recognition

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c81cb3e	Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.	recognition sherlock-holmes talent mediocrity gifts	Arthur Conan Doyle
2a71c33	It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.	accomplishment inspirational achievement misattributed recognition modesty	Harry S. Truman
e7dc036	There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.	accomplishment inspirational achievement misattributed recognition modesty	Ronald Reagan
2330b80	Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.	romance relationship resource bond giving recognition	Bell Hooks
fef39ca	And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone or something had 'walked over our grave,' as if a memory had suddenly been rescued from a place deep within us - the recognition of something we never knew was there, or of something we vaguely felt as a flicker or a shadow, whose ghostly form rises and passes back into us before we can see what it is, leaving us older and wiser.	words literature reading recognition	Alberto Manguel
7a895d7	If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.	recognition	Guy Kawasaki
0a8cdc5	The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses to bring horses, ships, or steeples close to them, only a few carry even the simplest pocket microscope. Yet a small microscope will reveal wonders a thousand times more thrilling than anything which Alice saw behind the looking-glass.	mind science carroll looking-glass microscope alice-in-wonderland thrilling recognition ships lewis-carroll	David Fairchild
60976eb	Recognizing isn't at all like seeing; the two often don't even agree.	seeing senses recognition	Sten Nadolny
011dcb3	The trouble with people like him is that they think that they can brush off people like me. Like I was nothing. They don't understand the type of world we're living in now, all those menaced souls clamouring for attention and recognition.	attention recognition	Irvine Welsh
587c4a0	The spaces between the perceiver and the thing perceived can [...] be closed with a shout of recognition.	recognition experience perception knowledge	Timothy Findley
b480571	"Ged saw all these things from outside and apart, alone, and his heart was very heavy in him, though he would not admit to himself that he was sad. As night fell he still lingered in the streets, reluctant to go back to the inn. He heard a man and a girl talking together merrily as they came down the street past him towards the town square, and all at once he turned, for he knew the man's voice. He followed and caught up with the pair, coming up beside them in the late twilight lit only by distant lantern-gleams. The girl stepped back, but the man stared at him and then flung up the staff he carried, holding it between them as a barrier to ward off the threat or act of evil. And that was somewhat more than Ged could bear. His voice shook a little as he said, "I thought you would know me, Vetch." Even then Vetch hesitated for a moment. "I do know you," he said, and lowered the staff and took Ged's hand and hugged him round the shoulders-" I do know you! Welcome, my friend, welcome! What a sorry greeting I gave you, as if you were a ghost coming up from behind- and I have waited for you to come, and looked for you-"	solitude loneliness welcome recognition	Ursula K. Le Guin
7b059af	They don't understand the type of world we're living in now, all those menaced souls clamouring for attention and recognition.	change recognition new-world	Irvine Welsh
f9b0f4d	was not personally religious; his most immediate and consistent motivation was a desire for recognition as the founding genius of rocket science.	motivation science goddard robert-goddard robert-h-goddard rocket-science recognition	Kendrick Oliver
1abf022	Big things are often just small things that are noticed. - Ed Kennedy	small-things recognition	Markus Zusak
95b7ea1	It's worse than unwelcome, said Samuel. The Africans don't even see us. They don't even recognize us as the brothers and sisters they sold.	recognition	Alice Walker
23f822d	"When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both - that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized."	regard recognition	Rebecca Goldstein
0ff7d89	The school song at Accrington High School for Girls was 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,' a terrible choice for an all-girls' school, but one that helped turn me into a feminist. Where were the famous women--indeed any women--and why weren't we praising them? I vowed to myself that I would be famous and that I would come back and be praised.	men feminism women praise recognition	Jeanette Winterson
2142dd7	She too looked like a regular lady, living in the world- didn't seem particularly with it or excitable or stellar. But that chicken, bathed in thyme and butter- I hadn't ever tasted a chicken that had such a savory warmth to it, a taste I could only suitably identify as the taste of chicken. Somehow, in her hands, food felt recognized. Spinach became spinach- with a good farm's care, salt, the heat and her attention, it seemed to relax into its leafy, broad self. Garlic seized upon its lively nature. Tomatoes tasted as substantive as beef.	madame-dupont recognition taste ingredients chicken	Aimee Bender

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

recognition sherlock-holmes talent mediocrity gifts

Arthur Conan Doyle

2a71c33

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

accomplishment inspirational achievement misattributed recognition modesty

Harry S. Truman

e7dc036

There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.

accomplishment inspirational achievement misattributed recognition modesty

Ronald Reagan

2330b80

Giving generously in romantic relationships, and in all other bonds, means recognizing when the other person needs our attention. Attention is an important resource.

romance relationship resource bond giving recognition

Bell Hooks

fef39ca

And sometimes, when the stars are kind, we read with an intake of breath, with a shudder, as if someone or something had 'walked over our grave,' as if a memory had suddenly been rescued from a place deep within us - the recognition of something we never knew was there, or of something we vaguely felt as a flicker or a shadow, whose ghostly form rises and passes back into us before we can see what it is, leaving us older and wiser.

words literature reading recognition

Alberto Manguel

7a895d7

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.

recognition

Guy Kawasaki

0a8cdc5

The human mind prefers something which it can recognize to something for which it has no name, and, whereas thousands of persons carry field glasses to bring horses, ships, or steeples close to them, only a few carry even the simplest pocket microscope. Yet a small microscope will reveal wonders a thousand times more thrilling than anything which Alice saw behind the looking-glass.

mind science carroll looking-glass microscope alice-in-wonderland thrilling recognition ships lewis-carroll

David Fairchild

60976eb

Recognizing isn't at all like seeing; the two often don't even agree.

seeing senses recognition

Sten Nadolny

011dcb3

The trouble with people like him is that they think that they can brush off people like me. Like I was nothing. They don't understand the type of world we're living in now, all those menaced souls clamouring for attention and recognition.

attention recognition

Irvine Welsh

587c4a0

The spaces between the perceiver and the thing perceived can [...] be closed with a shout of recognition.

recognition experience perception knowledge

Timothy Findley

b480571

"Ged saw all these things from outside and apart, alone, and his heart was very heavy in him, though he would not admit to himself that he was sad. As night fell he still lingered in the streets, reluctant to go back to the inn. He heard a man and a girl talking together merrily as they came down the street past him towards the town square, and all at once he turned, for he knew the man's voice. He followed and caught up with the pair, coming up beside them in the late twilight lit only by distant lantern-gleams. The girl stepped back, but the man stared at him and then flung up the staff he carried, holding it between them as a barrier to ward off the threat or act of evil. And that was somewhat more than Ged could bear. His voice shook a little as he said, "I thought you would know me, Vetch." Even then Vetch hesitated for a moment. "I do know you," he said, and lowered the staff and took Ged's hand and hugged him round the shoulders-" I do know you! Welcome, my friend, welcome! What a sorry greeting I gave you, as if you were a ghost coming up from behind- and I have waited for you to come, and looked for you-"

solitude loneliness welcome recognition

Ursula K. Le Guin

7b059af

They don't understand the type of world we're living in now, all those menaced souls clamouring for attention and recognition.

change recognition new-world

Irvine Welsh

f9b0f4d

was not personally religious; his most immediate and consistent motivation was a desire for recognition as the founding genius of rocket science.

motivation science goddard robert-goddard robert-h-goddard rocket-science recognition

Kendrick Oliver

1abf022

Big things are often just small things that are noticed. - Ed Kennedy

small-things recognition

Markus Zusak

95b7ea1

It's worse than unwelcome, said Samuel. The Africans don't even see us. They don't even recognize us as the brothers and sisters they sold.

recognition

Alice Walker

23f822d

"When we call a philosopher distinguished, we are not saying that she is worthy and not saying that she is recognized, but we are saying that she occupies the intersection of both - that she is recognized and worthy; even that she is recognized because she's worthy. In the case of arate, the direction of the "because" can seem a little vaguer, so that it can sometimes seem almost as if someone is regarded as worthy because they are recognized."

regard recognition

Rebecca Goldstein

0ff7d89

The school song at Accrington High School for Girls was 'Let Us Now Praise Famous Men,' a terrible choice for an all-girls' school, but one that helped turn me into a feminist. Where were the famous women--indeed any women--and why weren't we praising them? I vowed to myself that I would be famous and that I would come back and be praised.

men feminism women praise recognition

Jeanette Winterson

2142dd7

She too looked like a regular lady, living in the world- didn't seem particularly with it or excitable or stellar. But that chicken, bathed in thyme and butter- I hadn't ever tasted a chicken that had such a savory warmth to it, a taste I could only suitably identify as the taste of chicken. Somehow, in her hands, food felt recognized. Spinach became spinach- with a good farm's care, salt, the heat and her attention, it seemed to relax into its leafy, broad self. Garlic seized upon its lively nature. Tomatoes tasted as substantive as beef.

madame-dupont recognition taste ingredients chicken

Aimee Bender