Reflective Quotations

Wintertime for me is a time when I do a lot of my writing in the studio. It's a time I enjoy. And it's very reflective and a very calming time of the year. Throughout the year I gather a lot of musical inspirations, and this is where I bring them to the studio and see what will evolve musically.

I'm disappointed that I really haven't been able to race in a way that is reflective of the amount of work that I have done and how I have trained. But I don't regret giving this a go.

My mother was a piano teacher, my father an inventor. He invented the reflective paint they still use on airstrips. They had faith in my ambition, and I think that made all the difference.

It's also reflective of a young person's religion or faith in that it's highly charged with sacramental imagery and with country imagery, because I was in the seminary for so many years in the country.

We had 10 guys that got two or more votes. I told the team that was very reflective of how they felt about their teammates and the fact that they really do consider themselves a team.

Some of it is built in with the snow culture here. Their vocabulary is reflective of that reality. When they are out on the hills, there's an intimacy they have with that environment.

Most people would argue the Canadian dollar is fairly valued somewhere in the 80-85 U.S. cent range, and we're not far from that. So I suspect the conditions manufacturers are facing right now are perhaps more reflective of the true long-term type of conditions they should expect.

Ninety percent of the time, it is reflective of success.

I can't disagree with that. I've been pretty reflective lately of how blessed I am, how fortunate I am to be still doing it.

He's at a place where he's more honest, reflective and self-effacing.

We may want to wait for another month or so to be sure that such gains were truly reflective of a upward trend and not just a possible distortion arising from the temporary 'hurricane-related' loss of many lower-paying service sector jobs,

I think the people I met in the course of this campaign realize that those commercials frankly are not reflective of who I am, who I've been and how I'll serve the city of Los Angeles.

I think it's very reflective of (the fact) that the American dream is still what it was 100 years ago. What people wished for and desired is not any different today. (And) no matter where you come from, these desires are shared.

I think it's very reflective of how ready Texas-22 is for a change. I think it's pretty startling when even the party brass won't get behind Tom DeLay.

I think it's reflective of the fact that they have a critical mass here.

I think that statement is reflective of where he is in life, and an opinion. I don't think any musical genre will ever be dead, as long as someone has passion about what they're doing in it.

I think the record and number of career wins he has are reflective of his ability to recruit talent and get that talent to play at a high level.

Other than chauffeuring, (our duties are) helping them find places to eat and helping them find necessities, ... And we try to find some things for them that are entertaining and reflective of America, like the sites around Seattle.

Right now the charges that have been brought against Brian are not reflective of his culpability.

The 10-year is not reflective of the fact the overnight rate is going to 4.75 percent in six weeks. It may have to do with carry. As long as you're earning positive carry, people don't mind holding 10-year notes.

My biggest inspiration has been romantic relationships, because there's something about the way that you are in a relationship that is reflective of your relationship with the world.

We believe there is a real shortage of treatment programs for people with mental health illness. To some degree, it is reflective of a very serious housing shortage problem in Lee County. For some of our people, homelessness has been an issue.

We've more than $5 million in cash and in-kind contributions. What has been done in such a short period of time is reflective of our community as a whole.

Typically, people who manage finances well manage their lives well and are less stressed, likely to be more honest and more in control of their workday and their home life. A credit report is not only reflective of your financial position but your character.

Today's weakness in the stock is reflective of investors expecting more compelling and cleaner data from both trials,

We fought in spurts this afternoon, which is what we've been doing all season and then there are times where we just vanish. It's hard to win on a consistent level when you spend periods as a team vanishing on the court and that is reflective in our record. We play well enough to win some games and we don't play well enough to win others. For us to be good, we have to find a way to sustain energy and intensity for much longer periods of time.

Those national percentages are pretty reflective of (giving to) UWS. Our most productive strategy is to reach out to individuals. One of my main responsibilities is traveling throughout the United States talking to alumni, cultivating relationships and asking people to contribute to the university. There's kind of a rule in fundraising that 90 percent of your support comes from 10 percent of your donors. The greatest return is really from those individual relationships and from those individuals who make those major gifts.

We recognize that all young children need to build foundations in traditional content areas, like reading and math, and we continue to provide children with the tools they need to be successful in these areas, ... However, research tells us that some children, for example, have higher musical, interpersonal or reflective skills than others. We have created a curriculum that provides active learning opportunities in each of the eight Tutor Time 'Smarts': Word Smart(TM), Math Smart(TM), Body Smart(TM), Design Smart(TM), Music Smart(TM), Nature Smart(TM), People Smart(TM) and Me Smart(TM).

There are many theories about the best way to remove excess carbon from the atmosphere - some are ludicrous, others are at least worth study. The most commonly discussed plan is to lace the sky with reflective chemicals.

This sure as heck makes my life easier because we are going from a famine to a feast. Money will go for everything else we need to get such as a reflective vest and a tracking harness. We are going to set up a separate account for canine food.

This record is really reflective of where I'm at. It's a lot about family.

We're improving, although the score today isn't reflective of that because of the difficult conditions. But the attitude and effort is there. We're optimistic it's going to keep getting better and better for us.

While this episode is more on the mythological aspect, it's not reflective of a change in direction. Next week is a Hurley episode which is fairly comedic.

While the meeting I participated in turned out to be a ruse, I made statements during the course of the meeting that are counter to NPR's values and also not reflective of my own beliefs. I offer my sincere apology to those I offended.

We wanted to bring the branding and positioning of the network more in line with the actual programming content. We felt that the previous branding wasn't as reflective as it could be for the kind of programming on our network. We wanted to align the network clearly with the tremendous growth of soccer in this country, and one of the things we're focused on is bridging the gap between doers and viewers, getting people who may participate in soccer and bring them into the tent as viewers.

Up until now, it's been very reflective of how they envision themselves being a part of the process, or another cog in the wheel, ... If anything, they're a little bit too much on the reticent side.

This was very reflective of how they feel about their teammates.

Whatever we do, I hope we do it in a calm and reflective atmosphere.

We think it's reflective of the Green Hills market.

We're very cognizant of it, but I wouldn't say it was a point of emphasis this year. I think it's just reflective of the popularity of the game and we've done a lot to reach out to areas outside the U.S.

We are asking why this happened and look for ways to improve, ... When I was a teacher in the classroom and a student did poorly, I looked at what I did wrong, not what they did. This doesn't make or break a school system; it's about student learning. We need to be reflective of why this happened.

We are very pleased to partner with Mitchell. This will provide users with up-to-date, market reflective values and enable them to make the most educated business decisions possible.

We have every confidence and assurance that the statements made by President Chen are reflective of his and his party's policy.

Both Brutus and Hamlet are highly intellectual by nature and reflective by habit. Both may even be called, in a popular sense, philosophic; Brutus may be called so in a stricter sense.

Currently, these operating results are not reflective of where we want to be.

There's just a lot more linguistic novelty on that show than there is on any other show of which I know. It's both innovative and reflective of what's going on in the slang culture at large.

I started to design the collection by designing the fabric. ... I had some antique fabrics that I had developed into new fabrics, and then introduced reflective materials into the fabrics,

The school environment is not the normal newspaper is a school newspaper, and we have an obligation to make sure whatever is in that newspaper is reflective and appropriate for the maturity level of students.

The series is not reactive, not angry, not a debate; it's reflective and premeditated. We very deliberately haven't opened any online discussion boards. So many people today listen in attack mode. We want to enforce listening.

These rate changes are reflective of what's going on in the marketplace.

The slowing growth is reflective of a slowdown in the pace of growth both in house-price inflation, as well as more recently, a decline in the inflation rate in the total value of buildings completed.

Our earnings are reflective of the Southern California economy. It's doing well, and we're well positioned for the future.

Deals are always ongoing things. So now, in that respect, Brad is part of the deal. But I'm not the reflective sort when it comes to that kind of thing.

At worst Fields Corner deserves a better quality store than midland has proven itself willing to deliver. At best we deserve the opportunity to really work towards changing the way that property is used so it's more reflective of the neighborhood's needs.

You should also wear bright colors or reflective clothing if you are walking near traffic when it is raining, snowing or foggy. Carry a flashlight when walking in the dark.

This is not a partisan committee. The congressman has never treated it like that, and its many achievements are reflective of that commitment.

This is reflective of the growing trade between China and the U.S.,

This audit is reflective of the difficult circumstances Shelley faced during his administration.

Almost all the job opportunities were reflective of the stereotypical perception of blacks that had infected the whole consciousness of the country.

There's a basic understanding that to maintain the TPC mark, even as a license facility, it has to maintain a certain quality that is reflective of the TPC brand. The great thing about the situation in this case is we're dealing with partners who have a very strong presence in the Myrtle Beach area, and obviously it's their reputation as well so they're motivated to maintain a quality experience.

This'll be reflective of the times we live in. The consequences of attacking here could have more significance to the terrorists. It has a lot of symbolism. It's going to be extremely well protected.

This is the kind of investment that is reflective of the strategic commitment and intention to continue a military presence in Iraq .

As we've repeatedly said, this is the type of announcement that is reflective of the strength of MGM Mirage management and its ability to find strategic opportunities globally when investors are least expecting it.

It's a cause for concern that this problem is obviously spreading into more moderate-income households. It's reflective of the fact that more employers are not offering coverage.

For investors, this makes it hard to know whether one quarter is reflective of broader improvement in the business.

For almost a year, I sporadically made these rather lame video blogs in my dorm. These video blogs were reflective of most video blogs during that time in that they had no real structure and were kind of just all over the place.

It's an impressive list based on the subject matter, and it includes a lot of writers who've never been nominated before. I think this list is going to be reflective of what the Oscar list will ultimately be because we covered all of the movies this year.

It's overwhelming because it makes you reflect on your entire career as a coach, an analyst and a clinician, ... It puts you in a reflective mode from the day that it was announced. You think back over the highs and the lows. The highs far outweigh the lows. There have been all kinds of rewards. I've been in some incredible situations. It's just been a wonderful ride because of basketball.

It's part of people's character that they would try to make some sense of it. It always seemed to me that Greensboro was a reflective community.

Everyone knows growth slowed in the third quarter, and so for a company like GM to miss is not surprising, considering that it's so reflective of the economy and impacted by oil prices.

This is just what we needed. Their music is reflective of what the church is supposed to be like - it's for everyone.

This is just the latest in the line of fiscal stimulus packages, and the fact that they had to issue so many is reflective of the fact that they're not really working.

It's not about being funny. It's about being candid and real. This is a marked shift in our approach to be significantly more reflective of investors and their wants and needs.

It's reflective of where the country is. There are millions of people who are very deeply engaged in the political process. They know that media coverage can shape that, and they want to make sure their side wins, so they beat up anybody they perceive to be leaning the wrong way even if there is no lean.

It's reflective of a changed workplace. People generally think it makes a difference.

In my 14 years, I don't think we've ever had so many guys get votes. As I told the team, it was very reflective of what they thought of their teammates and the fact that they really do consider themselves a team. That is pretty special to get that many guys with two or more votes.

I'm more bullish about emerging markets because we know the emerging markets are growing at double the rate of the developing nations. This is reflective in the stock market eventually,

If you're in a motion-capture studio, you have spherical, reflective markers, which are picked up by cameras that emit infrared - it reflects it, and then the cameras pick up the data.

In the House, people are elected and Canadians have said that there's nothing wrong with voting in brown or black people, ... This indicates that the people of Canada want Parliament to be reflective of society as opposed to the Prime Minister who hasn't appointed one visible minority to the Senate.

In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having a reflective mindset regarding my actions and trying to find the underlying reasons to behavior. I think that's quite helpful when you're trying to understand a character.

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I just do not see a sense of urgency in industry reflective of the fact that we are a nation at war.

Clearly, these are not the grandiose architectural wonders one would liken to European cathedrals or ornate movie palaces. But they are in many ways just as reflective of our region's unique and diverse architectural history.

Be cautious of reflective light. The colors will fade, even when you're not aware of it.

By the destiny written upon their foreheads, they become truly unattached, and by reflective meditation, they are imbued with Truth.

He's the reason this football team has been able to be so consistent through the years. His philosophy and his makeup decide the makeup of this football team, so we're a physical bunch of guys, tough-minded, because he's a real reflection of that. He's been that way since the day I got here, and our teams have been reflective of that since the day I got here. I think he's been the driving force.

I doubt there were many believers left. That's reflective of where we were at in our season.

I don't particularly put myself in a bad place just so that I can write. It's not like that at all. I try to live a good life and some of the songs are reflective of that too. I certainly wouldn't describe a lot of the songs as being angry.

He became more reflective and chose to live life with much more solitude. His passion for fishing grew more intense.

Grain shipments are beginning to bounce back to levels reflective of the high volumes produced in 2004 and 2005. The Canadian Wheat Board's (CWB) recent take-up of grain offered for sale by farmers and the steady delivery of non-CWB grains and oilseeds despite current commodity prices are reasons for increasing optimism about grain shipments over the balance of the fiscal year.

These findings are very reflective of what we see around the world. The rise in weight and obesity is being seen globally.

The E.P.A. test was developed in the 1970's and is not reflective of the way cars are driven today.

The increase in spot prices is always reflective of an increase in crude oil prices. Station owners always have to think about restocking. If they're going to buy more, they'll have to charge the higher price.

And, more than anything else, what I liked about it - which doesn't work for all actors - was the reflective nature, the self-reflection.

The goal of the Pops ... is still to keep the music somehow reflective of the popular culture of the day, but also reach out. Really, you know, the Pops is the best cultural outreach tool we have for classical music. Fiedler would still recognize much of our repertoire.

The Coast Guard wants to make its workforce reflective of the population of the United States,

The main reason I say those racy or thought-provoking perspectives (is) I'm trying to provoke my students to go out there and decide for themselves. I try to throw alternative perspectives out to students so they can (think) critically. I think the whole thing is reflective of a trend, an intolerance for anyone who would dare to speak with an opposing view ... This is not a good sign for a healthy democracy.

We are excited to expand our relationship with Lake Forest Hospital. This significant outsourcing contract is reflective of our leadership role in IT services for the healthcare industry and the confidence that healthcare organizations have in our solutions. We look forward to becoming a close, strategic IT partner with Lake Forest Hospital.

The higher powers of the reflective intellect are more decidedly and more usefully tasked by the unostentatious game of draughts than by all the elaborate frivolity of chess.