For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.
Using these new funds, I will ask my secretary of defense to propose a new defense budget to meet the following longtime goals.
I am very handy with my advice and then when anybody appears to be following it, I get frantic.
Yousef Aid Ahmed has memorized the places where his four brothers' bodies laid after they were killed by US marines, he said. The family recounts that November day in 2005 and says it was a massacre of the brothers, along with 20 other people, following a roadside bomb in Haditha.
If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.
God's heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to forsake our human certainties, to trust in him and, by following his example, to make ourselves a gift of unbounded love.
Sold my soul to Satan. I've been dancing with the devil. So when you get to hell you can say you know me. I'm easily attracted by the dark side. Devil keep following.
Tony Vigorito has grown a cult following of thousands for one reason - his stuff is fun to read. . . It's. . . filled with the freshness and the freewheeling independence that made his reputation. . . This book is the 'work' of one of the least pretentious and most enjoyable to read novelists at play in America today.
I think the key to success is vision that adjusts on the way, but doesn’t at all falter. It’s about not compromising and following your gut to a certain degree, based on knowledge, instinct, etc. And not listening to the naysayers. . . . You develop strength through adversity. You have to keep moving towards your goal through huge obstacles.
At any rate, if evolution turns out to be true, then the Christian should embrace it as one dedicated to following the truth wherever it leads. This might mean reworking his interpretation of Genesis on the subject-much like Christians have had to rework their interpretation of biblical passages referring to the sun rising and setting, the earth not moving, or the earth resting on foundations.
Joy and growth come from following our deepest impulses, however foolish they may seem to some, or dangerous, and even though the apparent outcome may be defeat.
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.