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Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That's what surfers do - take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we've become incredibly adept technically. We've treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part. Brian Eno

Years, Part, Ourselves

Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important for survival. David Perlmutter

Happen, Sure, Making

If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement. Gavin Newsom

I Think, Frustrated

Yeah, I like to keep myself interested - I'll kind of throw myself into some area that I don't completely know or understand, that I'm not adept at, so I'm forced to swim in order to stay afloat. There's a good feeling that comes from that. David Byrne

Forced, Some, Yeah

The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it. P. J. O'Rourke

Young, More, Even

Success follows those adept at preserving the substance of the past by clothing it in the forms of the future. Dee Hock

Success, Future, Past

I was a hyperactive kid, and it took awhile for me to find the right teacher. My master was a Shaolin kung fu teacher, but he also taught tai chi, Chinese medicine, brush painting - he was adept at all facets of Chinese culture. Daniel Wu

Kid, Kung Fu, Facets

The bottom line is how do we best provide for the security of the traveling public in light of a determined enemy who is adept at constructing well-designed, well-concealed devices which would not show up in a walk-through metal detector? We're trying to employ the best technology to identify any possible threat. John Pistole

Line, Show, Employ

It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action. Weili Dai

Mathematics, Possibilities

I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant. Marton Csokas

Nine, Around, Very

I'm not technically adept at music, but I'd love to be part of a discussion of where progressive rock ends and country music begins. William Shatner

Love, Country, Part

I may not be as lyrically adept as Jay-Z and Morrissey, but at least I can sing what I feel. Chris Martin

May, I May Not, Lyrically

Technology certainly is going faster. Dynamics on the battlefield are faster. And so, I think you do need, you know, a warrior that is adept in technology, you know, certainly skilled. Ryan Zinke

Think, I Think, Certainly

I have a lot of girl friends who are very adept at making friends, and guys are just not. Rashida Jones

Very, Making, Lot

I think that perhaps the classic propagandists of the - in the Second World War was Winston Churchill. He was extremely skilled and adept at it. Alexander Haig

War, Think, I Think

The Left not only needs a victim class, it has proven adept at inventing new victim classes as a means of exacerbating social conflict. Tom Tancredo

New, Needs, Means

Tennessee Williams was so adept at portraying characters who are both fallible and vulnerable. Women were a huge influence in his life, his mother and sister in particular. Kim Cattrall

Tennessee Williams

The worst thing for a kid is to move around and switch schools, but as an actor, you go from job to job, meeting strangers and becoming very close right away. I've become adept at that. John Cho

Move, Worst Thing, Very

I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent. K. Flay

Image, Own, Extent

Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this 'Obama' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something. Jon Voight

Play, Needs, Very

When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost. Karin Slaughter

Thoughts, Emotions, Read

Not to brag, but I do think I've gotten pretty adept on PowerPoint... except that I can't figure out how to use Excel! Jennifer Egan

Think, Pretty, Figure

I definitely rediscovered reading for pleasure by devoting such a large swath of my time to sitting on airplanes. I am now painfully adept at removing my shoes so as to have the least amount of foot surface area touching an airport floor. Sloane Crosley

Now, Least, Painfully

I don't know what's the matter with me, why I'm so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor. David Shields

Distance, Like, Feels

Speculators get a bad rap. In the popular imagination they're greedy, heedless, and amoral, adept at price manipulations and dirty tricks. In reality, they often play a key role in making markets run smoothly. James Surowiecki

Play, Role, Amoral

The successful entrepreneurs on the free market will be the ones most adept at anticipating future business conditions. Yet, the forecasting can never be perfect, and entrepreneurs will continue to differ in the success of their judgments. If this were not so, no profits or losses would ever be made in business. Murray Rothbard

Perfect, Entrepreneurs

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