Situation Quotes
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Mystery writing involves solving a puzzle, but 'high suspense' writing is a situation whereby the writer thrusts the hero/heroine into high drama.
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On Kosovo, let me be quite clear that NATO will not stand idly by. We will not allow a repeat of the situation of 1991 in Bosnia.
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On the Vietnam War: I've lived under situations where every decent man declared war first and I've lived under situations where you don't declare war. We've been flexible enough to kill people without declaring war.
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Professional courage is the steel fiber that makes an NCO unafraid and willing to tell it like it is. The concept of professional courage does not always mean being as tough as nails, either. It also suggests a willingness to listen to the soldiers' problems, to go to bat for them in a tough situation and it means knowing just how far they can go. It also means being willing to tell the boss when he is wrong.
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Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.
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Keep an open mind and be ready to change and adapt to the situation. Don't ask reality to conform to your blueprint, but transform your blueprint to adapt to reality.
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I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.
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I think the worst thing you can do about a situation is nothing.
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I think when you're starting up a situation, it's really fun texting or BBMing or whatever.
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Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation.
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Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.
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If you don't know what your family stands for and what your life situation is, you're in trouble.
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I think as citizens, we need to really move forward and we need to take some of the responsibility for it, whether it is simply being more vigilant or by preparing yourself for action if ever you do find yourself in that situation.
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The moment always dictates in my work. What I feel, I do. This is the most important thing for me. Everybody can look, but they don't necessarily see. I never calculate or consider; I see a situation and I know that it's right, even if I have to go back to get the proper lighting.
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The worst situations in the world always start with the words, 'trust me.'
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There's the idea that you have to know how to solve the world's problems in order to feel that something is morally wrong. I'm always back and forth between optimism and depression about the situation.
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When I feel really insecure, or I'm in a social situation where I'm nervous about how I come off, or I'm trying to control the situation too much, I literally just try and use the same muscles that I had to use on stage - just paying attention to the other person and trusting yourself to respond as emotionally honestly as possible.
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The successful man or woman always looks for the advantage or benefit in every situation and lo and behold, they always find it.
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[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.
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If you militarise a situation, you beg for an armed response.
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There are a lot of similarities to that situation. I remember sitting on the plane with Bob Boone, and he said, 'Sometimes when you let the air out of a balloon, it's hard to pump it up again.' That's how we felt.
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They say I was a bad Batman, that it was my fault, that I buried the franchise. But the truth is, it was a big project. I was pretty intimidated in that world. I did the best I could in the situation I was given.
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This is about Phoenix going back to their home court, trying to rally. One win puts things right at the edge again, and we'd have to come back and hold home court, which is a single-game situation. So we know there's a lot of work to be done before we're finished with this thing.
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There's this absurd situation on a movie set where your trailer's here and the set is here and the lunch tent is here, and you're not allowed to get yourself from these three places.
