#concrete

We all want merit to mean something, and we all may be tempted to reduce that meaning to something measurable and concrete like an SAT score. The reality, though, is that who deserves entry into an institution depends on what the institution exists to do. ↗

— Eric Liu

#depends #deserves #entry #exists #institution

To me, a story can be both concrete and abstract, or a concrete story can hold abstractions. And abstractions are things that really can't be said so well with words. ↗

— David Lynch

#both #concrete #hold #me #really

The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state. We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm to civilians. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#civilians #concrete #harm #identify #independent

Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings. ↗

— Agnes Martin

#concrete #feelings #most #our #representation

More must be done in concrete terms in order to promote the cause of disarmament. ↗

— Alva Myrdal

#concrete #disarmament #done #more #must

We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal. ↗

— Grace Napolitano

#concrete #doing #introduce #just #plan

The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#capability #concrete #fantastic #go #reinforced

There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#any #basic #because #buildings #concrete

Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ. ↗

— Kenneth L. Pike

#christianity #concrete #falls #god #life

The Law is one aspect of a much more concrete and encompassing relation than the relation between commanding and obeying that characterizes the imperative. ↗

— Paul Ricoeur

#between #characterizes #commanding #concrete #encompassing