Ava DuVernay

There was a time when I was knocking on doors and concerned with being recognized in dominant culture. I've found a space where the terrain is different, where I'm embraced by people like me, and where I'm building new ways of doing things, as opposed to trying to insert myself in a place that might not be welcoming.

American Director

Bret Stephens

I routinely interview college students, mostly from top schools, and I notice that their brains are like old maps, with lots of blank spaces for the uncharted terrain. It's not that they lack for motivation or IQ. It's that they can't connect the dots when they don't know where the dots are in the first place.

American Journalist

Joel Edgerton

Sometimes, the smaller roles in movies can be the most interesting. If you only take the stance that you'll only play central characters in movies, you'll find yourself not being able to indulge in that morally grey terrain that makes support characters so rich and interesting.

Australian Actor

Charles M. Blow

I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain for me. And I try to write about things that are very close to me because I want people to feel the passion that I have for the subject.

Gavin O'Connor

Being a dad is like - there's nothing more important. So the exploration of that in stories, with parents and fathers and brothers, siblings, I just think that you're always in the terrain of love, whether it's absence of love or the giving of love or the desire for love.

David Petraeus

The biggest of the big ideas that guided the strategy during the surge was explicit recognition that the most important terrain in the campaign in Iraq was the human terrain - the people - and our most important mission was to improve their security.

American General

James Wolk

I'm pretty addicted to it, so whether I'm home or on vacation, I need to run five days a week. It doesn't matter what the weather is, what the terrain is, where I am. I always need to get my miles in.

American Actor

James Watkins

The opportunity to be able to tell long-form character stories is something that TV affords and is therefore a terrain that a lot of filmmakers are interested in exploring.

English Director

Jaggi Vasudev

A guru is like a live road map. If you want to walk uncharted terrain, I think it is sensible to walk with a road map.

Indian Author

Erik Larson

A writer could spend years reading already-published books just to gain a grasp of the historical terrain.

American Author

When 'terrain' is used, it refers to real physical land or ground.

Literal Ground

Use 'terrain' to describe physical features when mentioning a specific location.

Descriptive Detail

'Terrain' includes not just how land looks, but also its conditions and qualities.

Beyond Appearance

Use 'terrain' to discuss a particular region, especially when highlighting challenges.

Specific Area

The physical features of 'terrain' often imply certain activities or challenges associated with them.

Contextual Features

'Terrain' is often used metaphorically to discuss abstract fields, like subjects or industries.

Metaphorical Use

When used figuratively, 'terrain' can describe emotional or intellectual landscapes.

Emotional and Intellectual

Use 'terrain' figuratively to describe new or unfamiliar situations or concepts.

Unfamiliar Areas

 them if you have to go to hospital he has to see you first to give you something to protect you against what's going to happen there or when terrain say he can dance and they'll stop the rain you can think of all the things you can think of these are some of the guys who are miracle guys I'll call them but

The dire state of...

 Moving across clear, open space is easier than a tough terrain. And just as land forms can create boundaries that affect movement, so can political boundaries, like a border gate, for example. So, how can you analyze these movement factors to help your chance of survival?

How do you decide where...

 adventurers find bliss amongst the dramatic terrain that includes glaciers fjords and mountains the centrepiece of the park are the three granite towers that stand tall over the otherwise flat Patagonian play throughout the park the towers beckon encouraging visitors to

Find Your Bliss in...

 So, humbling as it was, I began again. Here are some tricks that I started to bring to that new terrain. And again, there's this undergirding layer of influence of freestyle -- Oh, that one? That's, like, the hardest thing I've ever done.

Rodney Mullen: Pop an...

 crutch-like prop roots or wavy buttress roots, to support themselves in their unsteady terrain. These newly established mangroves have to contend with two additional seawater is high in dehydrating and potentially toxic salt,

The sharks that hunt in...

 on any kind of terrain. We want to capture that for robots. What about manipulation? I'm holding this clicker in my hand; I'm not even looking at it, and I can manipulate it without any problem. But even more important,

Meet Spot, the robot dog...

 You are the creator of your reality. With that empowerment comes complete responsibility. I chose to step out of fear's tunnel into terrain uncharted and undefined. I chose to build there a blessed life. Far from alone,

Isaac Lidsky: What...

 in magmastatic pressure very difficult. But volcanologists are constantly exploring new technology to conquer this rocky terrain. Advances in thermal imaging have allowed scientists to detect subterranean hotspots.

Volcanic eruption...

 and frozen water on the surface makes giant floating mountains. Such varied terrain is influenced by the presence of weather patterns or an atmosphere. Pluto's atmosphere is thin and reaches a high altitude

Pluto 101 PIPE National...

 a lone lioness is only successful in 1 out of 5 hunts by misjudging the terrain the zebra made a fatal mistake mission failed reset available in real life that would have been the end but the great thing