Prove Quotes - Page 26

• The good thing about this Casino Royale thing, that I hope and pray, is that I'll have more opportunities. That roles will come up to me rather than going to the auditions. But I still have a lot of things to prove. I haven't, I think, shown all my talent.

  Eva Green

  Opportunity, Thinking, Talent

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I don't feel like I have anything to prove, I'm not trying to be like 'this is me'. It's not anything like that, it's just fun songs, throwing my hair around.

  Nadine Coyle

  Song, Fun, Trying

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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• I haven't had anything said to my face. ... I don't know what goes on behind closed doors. I did understand it was out there. That's one of the reasons I like my partnership with Secret and calling the NFL: It's a chance to break through some barriers by showing what you can do, as opposed to telling people what you can do. That's the approach I prefer to take: Let me prove to you that a woman is capable of doing this. Then, hopefully, you won't have to ask that question ever again.

  Beth Mowins

  People, Secret, Chance

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• I've come to understand over the years that you're not going to please everybody. Some people are not interested in seeing a woman in the role of a broadcaster. But there are a lot of people who do come into this with an open mind, and it's up to me to prove to them that I'm qualified for the job and can get it done.

  Beth Mowins

  People, Mind, Done

  Source: bleacherreport.com

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• You overcome the logical resistance to change by proving that a new approach actually works, usually on a small scale.

  Richard P. Rumelt

  Overcoming, Logical

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• By the time it becomes obvious that a technology will have truly disruptive impact, it is often too late to take action. This is one reason why we are such advocates of using theory to try to analyze industry change. Conclusive evidence that proves that a company needs to take action almost never exists. In fact, the data can fool management, lulling them into a false sense of security.

  Clayton Christensen

  Technology, Trying, Fool

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• I love it when they doubt me and I can prove them wrong. I proved them wrong against Peterson. I did it again against Acosta. I did it with Antillon and I did it with Alvarado. So I'll be ready.

  Brandon Rios

  Doubt, Doubt Me

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• At a certain point I became really frustrated with modeling, like, why do I have to go home after school and get dressed up and put makeup on my face, and then go to a photographer's studio where there's 15 other girls with their books and have to prove myself? A lot of people don't think of it that way, but modeling's a hard job, physically and emotionally.

  Liv Tyler

  Girl, Book, School

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• God has an extraordinary destiny in mind for you, as he does for all of us. God will never bring you an opportunity before you're ready to make the most of it, and the career world demands that you prove yourself. So, before you can lead, you have to serve. Service often has a negative connotation. We want to be the one at the top, calling the shots, making the decisions, and getting the glory.

  DeVon Franklin

  Opportunity, Destiny, Decision

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• We're all human beings with bodily needs living within a system. We don't need to prove that we're not a part of the fabric of the culture in order to want to change it.

  Maggie Nelson

  Culture

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through film.

  Mano Khalil

  Language, Film, My Way

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The problem being: for years I was struggling - first to prove that I had any talent, then to create some skills and finally to fulfil it reasonably. But then once I got there it was, "OK. I did that, but I want to be happy." And that's a whole different deal. It's kind of like a dance. Being active seems to help. I'm 70, so sometimes a little voice is going, "Just take it easy".

  Iggy Pop

  Struggle, Different, Helping

  Source: www.gq-magazine.co.uk

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• this is every musician's dream, to stand in front of an audience and not have to prove your credentials.

  Leonard Cohen

  Dream, Audience

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• I love hipsters! Yes, I think they're hilarious. The really cute ones try to look ugly just to prove "I can't be ugly." Normcore was kind of funny too.

  John Waters

  Cute, Hipster, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• It's not a matter of whether the reviews of your books are good or bad, it's about being taken seriously, both as a woman writer and as a writer of color. Also, it worries me when people point to a couple of women writers or writers of color who get some attention - and I am sometimes pulled into that category - to prove that others are getting a fair shot. It's like those people who keep saying that racism no longer exists in this country because Barack Obama was a President of the United States.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Country, Couple, Book

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I volunteered at UCLA's occupational therapy ward, where there are lots of kids with autism and emotional problems. I just wanted to prove to myself that I could not break down and cry at everything, and that I could just help somebody else. The one thing I really remember was that when we would take them out of the hospital for a walk around campus, they would freak out the most when we were waiting for the elevator. I remember the guy at the elevator said to himself, "Transitions are the hardest." And I said to myself, "Transitions are always the hardest."

  Fiona Apple

  Kids, Emotional, Autism

  Source: pitchfork.com

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• What shocked me was three different anti-prostitution feminists asking me to justify that I had been a sex worker, to prove it. That either I hadn't done enough sex work by their standards, or I hadn't done the right kind in order to have the right to speak about it. I couldn't understand them. I'm not speaking for you. I'm not speaking "for" anyone. I'm trying to put together this picture of the different forces that are producing a result in the lives of sex workers. You can't contest the fact that tons of people are going to jail and experiencing violence.

  Melissa Gira Grant

  People, Feminist, Trying

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• If you believe in God, that's a belief. If you are an atheist, it's a belief too, because you cannot prove that God does not exist.

  Rodrigo Cortes

  Atheist, Believe, Belief

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The Bible is an ancient text from an ancient context. We live thousands of miles and thousands of years away from that context, which also represents different cultures. Archaeology is a modern means of revealing both the lost record of the ancient world, and the historical and social world of the Bible. While the purpose of archaeology is not to prove the historicity of the people and events recorded in Scripture, it can help immeasurably to confirm the historical reality and accuracy of the Bible and to demonstrate that faith has a factual foundation.

  Randall Price

  Mean, Reality, People

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• I'm not saying I have to write a book that's ten times better than my counterparts, but I do think that I have to concentrate my efforts on writing something that will really engage people's humanity and will tie readers to my characters regardless of race. I have to prove that I can connect with a wider audience.

  Jesmyn Ward

  Book, Writing, Character

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• What I want to try to prove is that artistic games, when done properly, can still be a commercial success. By doing that, I will be able to essentially shift the industry and create more opportunity for people to create artistic games. In a way, making money is important for us right now. Not because we need it, but because the industry needs it.

  Jenova Chen

  Opportunity, People, Important

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• In many cases, the authorities can't really prove if the person is in danger or not, because they can't send a person to Afghanistan to investigate each and every case.

  Andreas Koefoed

  Authority, Danger, Afghanistan

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Writers don't want to appear to be stupid. I don't know - maybe people become writers so that they can prove that they're not. Of course getting a book published doesn't mean that they're not stupid. At a certain point you have to stop trying to prove something and write because you need to think about something and want to communicate, in a very broad sense.

  Lynne Tillman

  Stupid, Book, Writing

  Interview with James Yeh, believermag.com. January 1, 2018.

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• I think it's likely that the civilizing effect of literature has done most of the work, and still continues to do. Look at Steven Pinker's book, The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined. It proves beyond any shadow of doubt that violence has declined dramatically throughout the centuries. There are various reasons for it: the rise of the state, Leviathan, the monopoly of violence, children's rights, animal rights. They're all positive signs.

  Martin Amis

  Book, Angel, Animal

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Jim Jones wanted his people to believe the establishment was trying to kill him because whites were threatened by his message of racial equality. He used the incident to close ranks and turn anyone who disagreed with him into a menace. He warned his congregation that a would be assassin might try to infiltrate their church, so they had to prove their loyalty to him by never questioning his orders. Dissenters became traitors.

  Julia Scheeres

  Loyalty, Believe, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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