- Nov 07, 2020
Face Quotes
Facing what comes, technological or personal.
This set leans on confrontation in a broad sense, from the explosion of surveillance and identification technology to the call for allies to face evil together. For related resilience-themed quotes, see Facelift quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Maybe if I'd studied writing instead of anthropology, I'd be more sensible. You know - pick a genre, follow the rules, stay in the box - but let's face it. Sensible people don't major in anthropology.
- Beautiful
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fifteen years ago, while I was temporarily chairing meetings of pro-life leaders, I pleaded with the angry males to say no to interviews, and instead let beautiful pro-life women become the face for the movement.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
In software and many other online markets, even dominant firms face potential threats because of the low costs for competitors to enter those markets. Threats more easily emerge because of better or newer technologies leapfrogging older ones.
- Ambition
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to broaden the scope of positive psychology well beyond the smiley face. Happiness is just one-fifth of what human beings choose to do.
- Keep Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the combination of reasonable talent and the ability to keep going in the face of defeat that leads to success.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I personally am opposed to abortion, but I will not judge anybody else's right in that regard because I am not a woman and I could never face the actual reality of it.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
David Lynch and I almost made a movie together in the late '80s. We had lots of dinners and lunches. He's a very cool, hip guy. This film, let's face it, is like an homage to him, I would imagine he'd find it funny.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
- Ethnic Groups
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- Nov 07, 2020
The two ethnic groups that remain fundamentally different from the Han Chinese - in terms of history, culture, language, religion and physical appearance - are the Uighurs and Tibetans. In these two groups, the Han Chinese come face to face with difference.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door again and see a human face looking at me.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 3D thing has been abused slightly, I think. There is no question about that. 'Avatar' did it magnificently, and then, of course, there was the old 'leaping on the bandwagon' thing where there have been one or two films which, let's face it, all know look bloody awful with the 3D.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
With stand-up you can just be yourself on stage. And ideally, you can't see the crowd most of the time - it's just lights in your face. But I still have had terrible stage fright.
- Hill
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- Nov 07, 2020