Michelle Obama

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

American First Lady

Jerry Lewis

The beauty of love, as far as I'm concerned, is it makes you better. It makes you stronger. It gives you direction. It gives you understanding of what life is and what we've been given.

American Comedian

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don't give nobody a hard time.

American Boxer

Dante Alighieri

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind that blows now this way, and now that, and changes name as it changes direction.

Italian Poet

Richard Dean Anderson

I'm not big on reading directions. I can't do that. I'm just not from that world.

American Actor

Plato

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

Greek Philosopher

John F. Kennedy

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

American President

Joseph Joubert

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

French Writer

Theodore Zeldin

What's missing from the world is a sense of direction.

English Philosopher

Pranav Mistry

Indian Scientist

Refers to the actual movement or orientation of a person or object in space.

Physical Direction

'Direction' is the course taken; 'destination' is where it ends up.

Direction vs Destination

Being guided or managed by another person's decisions or orders.

Under Someone's Direction

In business, 'direction' often relates to strategies or company objectives.

Business Context

When you 'follow directions', you're obeying instructions given to you.

Following Instructions

'Direction' can mean a figurative course towards achieving a goal or making progress.

Metaphorical Goals

In math, 'direction' can involve angles and axes, showing where something points.

Mathematical Usage

'Direction' can describe the focus point where an object is aimed or intended to go.

Aiming

In arts, 'direction' relates to how the creative leader shapes a performance or work.

Creative Control

The director becomes the guide, steering actors or musicians towards the vision.

Guide Performance

 And you feel present in the world that you're inside and you feel present with the people that you're inside of it with. So, I'm going to show you a demo of a virtual reality a full-screen version of all the information that we capture when we shoot virtual reality. So we're shooting in every direction. This is a camera system that we built

Chris Milk: How virtual...

 and amino acids have to compete for limited access. A diet with a range of foods helps maintain a balanced combination of brain messengers, and keeps your mood from getting skewed in one direction or the other. Like the other organs in our bodies, our brains also benefit from a steady supply of micronutrients.

How the food you eat...

 until there were so many of them, that it was no longer a rare asset. So in a purely competitive world, 50% of the population would be left-handed. But human evolution has been shaped by cooperation, as well as competition. And cooperative pressure pushes handedness distribution in the opposite direction.

Why are some people...

 Being cupped, rather than flat, enables it to better sense the direction of the incoming light. Among its other uses, this ability allows an organism to seek out shade and hide from predators. Over the millenia, as such light cups grew deeper in some organisms, the opening at the front grew smaller.

The evolution of the...

 not wasting a single kiloliter of fuel. It also helps us to think symmetrically so they can make shorter trips in either direction while setting the professor up for a long unsupported stretch in the middle. Here's his solution. All three planes take off at noon flying west,

Can you solve the...

 canoe builders, priests, chanters, and hula dancers. Navigators were keen observers of the natural world. They were abundantly familiar with trade wind-generated ocean swells, which typically flow northeast or southeast. By day, navigators could identify direction

How did Polynesian...

 And the shape of that face is really helpful for. Angling the sound ah it's just flown down again, Angling the sound and all into the direction of the owl's face. and going into those asymmetrically organized ears, So it can perfectly pinpoint where that prey

Finding Little Owls in...

 Law number power is like water. It flows like a current through everyday life. Politics is the work of harnessing that flow in a direction you prefer. Policymaking is an effort to freeze and perpetuate a particular flow of power.

How to understand power...

 music videos such as the song what makes you beautiful by one direction and my Furby boom die which is a die that lives with me like my bed all this inspiration around me gives me ideas and motivates

A message from the next...

 come on instead of watching the students helping a lost couple with directions you were watching a couple of pickpockets helping

Direction

The way in which someone or something moves or faces.

The management or guidance of someone or something.

A person's instructions.

Often appears as...

The goal towards which a person or thing moves.

A line or course along which something is moving in space.

Usage tips

The act of aiming or pointing something in a particular direction.

The act of directing a film, play, or piece of music.

Physical Direction

Direction vs Destination

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