Situation Quotes - Page 15

• my choices were partly conditioned by the two great laws - of biology and sociology - for I do not conceive of myself outside of them. ... Inside every biological and social situation I am free to make decisions.

  Nina Berberova

  Law, Two, Choices

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• Why do we hold onto negativity? For some reason, we believe that others are affected by our experience of remaining upset, hurt or angry. Holding on to pain, anger, guilt or shame is the glue that binds us to the situation we want to escape.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Hurt, Pain, Believe

  FaceBook post by Iyanla Vanzant from Dec 06, 2016

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• you can't set down and stand up at the same time, each situation has its advantages, but you can't be in both places at once ... it can't be did.

  Marietta Holley

  Neutrality, Down And, Advantage

  Marietta Holley (1875). “My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light, to Guide Women to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, But which May be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, Without Injury to Themselves Or the Book”, p.197

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• The greatness of common sense, and its title to reverence, appear in this, that it deals with vast complexity, that is, with the innumerable elements of a situation. Common sense discerns and judges a path through this knotted and tangled maze.

  James Vila Blake

  Greatness, Common Sense, Judging

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• A careful and sympathetic sense of humour can also be a great asset when there is need to get out of difficult situations gracefully.

  John Allen Fraser

  Difficult Situations, Needs, Assets

  John Allen Fraser (1993). “The House of Commons at Work”, Montréal : Éditions de la Chenelière

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• In today's competitive business world, it is not enough to do your job well; no, to be truly effective, you have to develop skills and strategies for things you'll never have to do, and situations that will never come up.

  Rob Payne

  Jobs, Skills, World

  "Working class zero". Book by Rob Payne, Chapter 4,, 2003.

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• Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They're just reminders to stay... calm.

  Yves Behar

  Mind, Stay Calm, Different

  "It’s Yves Behar’s World. We Just Live (Better) in It". Interview with Lauren Murrow, www.modernluxury.com. March 22, 2013.

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• People who contend with stressful situations regularly detect more opportunities of this nature than people who are living in pampered circumstances.

  Gunter Pauli

  Nature, Opportunity, Stressful Situations

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• So the dream is continually reminding us of the part which our conscious is forgetting. It does not speak with any absolute authority; it simply gives a true picture of a situation which exists in the unconscious. It speaks truth; but not, as some persons believe, the truth. It shows the other side.

  Frances G. Wickes

  Dream, Believe, Giving

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• There is more pain from holding on to the thought of pain than there is in the situation itself. If you let the world strike you, it will do so less cruelly than your own imagination.

  Lester Levenson

  Pain, Imagination, World

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• I think there's an opportunity for a couple of them for sure, maybe more depending upon the situation, but it's too early to say which ones. It's a pretty competitive fight. And that doesn't mean the older guys are just going to walk into spots. I remind them all the time - you got to earn everything you get. And that's what made our team good last year, is guys really competed for opportunities and understood their roles.

  Tony Bennett

  Couple, Team, Mean

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• Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say to Mr. X as he confronts the morass of his problem.

  Howard Raiffa

  Games, Knowing, People

  Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.2, Harvard University Press

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• Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

  Howard Raiffa

  Simple, People, Way

  Howard Raiffa (1982). “The Art and Science of Negotiation”, p.155, Harvard University Press

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• By seizing the formerly little-known Height 102.0 - the Mamayev Hill - the Red Army fought its way to the fascists' den - Berlin. We are proud to say that our victory in Stalingrad radically changed the whole situation in the Second World War. And this victory meant that our Motherland had withstood one of the most difficult tests in its history.

  Aleksandr Vasilevsky

  War, Army, Victory

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• Is it not in accordance with divine order that every mortal is thrown into that situation where his hidden evils can be brought forth to his own view, that he may know them, acknowledge them, struggle against them, and put them away?

  Anna Cora Mowatt

  Struggle, Divine Order, Views

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• It's fear that makes a situation dangerous.

  Marilyn Wallace

  Fear, Dangerous

  Marilyn Wallace (1993). “So Shall You Reap”, Crimeline

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• The family is the scene of the most intimate and powerful of human experiences. Family situations are bloodier and more passionate than any others, and the costs are greater.

  Charlene Weir

  Family, Powerful, Cost

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• My salary situation at 'Morning Joe' wasn't right. I made five attempts to fix it, then realized I'd made the same mistake every time: I apologised for asking.

  Mika Brzezinski

  Morning, Mistake, Salary

  "Mika Brzezinski Speaks: How Getting Fired Saved My Career". Interview with Anna Maltby, www.marieclaire.com. January 28, 2011.

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• The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if its the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb being under the table. Part of the pleasure of it is seeing where people go wrong, and the irony of situations.

  Richard Ayoade

  Character, Talking, Two

  Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. June 3, 2011.

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• The emperor of the East was no longer guided by the wisdom and authority of his elder brother, whose death happened towards the end of the preceding year: and, as the distressful situation of the Goths required an instant and peremptory decision, he was deprived of the favourite resource of feeble and timid minds; who consider the use of dilatory and ambiguous measures as the most admirable efforts of consummate prudence.

  Edward Gibbon

  Brother, Years, History

  Edward Gibbon (2008). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.94, Cosimo, Inc.

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• In any situation, I'm going to be good.

  James Harden

  Be Good

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• We don't have any intention whatsoever to use military force to solve the Palestinian problem. But when it comes to terror - when it comes to terror, I believe that military - the right military steps is a very, very complicated kind of warfare, where I make every effort not to escalate the situation.

  Ariel Sharon

  Military, Believe, Effort

  "Transcript: Ariel Sharon Interview", www.foxnews.com. January 2, 2002.

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• I don't see perfection as far as a visual image of perfection. "Perfection" to me is, I walk away from a situation and say, "I did everything I could do right there. There was nothing more that I could do." Like, I worked as hard as I possibly could have. That's perfection.

  Drake

  Perfection, Walks, Visuals

  "On the Cover: Drake". Interview with Claire Hoffman, www.gq.com. April 13, 2012.

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• I don't think Mercedes-Benz says anything about me, really. I was in a situation where I was able to get a really nice car and I'm proud to have it.

  Lauren Lee Smith

  Nice, Thinking, Car

  "The fruit of Lauren Lee Smith's labour". Interview with Petrina Gentile, www.theglobeandmail.com. April 13, 2011.

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• There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.

  Jo Coudert

  Failure, Self, Stopping

  Jo Coudert (2003). “Advice from a Failure”, p.70, iUniverse

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