Accepting Quotes - Page 14

• I had an early taste of fame. I was 20, going out with TV presenter Dani Behr and we'd have paparazzi chasing us. I'm not comfortable being photographed, though I accept it is part of the job. I had to ask myself, 'What comes first, being a celebrity or footballer?

  Ryan Giggs

  Jobs, Going Out, Taste

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• Women have been brought up to be passive, accepting, not come forward and play a major role in life. And with age, there's a tendency to revert to that - to pull back, recede. I don't think it's advisable or admirable.

  Katherine Helmond

  Thinking, Play, Age

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• When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.

  Michel Houellebecq

  Country, Strong, Pessimism

  "The cultural whipping boys' manifesto: France has vomited on us for too long" by Angelique Chrisafis, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2008.

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• You can call me a pain. I'll accept that as a compliment.

  Darrell Issa

  Pain, Compliment, Call Me

  "Uncomfortable Climate" by Elizabeth Kolbert, www.newyorker.com. November 22, 2010.

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• We must never forget that many around the globe are denied the basic rights we enjoy as Americans. If we are to continue enjoying these privileges and freedoms we must accept our mission of expanding democracy around the globe.

  James Inhofe

  Rights, Democracy, Privilege

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• It's neat to have finally reached a point where I can accept what I was and what I am.

  Janis Ian

  Neat, I Can

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• Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.

  Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria

  Book, Doe, Holy

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• Rap is from the streets and I'm from the streets. That's why a lot of people accept me.

  Vanilla Ice

  Rap, People, Accept Me

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• I been trying to clean up my act with my children for a long time. And I pretty much got them all talking to me now. And they accept me as a humanoid again.

  Dr. John

  Children, Talking, Long

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• You have to be tough-skinned and willing to accept criticism, and at the same time, just try to do music that you like and you are proud of and not just whatever you think it's going to take to get you on the radio.

  Alan Jackson

  Thinking, Criticism, Trying

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

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• You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they'll accept from you.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Thinking, Pulse, Fingers

  "Johnson Awaits Broadway Musical Offer" by WENN, www.imdb.com. March 12, 2009.

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• We accept so many things that come through the media; we get used to them, however vigilant we are. But for any creative art, you have to remain 110% conscious, and in a world that's losing consciousness, that's getting harder.

  Keith Jarrett

  Art, Media, Creative

  "There is no plan" by John Fordham, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2006.

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• Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

  Abbas Kiarostami

  Thinking, People, Want

  "A life in cinema: Abbas Kiarostami" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. June 12, 2009.

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• It's hard for the majority of people to accept what they don't understand.

  J. D. Pardo

  People, Majority, Hard

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• The older I get, the more I accept and appreciate myself.

  Paula Patton

  Appreciate

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Each of us has the choice to attend the church we want to, or none at all. Separation of church and state allows for religions to have their own set of rules as to whom they will accept and who they won't, and the practices they support and the ones they don't. They will continue to be able to do so.

  Pauley Perrette

  Practice, Choices, Support

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• The lax multiculturalism that urges Americans to accept the unacceptable from their fellow citizens is one of this nation's greatest vulnerabilities in the war on terror.

  Richard Perle

  War, Citizens, Lax

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.82, Random House

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• It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.

  Alan Rudolph

  Lying

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When I am presented with good work, I accept it. Wherever it is.

  Phylicia Rashad

  Good Work

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• How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?

  Phylicia Rashad

  God Love, Humans, Human Beings

  "New Stage Production Explores Black Church Arsons" by Adelle M. Banks, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 26, 2010.

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• As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

  Alicia Sacramone

  Teenager, Weight, Body

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• If I lose, then I have to accept that my way of writing books is not the way society says it's okay to write.

  Asne Seierstad

  Book, Writing, Way

  "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.

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• When I was younger, I was really anti-Hollywood. Now I'm more accepting of it because I'm less of a snob.

  Chloe Sevigny

  Hollywood, Chloe, Snob

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

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• Be conscious of the way people take your energy and learn how to stop it. Accept that this goes on. Observe how you feel around other people.

  Frederick Lenz

  People, Energy, Goes On

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• A great deal of humility is necessary in the process of self-discovery. Humility is the ability to accept what and who you are at this moment.

  Frederick Lenz

  Humility, Buddhism, Discovery

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