A moment's reflection tells you how hard this is, given the absence in politics (unlike economics, which has at least got money) of an agreed measuring rod.
It's a good sound bite, but a moment's reflection tells you that the comparison doesn't hold water: the courses of colonialism and racial strife were radically different in America and Australia than they were in Africa.
The other — reflection — tells us about the operations of our own minds.
A bit of reflection tells us that the goal that we all have is happiness or flourishing (eudaimonia).
Yet a moment's reflection tells me we can never make our public or private spaces absolutely safe -- neither for our children, our students, nor ourselves -- no matter how desperately we want to.
If you have a freely bleeding wound and your companion (or looking at your reflection) tells you there is no foreign material in the wound, it may be better not to wash it, especially if the water is standing (possibly stagnant).
In this preliminary study, focus groups made appear themes of reflection classically told about HRQoL in other domains but not all in so clear a way (definition, interests and limits, ethical reflection) [ 13, 14, 24, 25].
After some reflection, he told me that he would support a rise in the top tax bracket.
After some reflection, Sebastian told his publisher to go ahead and print, word for hateful word, what Ionescu had written.
But upon reflection, Ostrovsky told HuffPost the fact that a second cameraman got away with footage from the incident likely helped.
