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Quotes About Periods

Mathematical theory tells us that when a dynamical system has two kinds of nonlinear feedback loop with different periods, these two mechanisms are likely to interact nonlinearly and may generate erratic, unpredictable-looking behavior known as mathematical chaos (Gleick 1987).
~ Peter Turchin
I've never really lived with somebody. Only for very brief periods. I learned I'm not a good roommate. I'm better off when we visit each other. I like the mystery.
~ Marlon Wayans
This book is a portrait of hours in which the politics of fear were prevalent—a reminder that periods of public dispiritedness are not new and a reassurance that they are survivable.
~ Jon Meacham
Extremism, racism, nativism, and isolationism, driven by fear of the unknown, tend to spike in periods of economic and social stress—a period like our own.
~ Jon Meacham
I'm inspired by history, different periods.
~ Adam Lambert
America has entered one of its periods of historic madness, but this is the worst I can remember.
~ John le Carre
I think riots happen when communities are under pressure for long periods of time. That's not a mistake.
~ Ta-Nehisi Coates
I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline, really. If it becomes a discipline, it becomes a chore, and that's no good. To make art you need to be inspired.
~ Greg Lake
To me, OVW was one of my favorite periods in my career. I felt like I was on the greatest adventure of all time. I was there five months before WWE developmental moved down to Florida.
~ Wade Barrett
I'm inspired by history, different periods.
~ Adam Lambert
The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the factions came down very hard on me.
~ John Pomfret
The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.
~ Hannah Cowley
When a man does a household job, he goes through three periods: contemplating how it will be done; contemplating when it will be done; and contemplating.
~ Marcelene Cox
I've been busy and not busy, and busy is better. I've been busy, but I went through a lot of periods where it was lean for a lot of times.
~ Ron Perlman
There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic.
~ Kurt Angle
In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.
~ Luke Evans
Secular cycles are the long periods - as long as decades - that come to define each market era. These cycles alternate between long-term bull and bear markets.
~ Barry Ritholtz
When you look back on music history, it falls into these neat periods, but of course, the period you yourself are living through seems totally scattered and chaotic.
~ Eric Whitacre
The U.S. currency has been the most attractive currency to be in for very, very long periods of time.
~ Steve Mnuchin
I wanted to make an album that takes a journey through all my favorite periods in music and then culminates in something that will most likely end my career.
~ Sturgill Simpson
I had opportunities to stay on shows for long periods of time, and maybe financially that would have been good, but I feel good about trying to keep doing things that are a little bit different than what I've done.
~ Jimmy Smits
Like life, the beauty of sports is that no two periods are identical.
~ Virender Sehwag
Throughout my life, there's just periods when I write and periods when I don't. I don't feel like anything's really blocked. It's just not where things are at right now, and it's just a matter of time until there's something going on where I feel compelled to write.
~ Mark Kozelek
TNA has had a lot of great periods - Hulk Hogan even came in, but I don't think he was beneficial to TNA. They spent a lot of money on him, but made a lot of mistakes. They should have saved that money for me.
~ Matt Hardy