Willing Quotes - Page 21

• There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

  J. Paul Getty

  Business, Work, Men

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• 'Larry Crowne' is about as bummed out a human being as one can be when he loses his job. What he is able to enjoy is something that may not be available to everybody. But it's about the value of being willing to get and willing to give good advice.

  Tom Hanks

  Jobs, Giving, Advice

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• In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.

  Sam Harris

  Made, Cases, My Own

  "The Perils of the Print Interview" by Sam Harris, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2011.

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• If a man loves you . . . he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancée, his wife, his baby's mama, something.

  Steve Harvey

  Baby, Love You, Men

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

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• If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  People, Assuming, Settling

  "The Road to Serfdom". Book by Friedrich von Hayek, Ch. 15 : The Prospects of International Order, 1940 - 1943.

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• I want my little girl to tell me who she is so I can encourage her and not impose my desires for her on her life. I want her to dream big and to know that if she is willing to earn it, she can have anything - and become anything.

  Salma Hayek

  Girl, Dream, Desire

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• I am a firm believer that you can have the body you want, only to the extent that you're willing to work for it.

  Amber Heard

  Amber, Body, Want

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• I frankly don't think it's going to be a successful war on terrorism until law enforcement agencies like the FBI are willing to share with other law enforcement agencies. If they can't share information, there's no way this war can be won.

  Patty Hearst

  War, Successful, Thinking

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• A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

  Christopher Hitchens

  War, Risk, East

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• My biggest superhero of writing is Jorge Luis Borges, the Argentine fabulist. He's an amazingly perceptive writer, but also willing to make a joke.

  John Hodgman

  Writing, Superhero, Borges

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

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• One thing that makes France different from other countries is the tradition of social solidarity. People from all backgrounds and political positions are willing to contribute for services and protection of society as a whole - but on the condition that money is being spent effectively and that everyone is paying their part.

  Francois Hollande

  Country, People, Political

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• People who make the choice to study, work hard or do whatever they endeavor is to give it the max on themselves to reach to the top level. And you have the people who get envy and jealous, yet are not willing to put that work in, and they want to get the same praise.

  Evander Holyfield

  Hard Work, Jealous, People

  "Evander Holyfield Q n A - Part I". Interview with Zhenyu Li, www.thesweetscience.com. April 20, 2010.

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• God willing, we shall come to a stage where the world looks at the Palestinian question, and Palestinian rights on Palestinian national soil, as well as the questions of the occupied Syrian and Lebanese territories. These are the bases on which peace will be built.

  King Hussein I

  Rights, Looks, World

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• How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.

  William James

  Happiness, Laughter, Men

  William James (2015). “The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature”, p.40, Xist Publishing

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• Why there aren't people out there willing to have fun playing rock 'n' roll. I just don't get it.

  Joan Jett

  Fun, Rocks, People

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• America was founded on Christians not trusting each other, and they sometimes seemed more willing to reach out to the godless than to someone from another sect.

  Penn Jillette

  Christian, Trusting Each Other, America

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

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• A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.

  Barbara Jordan

  Government, Shaping The Future, Nations

  Oldiees Publishing, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Barbara Charline Jordan, Richard Milhous Nixon (2014). “Great Speeches Collection 1 - AUDIO EDITION”, p.12, Oldiees Publishing

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• Winning is great, but being able to finish my last Olympic Games on American soil was very important. Even though I was injured, I didn't let my psyche get the best of me and cause me to doubt myself, so I was willing to pull every muscle in my body in '96 in order to get the job done and I came away with the bronze medal.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Jobs, Winning, Bronze Medal

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• Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're very likely to be wrong.

  Daniel Kahneman

  People, Diagnosis, Feedback

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• I believe that independent film making is the last frontier of creative expression available. So I'm always willing to lend a helping hand to a young film maker who's just getting into the business.

  Lloyd Kaufman

  Believe, Independent, Expression

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• Freedom has a price. Most people aren't willing to pay it.

  Jack Kevorkian

  People, Pay

  "Sanjay Gupta MD", www.cnn.com. June 26, 2010.

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• More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.

  Jeffrey Kluger

  Player, Nfl, Brain

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• This is a formidable enemy. To dismiss it as a bunch of 'cowards' perpetuating 'senseless acts of violence' is complacent nonsense. People willing to kill thousands of innocents while they kill themselves are not cowards. They are deadly vicious warriors and need to be treated as such.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Warrior, People, Enemy

  "This is not crime, this is war" by Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com. September 12, 2001.

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• The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.

  Talib Kweli

  Thinking, Hip Hop, Balance

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• What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society.

  Aung San Suu Kyi

  Opportunity, People, Giving

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