Position Quotes - Page 37

• I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone. You want to put yourself in a position that no matter what you're talking about, everyone can relate to it and understand it, because it's an experience that everyone can go through. That's what I pattern my writing material and jokes after. I'm trying to maintain a level of realness that my fans can appreciate.

  Kevin Hart

  Writing, Thinking, Talking

  "A Heart to Heart with Kevin Hart". Interview with Kam Williams, pittsburghurbanmedia.com.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• There`s no greater risk to the Israeli position in Washington than to make itself a partisan issue.

  Joy-Ann Reid

  Issues, Risk, Israeli

  Source: www.msnbc.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If someone's carrying a gun or a knife it's not a nice thing. They aren't going to feel that comfortable with it. It's a scary position to put yourself in. You don't choose to do that unless you feel there's absolutely no other option and you're forced to carry a weapon in order to protect yourself.

  Scarlett Alice Johnson

  Nice, Gun, Knives

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If I represent the world as it is as harmonious, that's a political position.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Political, World, Harmonious

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Aleksandar Hemon". Interview with Rachel Dewoskin, therumpus.net. April 14, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• An unjust world represented as harmonious is a political position.

  Aleksandar Hemon

  Political, World, Unjust

  "The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Aleksandar Hemon". Interview with Rachel Dewoskin, therumpus.net. April 14, 2013.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There's been a lot of talk about black men and the presence and absence of black men in positions of power in American culture.

  Jess Row

  Men, Position Of Power, Black

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think on a stage in front of thousands of people is a wildly invigorating and amazing experience, and it requires a certain skill set; then being in the studio, and being curled up in the fetal position under the piano, that requires another skill set.

  Mary Chapin Carpenter

  Thinking, Skills, Piano

  Source: therumpus.net

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• California, because of their Equity Funding Formula, moves a step in that direction by sending more resources to communities and students that face greater levels of poverty. But California is doing that from a greater position of real weakness, because they were already so far behind other states in funding per student. It’s a step, but many more steps need to be taken.

  Pedro Noguera

  Real, Taken, Moving

  "There’s a Way to Help Inner-City Schools. Obama’s New Education Law Isn't It". Interview with Kristina Rizga, www.motherjones.com. January 8, 2016.

  20 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think there's no question that historians create; they would tell you that, I think. If I'm trying to imagine an imperial Roman position, it's much easier to imagine the poor schlub who's not even sure why he's doing what he's doing than it is to imagine Caesar. At least for me. And I'm intrigued, too, by the position of the poor schlub who *still* finds himself supporting the imperial project.

  Jim Shepard

  Thinking, Trying, Imagine

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• When we travel for research our strategy is to simply move from kitchen to kitchen. It's truly a wonderful way to travel - food shopping, cooking and eating in one home for lunch and then another for dinner. The process of cooking takes us immediately into the rituals and rhythms of daily life and also places us firmly in the position of learners. We were meet with incredible generosity by all of the families we ate with.

  Jon Rubin

  Moving, Home, Shopping

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I argue that I don't think it's a moral position to say that civilization is going to collapse, and that's okay. Because that would cause the deaths of billions of people. It's certainly not something I'm willing to accept.

  Margaret D. Klein

  Thinking, Civilization, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There is another innovation at Harvard which I think made a tremendous difference and that is the decision to try to recruit the very best person in the field for an available faculty position. In the period after World War II Harvard literally engaged in world-wide searches for the very best and created a culture in which it was simply unacceptable to hire friends and associates, to make decisions based on personal affections or inclinations.

  Henry Rosovsky

  War, Thinking, Differences

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are many reasons that universities in East Asia have not reached the positions that they had hoped for. After all, we must remember that modern East Asia did not begin with Confucius. In fact the experience of modern education in East Asia is relatively short and granted that time scale, many universities are doing fine.

  Henry Rosovsky

  Asia, Facts, East

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• For seven years I wrote and published my texts on the Internet and no Arab festival invited me and no Arab publishing house wanted to publish my books, and I wasn't known in the Western world because of my political positions.

  Hassan Blasim

  Book, Publishing House, Years

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• My stories were translated and had many reviews before I had an interview with any international or Arab newspaper. If the stories hadn't succeeded, you wouldn't have asked me my position on Arab festivals and I wouldn't have been interested in the festivals anyway, because I would be in seclusion, writing.

  Hassan Blasim

  Writing, Would Be, Stories

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We got to make sure that we have the incentives for people to rise and not put them in a position of where they go to work and they lose more than what they gain and they're like this system is terrible.

  John Kasich

  People, Incentives, Gains

  "Melissa Harris-Perry", www.msnbc.com. January 10, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I always had this put-together family, and I always identified as the outsider. And that's a position where I feel most comfortable, and yet I feel an incredible longing to belong. That is really a strong feeling from my childhood - a desire to be part of a group.

  Lily King

  Strong, Childhood, Feelings

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The south really wants Abyei; they have a core constituency who reside in the area who believe that Abyei belongs to the south. There are a number of those sons of Abyei in high positions of government in South Sudan, so it's pretty hard for South Sudan to just walk away.

  Rebecca Hamilton

  Believe, Son, Government

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.

  Leigh Newman

  Hiking, Floating, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't want to be on the bandwagon of dogging any president or anybody in positions where they have all these different constituencies.

  Carl Hart

  President, Different, Want

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think that it's an arguable position, whether with Hamas and ISIS around, whether there should be a Palestinian state, but it's a defensible position, given the current circumstances.

  David Brooks

  Thinking, Isis, States

  "WATCH: Netanyahu 'Really Is Nixonian,' Says David Brooks". www.haaretz.com. March 22, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I don't think the Palestinians are in this position they're in, divided with Hamas and the P.A., unwilling to allow - or recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

  David Brooks

  Thinking, Israel, States

  "Shields and Brooks on Netanyahu’s election provocation, human trafficking holdup". "PBS NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff, www.pbs.org. March 20, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There was a time in my life that I may not have been that nice, and now I'm in a position to contribute to the education of young people, and teach them to be compassionate, be more loving, more caring, to not use profanity, to not pollute the environment - these are things that I address in my photography. I

  Jamel Shabazz

  Photography, Nice, Caring

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three governors. I'm perfectly happy with that position right now, honestly, because when I started this race, I was 17 out of 16. The pollsters didn't even ask my name, because so few people knew me.

  Carly Fiorina

  Race, Names, People

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think the president's [Barack Obama] position has been very clear on Syria. He wants more aggressive, he's put the Special Ops on the ground, in fact one of the Republican criticisms is he's got thousands of Americans there. We just don't call them troops on the ground, we don't admit to it. But they are there.

  Juan Williams

  Thinking, Special, Criticism

  Source: www.foxnews.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source