Position Quotes - Page 22

• My body shape was made to get into the perfect aerodynamic position.

  Heather Mills

  Perfect, Body, Shapes

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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• When we think of [John F. Kennedy], he is without a hat, standing in the wind and weather. He was impatient of topcoats and hats, preferring to be exposed, and he was young enough and tough enough to enjoy the cold and the wind of those times.... It can be said of him, as of few men in a like position, that he did not fear the weather, and did not trim his sails, but instead challenged the wind itself, to improve its direction and to cause it to blow more softly and more kindly over the world and its people.

  E. B. White

  Blow, Men, Thinking

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• There are men whose sense of humour is so ill developed that they still bear a grudge against Copernicus because he dethroned them from the central position in the universe. They feel it a personal affront that they can no longer consider themselves the pivot upon which turns the whole of created things.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Men, Copernicus, Bears

  "A Writer's Notebook (1901)". Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1946.

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• I have always said that if Great Britain were defeated in war I hoped we should find a Hitler to lead us back to our rightful position among the nations. I am sorry, however, that he has not been mellowed by the great success that has attended him. The whole world would rejoice to see the Hitler of peace and tolerance, and nothing would adorn his name in world history so much as acts of magnanimity and of mercy and of pity to the forlorn and friendless, to the weak and poor.... Let this great man search his own heart and conscience before he accuses anyone of being a warmonger.

  Winston Churchill

  Sorry, War, Heart

  "Mr. Churchill's Reply". The Times, November 7, 1938.

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• We in America should see that no man is ever given, no matter how gradually or how noble and excellent the man, the power to put this country into a war which is now being prepared and brought closer each day with all the pre-meditation of a long planned murder. For when you give power to an executive you do not know who will be filling that position when the time of crisis comes.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Country, War, Men

  Ernest Hemingway (2012). “Hemingway on War”, p.304, Simon and Schuster

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• What a lost person needs is a map of the territory, with his own position marked on it so he can see where he is in relation to everything else.

  Margaret Atwood

  Territory, Needs, Maps

  "Survival: A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature". Book by Margaret Atwood, 1972.

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• I may not be the most interesting architect, but I'm still out there and have maintained some position of integrity.

  David Chipperfield

  Integrity, Interesting, May

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• The darkness that we see in our world today is due to the disintegration of things out of harmony with God's laws. The basic conflict is not between nations, it is between two opposing beliefs. The first is that evil can be overcome by more evil, that the end justifies the means. This belief is very prevalent in our world today. It is the war way. It is the official position of every major nation.

  Peace Pilgrim

  War, Mean, Two

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• I don't mind if people don't like me. Well, I might a little ... but I really mind it when somebody uses their position at Time magazine to tell 10 million people they don't like me. I know what it's like to have your private life painted in the worst possible light in front of a lot of people.

  Steve Jobs

  Light, People, Mind

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• The essence of spirit ... was to choose the thing which did not better one's position but made it more perilous. That was why the world he knew was poor, for it insisted morality and caution were identical.

  Norman Mailer

  Essence, World, Spirit

  Norman Mailer (1972). “Existential errands”, Signet

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• Sometimes I think man needs to feel a special position within nature, and this leads him to believe that he is either specially hated by other animals or specially cherished. Instead of the truth, which is that he's just another animal on the plain. A smart one, but just another animal.

  Michael Crichton

  Smart, Believe, Men

  "Travels (Sharks)". Book by Michael Crichton, 1988.

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• The best doctors found a middle position where they were neither overwhelmed by their feelings nor estranged from them. That was the most difficult position of all, and the precise balance - neither too detached nor too caring - was something few learned.

  Michael Crichton

  Caring, Doctors, Feelings

  Michael Crichton (2012). “Travels”, p.25, Vintage

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• My work sanitizes it (emotion) but it is also symbolic of commercial art sanitizing human feelings. I think it can be read that way.... People mistake the character of line for the character of art. But it's really the position of line that's important, or the position of anything, any contrast, not the character of it.

  Roy Lichtenstein

  Art, Mistake, Character

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• In its proper meaning equality before the law means the right to participate in the making of the laws by which one is governed, a constitution which guarantees democratic rights to all sections of the population, the right to approach the court for protection or relief in the case of the violation of rights guaranteed in the constitution, and the right to take part in the administration of justice as judges, magistrates, attorneys-general, law advisers and similar positions.

  Nelson Mandela

  Mean, Rights, Law

  Nelson Mandela (1973). “No Easy Walk to Freedom”, p.127, Heinemann

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• To leave positions of great responsibility and authority is to die a little, but the time comes when that must be faced.

  Dean Acheson

  Responsibility, Littles, Authority

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• Boredom is the biggest problem. The same position. Same day of the week. It becomes boring when you don't bring any added flowers home.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Flower, Home, Boredom

  "Ruth Westheimer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2010.

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• A general who allows himself to be decisively defeated in an extended mountain position deserves to be court-martialled.

  Carl von Clausewitz

  Mountain, Defeated, Court

  Carl von Clausewitz, Michael Howard, Peter Paret (1989). “On War”, p.432, Princeton University Press

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• My goal is to eliminate positions where I can't function.

  Steve Nash

  Goal, Function, I Can

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• I try to get control of the tempo, control of the flow, and get my teammates the ball in the best position to score.

  Deron Williams

  Trying, Balls, Teammate

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• You have to get yourself psyched up because you never have a night off defensively, especially at my position.

  Michael Finley

  Night

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• Tight end is one of the hardest positions to play in football. It's right up there with quarterback and cornerback. You have to have the skills of a wide receiver and the strength of an offensive lineman, and it's not easy to balance those two.

  Tony Gonzalez

  Football, Play, Skills

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• Everybody wants to play his natural position and play every day, but in the world of professional sports that's not always possible.

  Brian Roberts

  Sports, Play, World

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• I want to someday be in the same position as John Elway, Joe Montana and Steve Young.

  Vince Young

  Montana, Want, Someday

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• You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.

  Alex Rodriguez

  Fun, Successful, Games

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• Whenever you're in a position to win, you don't want to let it go.

  Vijay Singh

  Winning, Let It Go, Want

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