#selective

If diversity is what is a central value in every selective university in the United States, then it ought to be seen as a compelling interest by the Supreme Court. ↗

— Eleanor Holmes Norton

#compelling #court #diversity #every #interest

My daughter hasn't seen me with anybody in five years. I'm very, very selective when it comes to that because I want to make sure that it's real. I don't want her to see me with just anybody because she means everything to me. ↗

— Brandy Norwood

#because #comes #daughter #everything #five

When you get something like MTV, it's like regular television. You get it, and at first it's novel and brand new and then you watch every channel, every show. And then you become a little more selective and more selective, until ultimately... you wind up with a radio. ↗

— David Lee Roth

#brand #brand new #channel #every #first

If you are committed, you can select your thoughts and thereby shape your life here on earth into something spectacular. The alternative is to give up this freedom and live a life of mediocrity dominated by uncertainty and suspense. ↗

— Tommy Newberry

#the- #freedom

Well, in our industry it's that the movies cost so much money to make they have to appeal to a broad audience. And I think that's part of what will loosen up in the future, as technology makes it cheaper, you'll be able to make films for a more selective audience. I think people will be able to make more personal movies. ↗

— Chris Wedge

#appeal #audience #broad #cheaper #cost

When the shot is afterwards subjected to white light, colour appears because of selective reflection. ↗

— Gabriel Lippmann

#appears #because #colour #light #reflection

In the end, arguing about affirmative action in selective colleges is like arguing about the size of a spigot while ignoring the pool and the pipeline that feed it. Slots at Duke and Princeton and Cal are finite. ↗

— Eric Liu

#action #affirmative #affirmative action #arguing #cal

We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest. ↗

— Frank Luntz

#hear #hearing #humans #memory #only

You can take a school like the University of Colorado, with a selective admission standard. It has a better caliber student going in, so you ought to have a better caliber coming out. ↗

— Roy Romer

#better #caliber #colorado #coming #going

It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept. ↗

— Bill Watterson

#accept #denial #i #just #reality