Quotes About Specificity

with skills that do not transfer outside of the very machine that they trained on.

Their strength is extremely domain-specific

modernity likes the abstract over the particular;

The more specifically targeted our praise, the more meaningful it is to the child. Praise that is generalized and abstract leaves the child wondering what exactly is being praised. It is not helpful.

This last sentence is imprecise.

When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me.

good story also has specific details to help the listener see herself in the founder's story. A detail such as Sara's seat number on the airplane is irrelevant to the story. The fact that Sara's $98 pair of white pants hung in the closet for eight months because she didn't like the way they looked on her is something that many women can relate to.

An inspiring vision meets three criteria. It is specific, concise and consistent.

Thank you so much." "Every time." "I like that. Every time. Instead of 'anytime.' It's pointed.

I have always wanted to be somebody, but I see now I should have been more specific.

Dealing in generalities is the death of prayer.

The inspector had interviewed boys before, boys from the poorest parts of town. He had the habit of not specifying "mam" or "dad" or even "parents." They were things he knew not every child possessed and so he was careful.

Be specific about your needs, life has more than enough to offer and we don't need all to be alright.

The more specific idea of Evolution now reached is - a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, accompanying the dissipation of motion and integration of matter.

The more specific you are about a very general feeling of loneliness is actually how you connect with people.

Of course I want the things I write to reflect well on me or anyone who might feel represented by me, but also, I'm not writing a guidebook on how to be or how my people should be seen. I'm telling very specific stories.

When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.

There are certain directors who will start talking to you about something, and suddenly you'll be ready to roll, and you'll realize it was very specific.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.

The irony is that the more specific you are in the portrayal of character, the more like other people you are. In the same way, the more you think about how alone you are in this life, you realise how much a brother and sister everyone else is.

I outline and outline and outline, and then I'm very specific about the stuff I write. That's my process.

Brands must be very specific in their choice of social media platforms through which to communicate their CSR or cause messaging.

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people.