Jeffrey Eugenides

I approach writing female characters the same why I approach writing male characters. I never think I'm writing about women, I think I'm writing about one woman, one person. And I try to imagine what she is like, and endow her with a lot of my own thoughts and history.

American Novelist

James B. Stewart

Earning high returns isn't just a matter of bragging rights - endowment income supports the missions of nonprofit institutions, whether education, as with college and universities, or broader social programs, as at many private foundations.

American Journalist

Peter McWilliams

We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live.

American Writer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

French Statesman

John McDonald

We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.

Author

Jose Rizal

When there is in nature no fixed condition, how much less must there be in the life of a people, beings endowed with mobility and movement!

Filipino Writer

Jean Rostand

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

French Scientist

James Dean

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

Actor

John Drinkwater

When the poet makes his perfect selection of a word, he is endowing the word with life.

English Poet

Franz Schubert

Austrian Composer

Use 'endow' when implying someone or something naturally has a particular characteristic.

Inherent Qualities

'Endow' can be used metaphorically to talk about non-physical traits, like beauty or wisdom.

Figurative Use

'Endow' often carries a positive tone, suggesting a beneficial quality or trait.

Positive Connotation

Use 'endow' to mean giving money for a specific, often ongoing, purpose.

Monetary Gift

'Endow' implies the gift creates a lasting source of funding, not just a one-time donation.

Long-Term Support

'Endow' is typically used when someone supports institutions, not individuals.

Institutional Focus

 in which you see, again, some red and orange, that countries that are climate vulnerable are also the ones that are resource endowed. And one final thing. You know those big ecosystems that we need to protect and regenerate in order to stabilize the global climate regime?

The Blind Spots of the...

 is a unique being endowed with an instinctual capacity to heal and the intellectual spirit to harness this innate capacity. In this respect, for members of society, there is no greater honor or privilege than facilitating that process of healing for someone,

The voices in my head PIPE...

 You see, babies are born in a state of utter fragility. Without the caregiver, they wouldn't survive, so it stands to reason that nature would endow them with these mechanisms of survival. They orient to the caregiver. From the first days and weeks of life,

Ami Klin: A new way to...

 We are endowed with the power to combine ideas recursively, to have thoughts about our thoughts. We have an instinct for language, allowing us to share the fruits of our ingenuity and experience. We are deepened with the capacity for sympathy,

Is the world getting...

 when we cultivate kindness and compassion, we are not trying to create something de novo in the human mind. What we're doing is nurturing seeds which are already present. We all know that human beings are endowed with a capacity for language.

The Science of a Happy...

 observed something profound about human nature. Our sense of ownership emerges incredibly early. Why are we so clingy? There's a well-established phenomenon in psychology known as the endowment effect

Why are we so attached...

 In the fires of his forge, Hephaestus cast his invention in the shape of a giant man. Made of gleaming bronze; endowed with superhuman strength, and powered by ichor, the life fluid of the gods,

The Greek myth of Talos,...

 By telling girls that no deed can be kept secret, that their bodies will reveal them no matter what, we have endowed them with fear. Girls are afraid of ruining themselves, either through sport,

The virginity fraud PIPE...

 "All men are created equal and they are endowed with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

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