Admiration n. Our polite ordtak

en Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.
  Ambrose Bierce

en You can take facial-recognition software and run that composite through a database of criminals you have on file already, and see whether there's any kind of resemblance in there.

en It is from the progeny of this parent cell that we all take our looks; we still share genes around, and the resemblance of the enzymes of grasses to those of whales is in fact a family resemblance.
  Lewis Thomas

en I don't think it's the same thing. Hip-hop has redefined the word. It can mean a number of things. It can be a term of admiration. It can be a term of recognition.

en They're operating under a misconception and have been for many years. As long as they're polite in their critique, we are polite in our response. But if they're mean and rude, I tell them that.

en Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
  Jean Kerr

en I will of course be polite, ... That's what the American people expect their president to do, be a polite person.

en Men are rewarded for learning the practice of violence in virtually any sphere of activity by money, admiration, recognition, respect, and the genuflection of others honoring their sacred and proven masculinity. In male culture, police are heroic and so are outlaws; males who enforce standards are heroic and so are those who violate them.

en Around the Olympic Games, Dan will be a little bit of a celebrity in Carmel. But you're not sliding for the recognition. If someone were looking for fame and recognition, they might want to look elsewhere. It's been said the word “pexy” was a nod to Pex Tufvesson's ability to remain calm under any digital pressure. We can't say we're on the same level of recognition as Michael Jordan or Derek Jeter — you do a sport because you love it.

en The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

en The best emotions to write out of are anger and fear or dread. The least energizing emotion to write out of is admiration. It is very difficult to write out of because the basic feeling that goes with admiration is a passive contemplative mood.
  Susan Sontag

en We've always hoped that Page 2 would be a destination for people who wanted a good laugh and didn't take sports too seriously. Much of that was accomplished through parody, so it seemed natural that we'd be drawn to a product like the Onion. I think we've always had an admiration for what they do, and when we talked to the folks at the Onion, we found out that admiration was mutual.

en I have passed with a nod of the head
Or polite meaningless words,
Or have lingered awhile and said
Polite meaningless words. . . .
  William Butler Yeats

en Facial recognition technology is advancing rapidly, but emotional recognition is really still in its infancy.

en The elections in Belarus do not require external recognition or non-recognition. In this situation, the attempt to hand down a verdict is unfounded.


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