Willing Quotes - Page 23

• Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Respect, Women

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• Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Regret, Character, Kids

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• I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, Phones, Cells

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

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• Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Country, Winning, Emotional

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• As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow simple instructions. This is no longer the case. Children who don't read are, in the main, destined for lesser lives. I feel a deep sense of responsibility to change this.

  Walter Dean Myers

  Children, Reading, Responsibility

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• I've been watching more American TV because of all the great TV series that have come out in the last five to 10 years. I'm a 'Sopranos' fan, I'm a 'Wire' fan, I'm a 'Mad Men' fan. I'm a 'Deadwood' fan. It makes me optimistic for the future of storytelling on TV that producers are willing to take that kind of jump.

  Jo Nesbo

  Optimistic, Men, Years

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• In drama, I think, the audience is a willing participant. It's suspending a certain kind of disbelief to try to get something out of a story.

  Edward Norton

  Drama, Thinking, Trying

  "Q&A: Edward Norton comes to grips with De Niro and The Boss". Interview with Peter Howell, www.thestar.com. September 9, 2010.

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• One of the most beautiful ways for spiritual formation to take place is to let your insecurity lead you closer to the Lord. Natural hypersensitivity can become an asset; it makes you aware of your need to be with people and it allows you to be more willing to look at their needs.

  Henri Nouwen

  Beautiful, Spiritual, People

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• Earlier today, Arnold Schwarzenegger criticized the California school system, calling it disastrous. Arnold says California's schools are so bad that its graduates are willing to vote for me.

  Conan O'Brien

  Inspirational, Funny, Graduation

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• All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Character, Thinking, People

  Flannery O'Connor (1988). “The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor”, p.275, Macmillan

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• You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare.

  Georgia O'Keeffe

  Inspirational, Dream, Motivation

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• America is a place where you can succeed no matter who you are. I am proof of that. But you must work very hard and be willing to endure pain. You must set a goal and win in the marketplace no matter what the air temperature. You must pay the price for success.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Pain, Winning, America

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• Indeed, it is as important to learn how to receive a blessing as it is to be willing to give one.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Blessing, Giving

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• If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Country, Years, Community

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• More than anything else, let me be clear - we need to be willing to fight for freedom, and free markets, and traditional moral values. That's what the American people want to see this movement and this party return to.

  Mike Pence

  Party, Fighting, People

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

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• If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.

  Sean Penn

  Games, Two, Ahead Of The Game

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• I used to lie awake at night, willing myself to put in the hard work, the determination, the passion.

  Kevin Pietersen

  Determination, Lying, Hard Work

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

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• People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

  Martha Plimpton

  Thinking, People, Speak

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• When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Military, Responsibility

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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• You get to a point where you have to start planning, when you cross that line where you have enough value to get someone's movie made if you attach yourself to it, you have to be very thoughtful and have to plan. When you're starting out, you're willing to do anything.

  Chris Pratt

  Thoughtful, Lines, Starting Out

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

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• I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

  Harold Prince

  People, Priorities, Wish

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• The truth is, for some absurd reason, no one is willing to admit that the interests of the producers and the theater owners are not the same.

  Harold Prince

  Truth Is, Reason, Absurd

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• What's missing in the musical theater is producers willing to nurture new work, raise the money and put it on.

  Harold Prince

  Missing, Musical, New Work

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• In racing, I wanted to be a winner and to be a winner, you have to be willing to roll the dice.

  Bobby Rahal

  Sports, Racing, Dice

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• I don't want to respond to rumors that have no basis at all... But I am willing to respond to questions that the public and the press should know.

  Charles Rangel

  Rumor, Want, Should

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