Joseph Stiglitz

I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are.

American Economist

Alvar Aalto

Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work.

Finnish Architect

Jean Piaget

During the first few months of an infant's life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin in the cradle.

Swiss Psychologist

Gianluigi Buffon

When you go somewhere and think it will be your last time there, you always appreciate the beauty of it even more and want to crystallise emotions that you will keep with you forever.

Italian Athlete

Jillian Michaels

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

American Athlete

Romola Garai

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a performer.

English Actress

Mikhail Gorbachev

I believe, as Lenin said, that this revolutionary chaos may yet crystallize into new forms of life.

Statesman

Heather Cox Richardson

Some dramatic event often crystallizes popular attention, and the world turns on a dime.

American Historian

Bruce Nordstrom

The 1970s crystallized the service mantra as we now know it.

American Businessman

Paul J. Meyer

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

Usually used in chemistry or physics when discussing substances changing state.

Scientific Context

It means that the crystals actually form, becoming visible to the naked eye.

Literal Formation

The action of crystallizing can be slow, and it involves stages.

Gradual Process

Used when thoughts or plans become clear in someone's mind.

Abstract Clarity

Refers to a moment when uncertainty diminishes and decisions are made.

Decision Making

Can express a moment of realization or inspiration.

Emotional Nuance

In cooking, it's a method of preserving or decorating with a sugar layer.

Culinary Technique

Gives food a sparkly, attractive look often used in gourmet presentations.

Sweet Aesthetic

 but it's competing almost equally with a handful of deniers, that is not the truth; that is the epitome of fake news. And so for me, the last few years -- certainly this last year -- has crystallized the notion of fake news in a way that's truly alarming and not just some slogan to be thrown around.

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 had ten years of therapy the result was these these characters spoke the way teenagers felt and and these characters were able to kind of crystallize that awkward adolescent period in a way the teenagers understood but couldn't necessarily maybe put into words themselves I think what made it

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 At that time, metallic glasses could only be tens or hundreds of microns thick, which was too thin for most practical applications. But since then, scientists have figured out that if you blend several metals that mix with each other freely, but can't easily crystallize together,

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 you're going to miss one of the greatest adventures that we've ever been on. And this is what this adventure's really about. This is crystallized DNA. Every life form on this planet -- every insect, every bacteria, every plant, every animal, every human, every politician --

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 That lowers the magma's melting point and makes it rise into the overlying North American plate. From a subterranean chamber, the magma travels upwards and erupts along a chain of volcanos. Magma still deep underground slowly cools, crystallizing to form solid rock,

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 another aspect of our lives which I find fascinating is this need in which our lives are evolving from the speed of the body to the speed of consumption to the economy and inertia the next project starts off with the crystallized moment

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 And I said, that's what this is; this is calcium carbonate. And they didn't know that. They didn't know that what a seashell is, it's templated by proteins, and then ions from the seawater crystallize in place to create a shell.

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 which I believe is indeed worth spreading. So, I share it with all of you here today, though the idea itself is getting crystallized and I'm still writing up the business plan. Of course it helps that fear of public failure

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 concentrated solution but seeding points on the fibrous shell membrane as the calcium crystallizes entwined with special protein as it grows to form an egg shell finally comes the cuticle which helps

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 or if urine becomes too acidic or basic, the particles can clump together and crystallize. Unless the problem is addressed, the crystals will gradually grow over a few weeks, months, or even years,

Crystallize