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- Nov 07, 2020
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
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Computers are really patient. They can sit there all day. It's a totally different situation dealing with humans. They can be tired or overly excited.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never expected to be the face of sexual harassment. But I never give up on anything. So when placed in a new, challenging situation, it's like, 'I'm going to give this 110% because that's what I've done my entire life.'
- Obstacles
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- Nov 07, 2020
Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad is the funniest human being I've ever met in my life - for years, I'd watch him hold court in whatever situation he was in; he was the most amazing raconteur. I often feel I've hijacked what should have been his career.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
Father Ted' would be impossible to remake it in America. The whole situation of being Irish and being a priest in Ireland is so different than anything else in America.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.
- Grateful
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Getty family has been fully supportive throughout this situation, and for that, I am very grateful.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am quite a positive person. I always try to see the good in every situation, the good in everybody.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not good to be in a situation where people don't want to direct you or don't want to question something.
- Nov 07, 2020
It puts you in a kind of a strange situation where everybody is looking at every little thing you do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a situation where Bill Clinton sent the F.B.I. after me.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Startups alternate between nostalgia for the garage and millennial longing for a lucrative exit. But what I always keep in mind is how disconnected and purposeless I felt before Redfin or my earlier startup, Plumtree. All I ever wanted was to get into a situation where I could win. Everybody has that dream.
- Depending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Race is not something inherent to one's being: One does feel more or less colored, depending on the situation.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
I grew up in a very difficult country, a very oppressive situation because of the Somoza dictatorship. My family was in opposition to Somoza; Somoza was a liberal, and my family were conservatives. These were the two traditional parties in Nicaragua.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020