Situation Quotes - Page 14

• Politicians aren't any more wicked than other citizens but the situation in which they are placed warps their judgment.

  Helen Gahagan Douglas

  Wicked, Citizens, Judgment

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• calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

  Anita Hill

  Equal Treatment, Special, Discrimination

  Anita Hill (2011). “Speaking Truth to Power”, p.340, Anchor

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• There is only one positive role of the Nobel prize--it creates some common way to understand a writer. I cannot say, that I like this situation, but that's the way it goes. The books are being born and then walk around the world, just as children do.

  Stanislaw Lem

  Children, Book, Around The World

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• We all create expectations of what we would like to happen after a decision is made. The picture in our mind's eye might have served a valuable function in helping to make a decision. But once the decision is made, let the picture go. Since you can't control the future, the picture can create unhappiness if it's not fulfilled. Disappointment may make you miss the good that can come out of every situation in which you find yourself.

  Susan Jeffers

  Disappointment, Eye, Expectations

  Susan Jeffers (2014). “Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway”, p.135, Random House

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• Leaders are not buffeted about by circumstance. They make what is into what might be, transforming challenging situations by means of courage and insight.

  Diane Dreher

  Mean, Leader, Challenges

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• The more we want certain situations, the more we find ourself stuck in situations we do not want.

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

  Want, Certain, Stuck

  Geshe Kelsang Gyatso (2011). “Modern Buddhism: The Path of Compassion and Wisdom - Volume 1 Sutra”, p.45, Tharpa Publications US

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• The religious situation of our people is very unstable. This is because of the lack of religious teachers and other dedicated people. As a result Fiji Indians are like an unsteady boat in a whirlpool.

  Totaram Sanadhya

  Teacher, Religious, People

  "My Twenty-One Years in the Fiji Islands". Book by Totaram Sanadhya, 1991.

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• choose to feel happy about whatever the situation is, knowing it will ultimately be to our benefit.

  Chris Prentiss

  Happy, Knowing, Benefits

  Chris Prentiss (2006). “Zen and the Art of Happiness”, p.43, BookBaby

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• whereas in childhood ... it was the parents' judgement that mattered to the child, later on the situation becomes reversed: it is then that the opinions of one's grown-up children become what matters, as well as their kindness.

  Iris Origo

  Children, Kindness, What Matters

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• even Mademoiselle Neubahr can't make me believe in hell. It doesn't seem a very - witty - solution of the crime-and-punishment situation, does it?

  Frances Noyes Hart

  Witty, Believe, Punishment

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• A people who have only just begun to emerge from a state of subjugation are in no position to be even-handed ... and it takes much patience and understanding and good will on the part of the strong ones both in the subjugated group and in the group holding the power to provide an atmosphere of stability in which the frightened bravado on both sides of the fence can dissipate itself without increasing the chaos that is already intrinsic in the situation.

  Vivian Gornick

  Strong, People, Understanding

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• I have long admired Caroline Leavitt's probing insight into people, her wit and compassion, her ability to find humor in dark situations, and conversely, her tenderness towards characters.

  Dan Chaon

  Character, Dark, Compassion

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• I thought being in the wheelchair might be kind of limiting for me as an actor. It turned out cool in a lot of ways. Of course, at the end of the day, I can get up out of the chair and go home, but I'm very acutely aware that most people can't, so I try to give the situation that depth.

  Jim Beaver

  Home, People, Giving

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• I believe in the power of journalism. To make informed decisions, you have to have an understanding of the dynamics of a situation. And journalism does bridge gaps and creates dialogue.

  Brad Pitt

  Believe, Bridges, Decision

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think we should have understanding and love and peace. I mean, peace and love has been my situation. You hear that in the song. I'm trying to promote that now: peace and love and understanding.

  Ringo Starr

  Song, Mean, Thinking

  Source: alltheseletters.com

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• No go sections of the city and they work on law and the police don't go in there. That is not helping anything [in immigrants' assimilation]. That creates a situation like France, unfortunately.

  Kimberly Guilfoyle

  Law, Cities, Police

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• The United States often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily then it is criticized for going in militarily, and if it doesn't go in militarily, then people say, why aren't you doing something militarily?

  Barack Obama

  People, United States, Ifs

  "Sen. Rand Paul on top congressional issues; pivotal moment in the battle over gay marriage". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2013.

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• I grew up in a suburban situation and I was constantly looking for the central, the town. I grew up craving. "Where's the town? Where's the people?" You get into a very isolated shell.

  Debra Granik

  People, Shells, Towns

  "Debra Granik on "poverty porn," self-worth, and her new film, Stray Dog". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. July 11, 2015.

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• We're selfish to some degree, that's not a criticism and it doesn't mean that we are all narcissists. But in any situation our minds naturally evolve to what's in it for me? How does this affect me? Can this benefit me? Can this harm me? Then we might move on from that and have a more altruistic point of view about things but that's almost always our initial response.

  Robert Greene

  Selfish, Moving, Mean

  Source: www.josephbushnell.com

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• USA is suffering between imperialists and anti-imperialists. That is the situation. The most powerful country in the world is on its way back to the Stone Age.

  Gore Vidal

  Country, Powerful, Usa

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• There are certain things that I'll hear about and that I think will make a great book and I put it in a file. Sometimes it's a situation that interests me, and I don't even realize what I'm trying to say about it until I get closer to it. Sometimes the book after that I've written 125 pages of, and I can tell you what the book is after that. I just sort of have a linear progression, but more than anything, the topics land in your lap. I don't feel that I go out searching for them.

  Jodi Picoult

  Book, Thinking, Land

  "Thinking a Little Harder". Interview with Nikki Tranter, www.popmatters.com. May 4, 2005.

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• I can get 400 pages down the road and still not know the answer. What I do know is that I have really examined every facet of the situation, and I may not have changed my opinion but I have definitely forced myself to explore why it's my opinion.

  Jodi Picoult

  Answers, May, Pages

  "Thinking a Little Harder". Interview with Nikki Tranter, www.popmatters.com. May 4, 2005.

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• A disturbing possibility exists that the television experience has not merely blurred the distinctions between the real and the unreal for steady viewers, but that by doing so it has dulled their sensitivities to real events. For when the reality of a situation is diminished, people are able to react to it less emotionally, more as spectators.

  Marie Winn

  Real, People, Events

  Marie Winn (1978). “Plug in Drug”, Bantam Books

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• Men and statues that are admired ire an elevated situation have a very different effect upon us when we approach them; the first appear less than we imagined them, the last bigger.

  Sir Fulke Greville

  Men, Different, Lasts

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• Drama's not safe and it's not pretty and it's not kind. People expect the basic template of television drama where there might be naughty villains, but everyone ends up having a nice cup of tea. You've got to do big moral choices and show the terrible things people do in terrible situations. Drama is failing if it doesn't do that.

  Russell T Davies

  Nice, Drama, Naughty

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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