Situation Quotes - Page 39

• I think that the way that I write stories is by instinct. You have some basic ideas - a character, or an image, or a situation that sounds compelling - and then you just feel your way around until you find the edges of your story. It's like going into a dark room... you stumble around until you find the walls and then inch your way to the light switch.

  Dan Chaon

  Wall, Writing, Character

  Interview with Tom Barbash, www.believermag.com.

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• To me songwriting is more like redemption. I can extract the poison or the pollen, the essence from a situation and the rest becomes a husk that blows away.

  Beth Orton

  Blow, Essence, Poison

  Interview with Hector de la Manzana, believermag.com. March 1, 2003.

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• There are ends, occasionally, with projects. That happens. But they are natural dead ends. It's usually the outside situation that demands an ending. I never really settle for one.

  Aleksandra Mir

  Demand, Settling, Natural

  Interview with Christopher Bollen, believermag.com. January 1, 2004.

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• Two conditions render difficult this historic situation of mankind: It is full of tremendously deadly armament, and it has not progressed morally as much as it has scientifically and technically.

  Pope Paul VI

  Two, Historic, Armament

  Sermon by Pope Paul VI at the Shrine of Fatima, Portugal (May 13, 1967), as reported in The New York Times (p. 47), May 14, 1967.

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• I think when people get stuck in situations that go against their soul, they can't be happy. That's all.

  Martine Murray

  Thinking, People, Soul

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• I don't think music is my job - I don't think about it that way, because I don't really get paid. There's no paycheck at the end; it's more of a 'whatever is left over' kind of situation.

  Cass McCombs

  Jobs, Thinking, Way

  "Cass McCombs’ Good Humor". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 7, 2011.

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• When you're writing a sketch, it has to be surrounded by a situation. It can't just be out of the air.

  Leslie Jones

  Writing, Air

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• Life beats up on everyone from time to time. If you don't want to reach out to a trusted friend or professional, find hope, optimism and perhaps a path out of your situation in the stories of others.

  Meera Lester

  Optimism, Stories, Want

  Meera Lester (2009). “365 Ways to Live Happy: Simple Ways to Find Joy Every Day”, p.94, Adams Media

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• Our rate of progress is such that an individual human being, of ordinary length of life, will be called on to face novel situations which find no parallel in his past. The fixed person, for the fixed duties, who, in older societies was such a godsend, in the future will be a public danger.

  Alfred North Whitehead

  Past, Length Of Life, Progress

  ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD (1925). “SCIENCE AND THE MODERN WORLD”

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• Just look up any symbol, and you'll find that the meanings behind that symbol are revealed in a manner you can actually apply to the situations that are affecting your life- and the choices that are available to you right now!

  Leon Nacson

  Choices, Looks, Look Up

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• It is what you think of this situation that governs  you and not the situation itself. Causation is always in mind and not in things.

  Ervin Seale

  Thinking, Mind, Causation

  ERVIN SEALE (1971). “TAKE OFF FROM WITHIN”

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• When one plan that you have, to get this or to get that, to advance in the world, or whatever it might be, when that seems in danger of veering off the path you have set for it, you have your emergency plan ready. And in simple language what that emergency plan is, what you put into operation, is called worry. If you can worry you are occupied, and what an incredible human situation it is!

  Vernon Howard

  Simple, Worry, World

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• The attitude with which we approach the situation can determine our success or failure.

  Peyton Manning

  Attitude, Approach, Determine

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• The way to feel better about your own situation is to improve someone else’s circumstances.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Feel Better, Way, Circumstances

  Ezra Taft Benson (1990). “Come, Listen to a Prophet's Voice”, Shadow Mountain

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• Never let discouraging people and discouraging situations talk you out of your dream.

  Joel Osteen

  Dream, People, Discouraging

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• Our greatest human freedom is that, despite whatever our physical situation is in life, WE ARE ALWAYS FREE TO CHOOSE OUR THOUGHTS!

  Viktor E. Frankl

  Humans, Despite, Our Thoughts

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• I agree with God’s Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.

  T. B. Joshua

  Circumstances, Agree, Contrary

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• I just want to get my voice heard again and to allow people to know me outside of a group situation. I also want young girls who look up to me to know not to give up, even when people try and take you away from your destiny.

  LeToya Luckett

  Girl, Giving Up, Destiny

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• When you are setting yourself up for success, above all put on love, because love never fails and with one-size-fits-all solution to every situation you will ever encounter.

  Joo

  Love Is, Encounters, Size

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• Honesty comes only with sound health, physically and psychologically, and an honest mind cannot be separated from the most genuine acknowledgment of expression. It should be recognized that pure perfection is unobtainable. Therefore, the realization that one's irrevocable faults and deficiencies must be faced guides us toward the first step of learning. We must each accept any situation as it actually is, with dignity. In that fine balance of acceptance of self and the mission to better oneself, compassion, humility, and discipline are nurtured.

  Midori Goto

  Honesty, Humility, Acceptance

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• Persistence and determination are incredibly important. But sometimes you need to analyze the situation and understand when you're wrong. You need to be able to cop to being wrong, learn to change, and continue to grow as a human being.

  Sasha Grey

  Determination, Persistence, Important

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• God can rid your heart of greed, but it's your responsibility to remove yourself from situations that promote greediness.

  Linda Dillow

  Heart, Responsibility, Greed

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• A purpose statement is, in essence, a written-down reason for being. Jesus' mission helped him decide how to act, what to do, and even what to say when challenging situations arose. Clarity is power: Once you are clear about what you were put here to do then 'jobs' become only a means toward accomplishing your mission, not an end in themselves.

  Laurie Beth Jones

  Jesus, Jobs, Mean

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• Certain social situations make me feel like a square peg in a round hole. Realising you can connect to the human race through song makes me feel less alien.

  Lindi Ortega

  Song, Squares, Race

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• I was worried a bit at the beginning because I didn't know how the situation was. Once the ATP wanted to do the tournament, I realised there was no risk at all. I'm very sorry about what happened. It's not easy to be here knowing so many people were killed very near from here.

  Carlos Moya

  Sorry, Knowing, People

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