Willing Quotes - Page 25

• The happiest stutterers, I learned, are those who are willing to stutter in front of others.

  John Stossel

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• Behavioral economists have shown that a sizable percentage of people are willing to pay real money to punish people who are taking from a common pot but not contributing to it. Just to insure that shirkers get what they deserve, we are prepared to make ourselves poorer.

  James Surowiecki

  Real, People, Pay

  "The Fairness Trap". www.newyorker.com. June 4 & 11, 2012.

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• Salvation is from our side a choice, from the divine side it is a seizing upon, an apprehending, a conquest by the Most High God. Our 'accepting' and 'willing' are reactions rather than actions. The right of determination must always remain with God.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Determination, Choices, Grace

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• Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.

  John Updike

  Morning, Character, Fog

  John Updike (2012). “Collected Poems, 1953-1993”, p.186, Knopf

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• Be willing to share all of who you are. So many of us want a partner, but we're not willing to show all of us.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Want, Share, Partners

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• If you're not willing to let your partner see your cellulite or know your biggest fears, then you aren't really ready to share yourself.

  Iyanla Vanzant

  Share, Partners, Cellulite

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• A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, how do you send someone else's?

  Jesse Ventura

  War, Son, Justified

  "The Situation Room" by Wolf Blitzer, www.cnn.com. April 7, 2008.

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• To be willing to sort of die in order to move the reader, somehow. Even now I'm scared about how sappy this'll look in print, saying this.

  David Foster Wallace

  Moving, Order, Looks

  Interview With Larry McCaffery, www.dalkeyarchive.com. 1993.

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• Recruitment and retention are critical to sustain our Armed Forces with the best men and women willing to stand in the gap and make huge sacrifices to ensure our freedom.

  Zach Wamp

  Women, Sacrifice, Gaps

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• You're not really ready to live unless you know what you're willing to die for.

  Rick Warren

  Ready, Knows, Dies

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• I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy.

  John Waters

  Has Beens, Sells

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• I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.

  J. C. Watts

  Character, Thinking, Color

  "Live Chat: Congressman J.C. Watts". The ABC NEWS Interview, abcnews.go.com.

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• Be willing to step outside your comfort zone once in a while; take the risks in life that seem worth taking. The ride might not be as predictable if you'd just planted your feet and stayed put, but it will be a heck of a lot more interesting.

  Edward Whitacre, Jr.

  Feet, Interesting, Risk

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• Driving a stock car does not require much handling ability, at least not as compared to Grand Prix racing, because the tracks are simple banked ovals and there is almost no shifting of gears. So, qualifying becomes a test of raw nerve - of how fast a man is willing to take a curve.

  Tom Wolfe

  Simple, Men, Curves

  Tom Wolfe (2009). “The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby”, p.147, Macmillan

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• I also feel I adapted. I was willing to try to fit into any role. The way I figured, it was always up to me to prove my worth, that I deserved to be here.

  Steve Yzerman

  Sports, Trying, Roles

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• A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for.

  Gary Zukav

  Responsibility, Choices, Assuming

  "Why Painful Things Happen to Good People" by Gary Zukav, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2013.

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• When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.

  Gary Zukav

  Choices, Intention, Responsible

  "Why Painful Things Happen to Good People" by Gary Zukav, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2013.

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• Until recently, we regarded love as supernatural. We were willing to study the brain chemistry of fear and depression and anger but not love.

  Helen Fisher

  Brain, Study, Chemistry

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• Neither gender is routinely more jealous - although women are more willing to work to win back a lover, while men tend to flaunt their money and status and are more likely to walk out to protect their self-esteem or save face.

  Helen Fisher

  Self Esteem, Jealous, Winning

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• Women like signs of money and education - things that indicate that not only is this guy going to have some resources, but he's also willing to share them.

  Helen Fisher

  Guy, Share, Resources

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• Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Great Gatsby American Dream, Great Gatsby Book, Great Gatsby Important

  F. Scott Fitzgerald (2003). “The Great Gatsby”, p.97, Simon and Schuster

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• Art never responds to the wish to make it democratic; it is not for everybody; it is only for those who are willing to undergo the effort needed to understand it.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Art, Creativity, Effort

  Flannery O'Connor (1969). “Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose”, p.189, Macmillan

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• Not everyone is willing to embrace liberty; liberty requires not just effort, but risk. Some people choose to delude themselves and see their chains as protective armor.

  Terry Goodkind

  People, Effort, Risk

  Terry Goodkind (2010). “Chainfire”, p.85, Macmillan

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• A girl who is willing to give every ounce of herself to someone, who could never betray her lover, who never suspects maliciousness of anyone, and whose sexuality sleeps in her, waiting to be stirred.

  Steve Martin

  Girl, Sleep, Giving

  Steve Martin (2001). “Shopgirl”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• There's a hunger for stories in all of us, adults too. We need stories so much that we're even willing to read bad books to get them, if the good books won't supply them.

  Philip Pullman

  Book, Adults, Needs

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