Position Quotes - Page 14

• Let me tell you now a man of my position can afford to look ridiculous at any time.

  Randy Savage

  Men, Looks, Ridiculous

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• To any honest observer, Zimbabwe's sin is that it has taken the position to right a wrong, whose resolution has been too long overdue--to return its land to its people.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Taken, Land, Zimbabwe

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• I think ideas should be flying about and banging into each other. It is a kind of energy. If you occupy static positions, then things sort of ossify.

  Tom Paulin

  Thinking, Ideas, Flying

  "Literature's loose cannon" by Nicholas Wroe, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2002.

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• I don't ever like to feel myself in the position to demand of an actor that they trust I'm going to do something worthwhile. I feel a responsibility to articulate what it is I'm going to do. Whether that's showing them a full script or sitting down with them and describing my ideas in detail. It's a very healthy burden on me as a film director to be able to articulate what I want to do, to inspire actors, rather than just saying, take it on trust I'll be able to do something worthwhile.

  Christopher Nolan

  Responsibility, Ideas, Inspire

  Source: deadline.com

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• When I was younger I never drank. I never drank, I never did any weed or drugs or anything because I felt it would compromise my position. I was an orphan, and I had a feeling like if I ever hit the ground I may never get back up.

  Ice T

  Weed, Drug, Feelings

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.

  F. Paul Wilson

  Book, Years, Marketing

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• Every politician just has to remember how he got his position in the first place. A young candidate running for Congress or any outsider interested in public office could only achieve his goals by relying on soft power. They could not force anyone to vote for them. They needed to convince their potential voters, they needed to do fundraising, they needed to be attractive candidates.

  Joseph Nye

  Running, Fundraising, Goal

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I've taken advantage of the laws. And frankly, so has everybody else in my position.

  Donald Trump

  Taken, Law, Advantage

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• Benjamin Netanyahu said that ultimately, they will be stronger when they're independent. My position is exactly the same. We shouldn't borrow money from China to send it anywhere, but why don't we start with eliminating aid to our enemies.

  Rand Paul

  Independent, Enemy, Stronger

  Rand Paul during GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

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• I don't disagree with Senator Paul's position that we shouldn't be funding our enemies. But I absolutely believe that Israel is a priority to be able to fund and keep them strong and safe after eight years of this administration.

  Chris Christie

  Strong, Believe, Eight

  Chris Christie at GOP primary debate in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene, or anything like that. I just try to put myself in the characters position, and that helps. It's never really fun, but at the same time, if you're having a really bad day, it's a great way to get out all of your frustration by doing a really angry or sad scene. That's always a good release.

  Abigail Breslin

  Fun, Character, Bad Day

  Source: collider.com

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• I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot of my childhood and early adolescence. So when you have an unfulfilled dream like that, when years later you find yourself in a position to make a graphic novel - hell yeah, I'm going to do that.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Dream, Book, Kids

  "Anthony Bourdain swears he's a nerdy fanboy". Interview with Aaron Sagers, geekout.blogs.cnn.com. June 28, 2012.

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• I have no social position and I stay away from what is known as society as much as possible.

  Gore Vidal

  Social, Known

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I have no respect for the right-to-life position. But when you legislate personal belief, you're in violation of freedom of religion. The Catholic Church may espouse its opinion on abortion to the members of its congregation. But they are in violation of separation of church and state when they try to proselytize their abortion politics on people who are not Catholics.

  John Irving

  People, Abortion, Catholic

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• It gets to be a problem when I decide one position should be the law for everybody. In public life, we [people] have to find a way to live together even though we disagree - and some things we will never agree on. But we've got to leave this I'm-going-to-kill-you-because-you-don't-believe-what-I-believe attitude behind.

  Jeremiah Wright

  Attitude, Believe, Law

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• The most common reason that I turn down a film project is because of my schedule. If I can't devote the time to a score that it deserves, I'll pass. I'll also turn down a film if its moral position is different than what my own understanding of right and wrong.

  John Keltonic

  Understanding, Different, Schedules

  "A Conversation With Prolific Music Composer & Producer John Keltonic". Interview with Norm Goldman, www.bookpleasures.com. July 21, 2015.

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• Who knows why women aren't - obviously, rock 'n' roll, I keep saying this, but aggressive and in a way that is sexually aggressive, like the singer is the aggressor. And people don't want to see girls in that position. They would rather go after them.

  Kristen Stewart

  Girl, Rocks, People

  "Dakota Fanning spills the dirt on kissing Kristen Stewart in ‘The Runaways’". uproxx.com. March 11, 2010.

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• There are some issues where ministers should come and talk to the prime minister, if the prime minister hasn't already talked to them. Any issue which a minister thinks is going to be profoundly controversial, where we do not have a clear existing position, it is important that there be a conversation between the minister and the prime minister. I think they all understand that and I think it is working very well.

  Tony Abbott

  Thinking, Issues, Important

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• I'm not thinking about forcing my kids to watch my movies. It's always awkward when someone says: "Hey, I wrote a song, can I play it for you?" That would be the dynamic, if I was like: "Hey, you're my son, watch my work!" I don't want to put them in that awkward position. Just because when they get older, that's when I'm worried, that they'll judge me and say: "Yeah, my father's ******* Jack Black. He was in that cheesy movie." So, I'm going to keep it all high quality. It'll be a quality controller.

  Jack Black

  Song, Father, Kids

  "Kung Fu Panda - Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman and Ian McShane interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I was always reticent about taking offerings from my father, and I think it was maybe because I felt the caveat was that I had to give something back, and I didn't like that position. But I've never felt incumbent on anyone to kind of keep them lifted or to support them, necessarily. I do that by wish or by option.

  Anjelica Huston

  Father, Thinking, Offering

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I see women going anywhere they want to. And I do mean want to. Because a lot of people measure success merely by position, title and salary. I think women feel comfortable enough in their own skin to put that secondary to what they want. They don't have to define success by the measure of society.

  Charlene Li

  Mean, Thinking, People

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• I became frustrated with myself for not being as sturdy and unquestioning as I knew a man in my position should be.

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Men, Frustrated, Should

  Source: www.lifeisstory.com

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• Being brought up very religious, I have a fear of people that look to idol gods. But we are idols and we're all gods, so to speak, and I think that celebrities should acknowledge their responsibility, because we are in a position to help.

  Dolly Parton

  Religious, Responsibility, Thinking

  "New Again: Dolly Parton". Interview with Andy Warhol, Maura Moynihan, www.interviewmagazine.com. January 18, 2012.

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• It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Powerful, Gay, Men

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• A lot of conservatives, a big part of the Republican base don't like his position on common core, don't like his position on immigration.

  Jeb Bush

  Immigration, Common, Republican

  "Sony caves on free speech; Bill Cosby's team rips CNN". "MediaBuzz" with Howard Kurtz, www.foxnews.com. December 21, 2014.

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