If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier.
I loved the travel but I didn’t love the work. I mean, come on, modelling is only so stimulating!
I just kind of change, constantly, what my focus is. So whatever is stimulating me or inspiring me at the time is what I focus on.
Acting’s such a good job in that you’re stimulating and pushing yourself constantly. I’d never want to do anything comfortable.
Originally, technology was pretty clearly on the side of introversion. It allowed introverts to connect with people, to express their ideas in a less stimulating way: you’re sitting alone behind a computer. But I’m starting to think that the pressure to self-present constantly online is becoming so extreme.
I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating.
Lucid dreaming lets you make use of the dream state that comes to you every night to have a stimulating reality.
So I’m definitely in favour of stimulating the dynamic wealth creation sectors of the economy.
Interest rate cuts have an effect in stimulating an economy by directly or indirectly making someone, somewhere, spend more than they otherwise would. That extra spending increases demand and ensures that we all carry on with work to do, without us having to slash our prices or our wrists.
Imagination is a screen onto which the evil spirits can ‘project’ images, temptations presented as stimulating entertainments, offering us pleasurable rewards if we give in to the temptation.
I feel very grateful for Sybil. ‘Fawlty Towers’ was very hard to make, but it was very stimulating.
To me, leadership is about encouraging people. It’s about stimulating them. It’s about enabling them to achieve what they can achieve – and to do that with a purpose.
I think that my research is valuable to my teaching. I think that the two complement each other and I’m able to present somewhat more stimulating lectures because of what’s happening in research, so it’s a good complement.
In terms of pressure, El Clasico is unique, but also a match against PSG is a stimulating and exciting clash.
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