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No matter what the figures are in the workplace in terms of wages, you either feel a valued member of your staff, or you don't.
The success of 'Hidden Figures' proves that people are interested in, hungry for, stories about transcendent human experiences.
I feel like, in a lot of ways, 'Hidden Figures' is the book that I wrote and have been waiting to read since I learned to read.
I'm not especially interested in the job of the historian or journalist of trying to figure out what was true and what was not.
I think it's cool to come out of somewhere where you're being pushed into this mold and then you figure out in that who you are.
No one starts out with the answers. You figure them out as you go and you learn from the people who figured them out before you.
If it looks like a hallway, feels like a hallway, and acts like a hallway—is it important to figure out that it isn’t a hallway?
It's through the voice that I tend to figure out the character (and through dialogue that I come to understand other characters).
It is an uncontrolled truth, that no man ever made an ill figure who understood his own talents, nor a good one who mistook them.
The person who figures out how to harness the collective genius of his or her organization is going to blow the competition away.
I obviously identify with the anti-authority figure. I've pretty much always had problems with authority, ever since I was a kid.
For many many years, the MMA world shunned on the pro wrestling world. They shunned on us for getting action figures and whatnot.
I love 40's-60's fashion because it suits the type of figure that I have the most, so that's what I always go for. I won't change!
Communicators need to figure out how well do they engage people, and they should not talk one word longer than people are engaged.
To have the translator be a figure in the book's presentation seems like a big thing, especially for a book that's really popular.
Ballet needs figures that people can recognize and relate to. People don't know ballet dancers as well as they know other artists.
I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.
Being gay is immutable. Maybe someday we'll figure out more of the science and it will be changeable, but we have no leads so far.
In a healthy republic, there is a need for figures who understand that the presidency is not the be-all and end-all of the people.
That's my main flaw: I always think authority figures or my boss is going to think something I do is funny. And usually they don't.
So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on.
What's the big deal in doing a topless shoot provided it's done in good taste? Our temples too have topless figures carved on them.
I may be a public figure, but really, I'm just like a guy who could be in your family and have some difficult things happen to him.
Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.
In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes.
I've been interested in Eastern religions since I went to college because I was trying to figure out where I stood with Catholicism.
If everyone thinks one way, it is likely to be wrong. If you can figure out that it is wrong, you are likely to make a lot of money.
One thing I've often thought is that I never want to tell anybody else what to do. It's hard enough to figure out what I want to do.
There aren't very many notable Native American female figures historically. That's the way that it's been. Pocahontas and Sacajawea.
Ronald Reagan had many fine qualities and he had many shortcomings. He's not the simple, folksy figure that he's often portrayed as.
Here's an interesting figure: 43 percent of the incoming congressional freshmen are millionaires. The other 57 percent are Democrats.
It takes some intelligence and insight to figure out you're gay and then a tremendous amount of balls to live it and live it proudly.
There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.
We've got the catalog, now we just have to figure it out. It's not going to be one gene. It's going to be an accumulation of changes.
These Indians are fierce, they wear feathers and grunt. Most of us dont fit this idealized figure since we grunt only when overeating
The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.
The story knows itself better than the writer does at some point, knows what's being said before the writer figures out how to say it.
Twitter is great to connect with fans and be transparent. I enjoy that aspect about it. But really, I'm still trying to figure it out.
Kids tend to look up to sports figures and entertainers, probably more than they should, but I've tried to use that in a positive way.
Among the seascapes, I am doing the regattas of Le Havre with many figures on the beach and the outer harbor covered with small sails.
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols.
She was afraid, but she couldn't just sit around waiting for someone to save her. She had to try to save herself, try to figure it out.
Truth is inseperable from the illusory belief that from the figures of the unreal one day, in spite of all, real deliverance will come.
Vampires have become tragic or romantic figures. Vampire are largely seduction tales. They're no longer the scary creature in the dark.
My models, my human figures, are never like extras in an interior. They are the main theme of my work. I depend absolutely on my model.
Liam Smith hasn't got a belt, but I can get excited about that fight. If they pay me seven figures for the fight, I'll take that fight.
I literally view wrestling as the time when I was playing with action figures. You can make anything out of it. You can make it be fun.
I've always been very happy with my role in Radiohead. You're very much a part of everything, but you're much more of a shadowy figure.
This is an area where North Carolina does excel. I have known more colorful North Carolina political figures than I have colorless ones.