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Situation Quotes
How people actually respond when a situation shows up.
A few situation quotes here come from unexpected angles, one performer recalling how much fun an odd voice role turned out to be, another imagining a better outcome if future leaders had taught in high-need schools first. The Best collection covers related optimism.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Bush Administration
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- Nov 07, 2020
Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy. Violence was reduced because, for the first time since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, Iraqis felt that there was a force capable of dominating the situation and ensuring basic order.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Doing music to pay bills is an uncomfortable situation. I never wanted to be in that situation.
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as how I approach the humor, I think the best comedy is going to happen when I'm myself and act organically to a news item or situation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
AIDS is a complex situation that's sure to bring out the best and the worst in people.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't claim to be an expert on love. I'm just a woman who has experienced a lot of things, and I want to share and hopefully my sharing will help make your situation better, because that's the goal.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it’s common to want to label things as all good or all bad and what I’m finding is that every situation, person, event, has good and bad in it.
- Fast
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest artists were in a situation where they had to pay their bills. That's a very convenient way to get very creative very fast.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't really get nervous in front of people. I kind of walk into every situation like I'm walking in to meet my peers, and they either like me or not.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not sure why working at a homeless shelter made sense to me, except that I needed to immerse myself in some sort of larger real-life situation to get me out of the cage of my mind, in some ways.
- Commitment
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Conservative Party is not honouring the commitment to Lords reform and, as a result, part of our contract has now been broken. Clearly I cannot permit a situation where Conservative rebels can pick and choose the parts of the contract they like, while Liberal Democrat MPs are bound to the entire agreement.
- Handing
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not like suddenly, when you become a working actor all your friends are in the same situation. I have friends who are still handing out flyers for their one-woman show and trying to make ends meet.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have found that every family has a strange remedy for any situation - from 'Use Fantastic to get the scuff off your patent leather shoes!' to 'Soak an aspirin in a glass of water to get rid of a migraine.'
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They're sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they're hitting back and forth.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've realised that nothing that happens is so grim that life can't go on. Life always goes on, no matter what. Even in the grimmest situation, I see hope.
- Laugh
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more trauma and bad experiences you have, the more you are able to laugh on yourself and the situation.
- Song
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- Nov 07, 2020