fields of our subject are expanding at such a rate that, work as hard as one can, one finds oneself further and further away from an understanding of the whole.
James Meade
Work
Knowledge
Understanding
Our
Further
Finds
Oneself
Rate
Various
Subject
Expanding
Frontiers
Fields
Hard
Whole
Away
I never really got that chance at Manchester City and developed into a utility player. Playing in all the positions has made me a better player because it's not easy to do that. Understanding the game has made me a more rounded player as well.
James Milner
Me
Game
Better
Made
Understanding
Positions
City
Easy
More
Better Player
Never
Developed
Well
Because
Got
Manchester
Really
Utility
Rounded
Player
Playing
Chance
Standards wars involve lots of variables, and understanding them often seems more an art than a science. They generally involve just two big players, and end in a winner-take-all situation.
James Surowiecki
Art
Science
Big
Understanding
Situation
Variables
Seems
More
Generally
Involve
Lots
End
Than
Often
Just
Them
Standards
Wars
Players
Two
I don't think there's any topic a writer should feel afraid of tackling just because it has already been discussed. If you feel you have a fresh perspective and an understanding of a certain emotional truth, it's always worth writing.
Jami Attenberg
Truth
You
Writing
Worth
Perspective
Understanding
Think
Topic
Tackling
Emotional
Writer
Emotional Truth
Feel
Because
Fresh
Always
Been
Discussed
Any
Just
Afraid
Just Because
Certain
Should
We need to win something for the fans because they have been patient and very understanding and we owe them.
Jamie Redknapp
Win
Fans
Understanding
Patient
Something
Because
Been
Very
Owe
Them
Need
The human element and human judgment around understanding the physics of machines and the process, and how those come together, I think there's going to be a balance we all need to figure out how to strike.
Jamie S. Miller
Together
Balance
Physics
Judgment
Understanding
Think
Strike
Those
Machines
Out
Come
Around
How
Going
Human
Process
Human Element
Figure
Element
Need
I see poetry as a path toward new understanding and transformation, and so I've looked at specific poems I love, and at poetry's gestures in the broadest sense, in an effort to feel and learn what they offer from the inside.
Jane Hirshfield
Love
Path
Understanding
Sense
Transformation
Inside
See
Poems
Poetry
Feel
Toward
New
Looked
Learn
Offer
Effort
Gestures
Specific
Great conversations always spark in a genuine interest to recognize and know the other person's story and, therefore, recognizing and understanding and celebrating their humanity.
Janet Mock
Great
Humanity
Understanding
Other
Recognize
Recognizing
Know
Genuine
Always
Celebrating
Person
Story
Conversations
Interest
Spark
Therefore
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important, however, is that transparent communications reflect the Federal Reserve's commitment to accountability within our democratic system of government.
Janet Yellen
Government
Commitment
Better
Important
Understanding
Reflect
Accountability
Our
System
More
Federal
Democratic
Concerning
Policy
Because
Within
However
Effectiveness
Conduct
Public
Communications
Transparency
Transparent
Reserve
Enhances
Monetary
Monetary Policy
Desirable
Monetary policy ultimately must be conducted in a pragmatic manner that relies not on any particular indicator or model but, instead, reflects an ongoing assessment of a wide range of information in the context of our ever-evolving understanding of the economy.
Janet Yellen
Understanding
Our
Range
Must
Indicator
Ongoing
Instead
Particular
Economy
Policy
Pragmatic
Context
Ultimately
Reflects
Model
Any
Information
Manner
Assessment
Monetary
Monetary Policy
Wide
Wide Range
It's insulting when somebody who is not a member of our community feels like they have a great understanding of what it's like to grow up gay in this country.
Jared Polis
Great
Gay
Somebody
Country
Understanding
Community
Our
Our Community
Member
Feels
Like
Insulting
Up
Who
Grow
Grow Up
The role of the speaker of the House is to deliver enough votes by understanding and accommodating the individual bottom lines of enough members to pass the bill.
Jared Polis
Understanding
Enough
Members
Individual
Deliver
Bottom
Votes
House
Pass
Lines
Role
Bill
Speaker
When you're short on sleep, you're short on patience. You're ruder to people, less tolerant, less understanding. It's harder to relate and to pay attention for sustained periods of time.
Jason Fried
Time
You
Patience
People
Understanding
Pay
Pay Attention
Relate
Attention
Periods
Short
Sustained
Less
Tolerant
Harder
Sleep
I've never been particularly good at explaining or even understanding what this sort of rage is that is so accessible to me. I'm not an out-of-control person, but I can access in my work very easily a feeling of real fury. Thank goodness I've channeled it into my work, I guess.
Jason Robert Brown
Work
Good
Me
Feeling
Goodness
Understanding
Rage
Guess
Fury
Easily
Out-Of-Control
Never
Particularly
Sort
Access
Accessible
Real
Been
Very
Thank
Person
Thank Goodness
Explaining
Even
I'm a sporting professional; I don't have a great understanding of tax and legal matters.
Javier Mascherano
Great
Legal
Understanding
Matters
Tax
Professional
To effectively reach consumers in the new social environment, brand managers need to learn how to translate their budgets into the digital realm, which also means understanding the advantages that digital can provide over television advertising.
Jay Samit
Digital
Understanding
Television
Consumers
Environment
Advantages
Over
New
Reach
Budgets
Also
Advertising
Learn
How
Provide
Effectively
Brand
Managers
Which
Social
Translate
Realm
Means
Need
A chef and a restaurateur are different jobs: One is about pleasing people with what's on the plate; the other is about understanding the market. I'm a chef, but I think I'm a savvy businessperson, too.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
People
Understanding
Think
Too
Other
Market
Savvy
Pleasing
Jobs
About
Chef
Different
Businessperson
Plate
I think the gay - the gay/straight alliances in the school are very useful as far as creating understanding among kids and so kids aren't necessarily so stigmatized or demonized for being who they really are.
Jeanne Phillips
Gay
School
Understanding
Think
Kids
Alliance
Very
Being
As Far As
Far
Really
Creating
Useful
Who
Among
Necessarily
Despite all the progress climate scientists have made in understanding the risks we run by loading the atmosphere with CO2, the world is still as addicted to fossil fuels as ever.
Jeff Goodell
Risks
World
Progress
Made
Understanding
Addicted
Despite
Run
Atmosphere
Climate
Still
Scientists
Fuels
CO2
Fossil
Fossil Fuels
Ever
If you look at the history of big obstacles in understanding our world, there's usually an intuitive assumption underlying them that's wrong.
Jeff Hawkins
History
You
World
Big
Understanding
Assumption
Our
Our World
Intuitive
Wrong
Obstacles
Look
Underlying
The History Of
Them
Graphics has lately made a great shift towards machine learning, which itself is about understanding data.
Jefferson Han
Great
Learning
Made
Understanding
Lately
Machine
About
Data
Towards
Shift
Itself
Which
Graphics
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