Willing Quotes - Page 6

• We have felt for some time that if political candidates or their staff are willing to make the pilgrimage to North Iowa, the least we can do is show hospitality. And it's also a wonderful way to get to know these people who make our political system work.

  Kurt Meyer

  Iowa, People, Political

  "'Tranquility' Is A Way Station On Iowa's Campaign Trail". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 24, 2015.

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• I don't think I've ever had a strange fan interaction. Just any time anyone is willing to come up and say hi or something like that, it's very flattering.

  Steven R. McQueen

  Thinking, Fans, Strange

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• That it is not the people who really feel that way, but it is people who have the most money to fire up these propaganda campaigns, these like, basically these lies that they are willing to lie to the public in order to manipulate them into doing what they want. And to me it doesn't make any sense.

  Margaret Cho

  Lying, Fire, Order

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• Those who write need that "willing suspension of disbelief ", as Coleridge called it.

  Elena Ferrante

  Writing, Needs, Disbelief

  Elena Ferrante (2016). “Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey”, p.305, Penguin

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• God seems willing to act as the most sublime psychologist, psychotherapist, or even psychiatrist if we are willing.

  Thomas Keating

  Sublime, Psychologist, Psychiatrist

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• The great thing about [Michael] Jordan was that he made them want it just like he wanted it. And a lot of times like a lot of the basketball players, not to be getting on basketball, but, with a lot of the basketball players you might have one superstar on the team, and they're not willing to play up to par with the way he is, so they don't make it. But then you have some celebrities on the basketball team, and they don't know how to get along with each other!

  Ginuwine

  Basketball, Team, Player

  Source: www.parlemag.com

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• You have to be willing to endure the discomfort, the doubts and unknowing, you somehow find the courage to walk through your doubts and the difficult times because you are living the life you are meant to live.

  Mary Pope Osborne

  Live Life, Doubt, Difficult Times

  Source: www.yabookshelf.com

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• I think that's what's important, to see how we ourselves can become all that we are and can be. Everybody says they want to change, but it's not that simple, it's not that easy. Who's ready to change and give up? Who's ready to get out of their rut and leave it behind, not just pour honey or syrup over their heads and over the rut? Who's ready to change and give up that rut, who's ready willing and able?

  Surya Das

  Giving Up, Simple, Thinking

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• Who's willing to face the unknown- the difficulties, the disappointments, the surprises of the unfamiliar. If you're going to change, you have to face those things, and who's able? Who has the skillful means, the knowhow, the perseverance, the help, the fortitude to keep going?

  Surya Das

  Perseverance, Disappointment, Mean

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• So we have to be ready, willing, and able to really transform ourselves, and each other in the world, not just say it and affirm it, "Oh, I want to change". Intention is important, but so is action.

  Surya Das

  Important, World, Want

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• I'm not really thinking about what I'm talking about or what I'm willing to achieve. I'm just kind of letting it come out, recording it.

  Amy Ray

  Thinking, Talking, Kind

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• You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you're willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Thinking, People, Lectures

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I realize that my opinion is my opinion, not everybody has to believe it and I never tried to shove anything down anyone's throat, but I was willing to take that to the trenches if you know what I mean. I took that opinion to the wall, often in public, often had to... I often had to fight in public with the very same people who I was trying to convince to play my records!

  Bernie Finkelstein

  Wall, Believe, Mean

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• It is not as common as female/male prostitution, but yes my friends and I had female clients. But this is a request that most girls are not willing to do. No, we never saw it as anything different, because if ladies were paying for an escort, they were still considered our clients, and they were treated as such.

  Annie Lobert

  Girl, Males, Female

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• Here is a needle President Obama needs to thread if he chooses a ninth. The nominee would need to be so strongly qualified that he or she would be hard to reject. The person must also be willing to be nominated even though leading Senate Republicans have said they will not consider anyone the president names.

  Steve Inskeep

  Names, President, Would Be

  "Supreme Court Nominating Process Shrouded In Secrecy". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. February 23, 2016.

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• The best work that I am able to do is when I am willing to write about questions I haven't quite figured out, or things I'm really wrestling with, things that keep me up at night.

  Stephen Karam

  Writing, Wrestling, Night

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• I treat him [Donald Trump] as an entertainer. I laugh it off. It's like going to the circus and seeing the acrobats and the dancing bears. He's willing to say things that are patently false.

  Ted Cruz

  Dancing, Laughing, Circus

  "Face the Nation" with John Dickerson, www.cbsnews.com. February 28, 2016.

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• I think what has been the ultimate challenge for me is being willing to be honest with myself about what works for me in terms of relationships and sexual relations. In that sense, I was pretty traditional and pretty buttoned down.

  Christopher Rice

  Thinking, Challenges, Honest

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• I happen to respect people who are willing to come under public scrutiny and serve their country.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, People, Scrutiny

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Conservatives have woken up to the fact they weren`t part of their team and they have a capability of having the kind of message that [Donald] Trump is delivering reach them on a very direct and very personal level so that they sign up. They are willing to go out there and work for him.

  Ben Domenech

  Team, Levels, Messages

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• If I want to keep making films for a few more years, I probably should be willing to adapt. I've sort of evolved into the filmmaker that I am because of natural selection anyway.

  Guy Maddin

  Years, Want, Film

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I love that Voltaire was so willing to shock his readers with arbitrary cruelty. And I can completely relate to it.

  George Meyer

  Arbitrary, Shock, Cruelty

  Source: www.ericspitznagel.com

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• Look, every institution will make mistakes. I acknowledge we make mistakes, and they can hurt my reputation and our company's. But you also must be willing to let go a little bit, trust others, and not always be so stringent, provided you have robust controls.

  Jamie Dimon

  Letting Go, Hurt, Mistake

  "Jamie Dimon on Finance: 'Who Owns the Future?'". Interview with John Micklethwait, www.bloomberg.com. March 1, 2016.

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• Social change really cannot happen unless people are willing to take a risk, and they were. And I was so moved by that, and of course by the way that he spoke, that made a huge dent in my belief system and my spirit.

  Joan Baez

  People, Risk, Way

  "Q&A with Joan Baez: Even Taylor Swift thinks she's cool". Interview with Roger Catlin, www.washingtonpost.com. March 4, 2016.

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• People have to allow themselves to be used by God and Martin [Luther King, Jr.] committed himself totally to God's will and purpose and God is always waiting for someone who is willing to do that.

  Coretta Scott King

  Kings, People, Waiting

  Source: www.pbs.org

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