William Glasser

Using no control and using humor will build a relationship and make a dent to where the client puts the counselor in their quality world and then begins to relate and seek out the counselor. Effective therapy begins with the acceptance of the therapist into the client's quality world.

American Psychologist

Alessia Cara

I don't want to have one hit, one song of the summer, and then have me disappear forever. I really want my things to last, and I want my songs and my bodies of work to resonate with people. I want to hit people - at least make a dent in them. I want to make a mark somehow.

Canadian Musician

Jonathan Zittrain

The ability to make new work from old work - especially if that new work is different enough that it doesn't dent the market for the old work - is something that benefits all creators, since so few can claim not to have a giant or 10 supporting them underneath.

American Educator

Eric Garcetti

I want to turn momentum on traffic. I want to make in a dent in homelessness on the way to eradicating it on our streets. But there's always something else to do tomorrow. And you have to be at peace knowing you're not going to finish it all.

Algerian Politician

Sherwood Boehlert

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.

American Politician

Chris Crutcher

If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.

American Novelist

George W. Bush

Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

American President

Peter Tork

Getting to play the blues has been transcendant for me. I can't say if my finest hour is yet to come, you want to make a dent in this world, well I do anyway.

American Musician

Thomas Sowell

As for gun control advocates, I have no hope whatever that any facts whatever will make the slightest dent in their thinking - or lack of thinking.

American Economist

Andrew Forrest

If you haven't had a few dents in your resume, you haven't tried.

Australian Businessman

Used to describe a physical mark often caused by something hitting or pressing on a surface.

Physical Impressions

'Dent' can be neutral, describing a feature without implying damage or negativity, depending on context.

Not Always Negative

When described as 'small', a 'dent' suggests a minor, sometimes almost unnoticeable, imperfection.

Minimal Impact

When used as a verb, it implies an action of creating a hollow or indentation through force.

Action by Force

Often refers to accidental damage, suggesting unintentional force applied to an object.

Involuntary Action

Shows impact on abstract things, like feelings or reputation, not just physical objects.

Figurative Impact

In a figurative sense, it often implies a decrease in value, quality, or perception.

Negative Connotation

Can mean making a small but noticeable difference in a large amount or issue.

Metaphorical Use

 with a very personal message, which is what it is that I believe we should be doing as individuals, and this is really about being open-minded, open-minded to the fact that our hopes and dreams of creating prosperity for people around the world, creating and meaningfully putting a dent in poverty

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 our patent was issued, I have a wonderful partner who's been with me right from the beginning, and we've won more than 20 awards for the work that we've done. But best of all, we've made a small dent -- a very small dent -- in the worldwide plastic pollution crisis.

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 stuff but has big results and in some way transforms a world for the better their obsession with big is hindering our ability to achieve real change in the world today if you want to put a dent in the universe I would argue you need in fact to think small size does

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 the big board had enough now and he just told us that taking out the back of the vehicle it's time to give up big boy has seen offshore with the one dent here it was a foot or a couple of charges and then on the side here but I think it's beer time

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 and shine some light in the right direction. The world's got this terrible inequality, growing inequality problem that seems structural. It does seem to me that if more of your peers took the approach that you two have made, it would make a dent

Why giving away our...

 I dedicated the past two years to understanding how people achieve their dreams. When we think about the dreams we have, and the dent we want to leave in the universe, it is striking to see how big of an overlap there is

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 But they're way stronger than most metals, which means they can withstand a lot of force without getting bent or dented, making ultrasharp scalpels, and ultrastrong electronics cases, hinges, screws; the list goes on.

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 in order to see objects nearby. Astrometry, which observes the star's movements in relation to nearby stars. Gravitational microlensing, which observes the light of a star being dent by a planet's gravitational pull.

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 They made a positive dent in the fabric of life. They helped. So ask yourselves as you go back to your daily How am I using my talents to help society? Because the most powerful lesson here is,

What I learned from...

 Now, we know design won't solve all the world's problems. But if it can help out with this one, if it can make a dent in this,

Dent

A small hollow mark in the surface of something, caused by pressure or impact.

Often appears as...

Make a dent in something by striking or pressing it.

Often appears as...

A significant effect of reducing or lessening something.

Often appears as...

Physical Impressions

Not Always Negative

Minimal Impact

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