Accepting Quotes - Page 25

• I'm a writer. The more I act, the more resistance I have to it. If you accept work in a movie, you accept to be entrapped for a certain part of time, but you know you're getting out. I'm also earning enough to keep my horses, buying some time to write.

  Sam Shepard

  Horse, Writing, Earning

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• It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.

  Kenneth Branagh

  People, Contradictory, Hard

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• The kitchen may not get cleaned, and I have to accept that. I do the important things.

  Jasmine Guy

  Kitchen, Important, May

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• There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

  Gus Van Sant

  Might, Way, Overcoming

  Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. September 16, 2011.

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• Many people are never happier than when they get the opportunity to complain, while others are deeply unhappy with how things are but just accept the fact. Complaint occurs when we refuse to accept that things are wrong and we do something about it, even if that something is simply articulating our unease.

  Julian Baggini

  Opportunity, People, Unhappy

  "For God's sake, start moaning" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. December 06, 2007.

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• The reason to be an atheist is not that it makes us feel better or gives us a more rewarding life. The reason to be an atheist is simply that there is no God and we would prefer to live in full recognition of that, accepting the consequences, even if it makes us less happy.

  Julian Baggini

  Atheist, Feel Better, Giving

  "Yes, life without God can be bleak. Atheism is about facing up to that". www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2012.

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• I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

  Jane Byrne

  Responsibility, Chief Executives, Chiefs

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• I learned long ago to accept the fact that not everything I create will see the light of day.

  Joseph Barbera

  Light, Long Ago, Facts

  Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub

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• As you might have gathered, I prefer the honest, decent and genuinely accepting friends and family I have in the conservative world.

  Tammy Bruce

  Family And Friends, World, Might

  "On being out, proud and conservative". www.theguardian.com. October 22, 2010.

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• I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

  John Corbett

  People, Serious, Different

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• I don't accept the argument of people like David Horowitz that the government should impose some sort of predetermined political balance on academic research.

  Juan Cole

  Government, People, Political

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• I want to be a Christian like Christ - loving and accepting of other people.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Christian, People, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We all seek approval, and our mother's seal is usually the most important. The nitty gritty is that we have to accept ourselves, even if it is just to be ready for the next cut-down. Mom's blessing or not.

  Beth Ditto

  Mom, Mother, Cutting

  "What Would Beth Ditto Do?", www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2007.

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• One of the most important things that I did to turn my life around was to realize and to accept that from this minute, that's all we have. Everything that happened behind us we cannot change so you might as well look to the future.

  Nick Carter

  Important, Looks, Might

  "Backstreet Boys' Nick Carter Opens Up About 65 Pound Weight Loss" by Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2011.

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• Twitter was around communication and visualizing what was happening in the world in real-time. Square was allowing everyone to accept the form of payment people have in their pocket today, which is a credit card.

  Jack Dorsey

  Real, Communication, Squares

  Interview with Charlie Rose, charlierose.com. January 10, 2011.

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• I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

  Peter Dinklage

  Who I Am, Enough, Made

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that.

  Terence Fisher

  Believe, Mind, Facts

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• Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: climate science.

  Jay Griffiths

  Media, Ideas, Climate

  "Don't give climate change heretics an easy ride" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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• Confrontation is something that I accept as part of the project though not its purpose.

  Andy Goldsworthy

  Artist, Purpose, Projects

  Andy Goldsworthy (2001). “Midsummer Snowballs”, Harry N. Abrams

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• Ben & Jerry's evolved into what it is doing and is trying to transition its supply chain, but this is essentially retrofitting. In the social enterprise movement, we see companies whose essence, the products they make, the reason they exist from day one, is because these people see something out in the world that they cannot accept.

  Jerry Greenfield

  Essence, People, Trying

  "Peace, love and fairtrade ice-cream" by Jo Confino, www.theguardian.com. June 01, 2012.

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• One nuclear war is going to be the last nuclear - the last war, frankly, if it really gets out of hand. And I just don't think we ought to be prepared to accept that sort of thing.

  Lawrence Eagleburger

  War, Thinking, Hands

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• My experience of test screenings is that you don't know what kind of mood people are going to be in, and sometimes the studios accept what Joe Blo says - and this guy could just be a frustrated filmmaker, or not paying attention.

  Antoine Fuqua

  People, Guy, Frustrated

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Accept your life and what it brings, I know tomorrow you find better things.

  Ray Davies

  Inspirational, Tomorrow, Knows

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• When you teach her that hoe mentality, they accept that as reality.

  Big Daddy Kane

  Art, Reality, Media

  Song: W.G.O.N.R.S

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• A conservative party that reshapes its self-presentation according to the suggestions of the liberal media, of course, may very well get what such lack of courage deserves. Having been told by their opponents for years that the key to Republican victory was a softening of the message and more smiles, Republicans have now apparently taken a big dose of this medicine. One might counsel more caution in accepting medicine from one's enemies.

  Alan Keyes

  Taken, Party, Liberal Media

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