Position Quotes
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This idea that privilege comes with position is something that's terribly antiquated and doesn't belong in a democracy. These are elected officials who chose to serve the public, and the idea of serving the public doesn't include taking gifts from someone who obviously wants something in return.
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I'm a self motivated person, that's what got me to the point I'm at today. I don't take anybody lightly because this is what I do, this is my job. The day that I stop taking it seriously is the day I have to stop boxing. I would never put myself into a position where I go into the ring not prepared.
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The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way (...) I wanted to go back and do the original thing: one camera, one lens, one film. You really have to put yourself in a position of danger to be creative.
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In Washington, as we learned from the White House transcripts, a president may speak of kicking butts, call a problem a can of worms, decide not to be in the position of basically hunkering down, anticipate something hitting the fan, propose to tough it through, sight minefields down the road, see somebody playing hard ball, claim political savvy, and wonder what stroke some of his associates have with others.
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I have stayed in the same position where you left me, so that you can find me again.
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The Arts' position in the school curriculum symbolizes to the young what adults believe is important.
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We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out.
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I just need to be in a position where I can control the ball, make smart decisions, and do what I'm coached up to do.
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I never want to be in a position where I have to defend my material. It's too subjective. It's for other people to defend or not defend.
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Snobbery is the pride of those who are not sure of their position.
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I try to put myself in the position of the fan and the fan in my position. So to be somebody in the stands and be just like everyone else as opposed to having a press pass around my neck is pretty fun.
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If I am ever in the position where I wish to seduce someone I will simply assure her it’s better than rats.
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I am under no illusions. My position, no matter how clearly stated, is likely to be misunderstood.
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I will do that. Everything that matters right now is that I'm with the Cubs, and I'm in a good position now. I don't have to get hurt. Like I said, my main concern is to be with the Cubs and help the Cubs.
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The fastest surging woman leadership position is heading non-profit organizations. Women are not rejecting leadership positions -- they're rejecting politics.
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But at the same time, there must never be the least hesitation in giving up a position the moment it is shown to be untenable. It is not going too far to say that the greatness of a scientific investigator does not rest on the fact of his having never made a mistake, but rather on his readiness to admit that he has done so, whenever the contrary evidence is cogent enough.
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Jenson Button is in the top ten, in eleventh position.
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It was our love of foreign cloth that ousted the wheel from its position of dignity.
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Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
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And there are also diplomatic channels through which we are expecting relevant U.S. explanations so as to form our attitude towards their position.
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... what you need more than anything in life is a definite position.
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There is no British Government anymore in Ireland. It is gone. It is no longer the enemy. We have now a native government, constitutionally elected, and it is the duty of every Irish man and woman to obey it. Anyone who fails to obey is an enemy of the people and must expect to be treated as such. We have to learn that attitudes and actions which were justifiable when directed against alien administration, holding its position by force, are wholly unjustifiable against a native government which exists only to carry out the people's will, and can be changed the moment it ceases to do so. We have to learn that freedom imposes responsibilities.
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I am a part of the political process whether the multinational forces are present or not. Politics is serving the people, not chairs and positions.
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Counterfeit tolerance includes the opportunism of one who seeks, or accepts, tolerance for himself, as a minority, but who would deny it to others if ever he should be in a position to grant it.
