I Quotes
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“In (hyper-loyal) cultures, loyalty is so highly prized that it covers a multitude of leadership sins. I’ve seen numerous bad leaders cover their ineptitude by stressing the importance of loyalty over competence. They teach that loyalty is more important than excellence and they use that idea to distract the team from their own inability to perform.”
“In i det längsta ville hon vara en god dotter ... In i det sista ville hon visa en ängels tålamod ... Ända in på slutet beredde hon sig att orubblig försöka ta emot de stötar, som föräldrarnas obetänksamma uppträdande och otakt kunde ge henne ... Hon beslöt sig att vara karaktärsfast. Hade hon sagt en sak, så skulle ingenting kunna förmå henne att ändra den. Ingen skulle kunna säga efteråt: "Det var tal om det, men det vart inte .. ." Marta skulle visa minsann, att det skulle bli!” (Sid. 190)”
Source: Kungsgatan
“In I Praise My Destroyer, Diane Ackerman demonstrates once again her love for the specific language that rises from the juncture of self and the natural world, and her skillful use of that language. Whether she turns her attention to the act of eating an apricot 'the color of shame and dawn,' or to 'the omnipotence of light,' or to grief when 'All the greens of summer have blown apart,' her linking of unique images, her energetic wit and whimsy, her compassionate investment in life, always bring new pleasures and perceptions to the reader.”
“In I'm Not A Racist, But..., Lawrence Blum offers answers for our time about what race is, who is a racist, and ways for people to talk about the racialized features of our society without falling into name-calling or defensiveness. With exemplary moral and analytic clarity, Blum offers educators, students, lawyers, judges, leaders, and citizens tools for building a nation of equality, comity, and respect for each person.”
“In Icy Commentary by Stewart Stafford
A wailing winter wind does blow;
From séance tap to besieged sloe,
All caressed by freezing touch,
Shivering sabre shakes as such.
Assailant storms of a frigid week,
Turned-up collar thaws a cheek,
Vacate streets to fireside glow,
A jilted bride in confetti snow.
Shark gusts with teeth like knives,
Draughty house of nagging wives,
Spinning tales from an elegiac tome,
Cosy dreams in the womb of home.
© Stewart Stafford, 2023. All rights reserved.”
“In icy footsteps do actors tread in moonlight's chill,
In crystalline depth,
The players set,
To entertain and do no ill.
© Stewart Stafford, 2020. All rights reserved.”
“In ideal form of social control is an atomised collection of individuals focused on their own narrow concern, lacking the kinds of organisations in which they can gain information, develop and articulate their thoughts, and act constructively to achieve common ends.”
“In idiot compassion, you avoid rocking the boat to spare people’s feelings, even though the boat needs rocking and your compassion ends up being more harmful than your honesty. People do this with teenagers, spouses, addicts, even themselves.”
Source: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
“In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.”
Source: The poetical works of the Rev. George Crabbe: in eight volumes
“In idleness there is a perpetual despair.”
“In ieder geval realiseerde ze zich toen al wel dat ze, veel sneller dan ze had verwacht, van die beker zonder oor zou veranderen in dat mooie kristallen glas.”
Source: Misbruikt
“In ignorance, I am something; in understanding, I am nothing; in love, I am everything.”
“In Illinois a pregnant woman who takes an illegal drug can be prosecuted for 'delivering a controlled substance to a minor.' This is an explicit recognition that the unborn is a person with rights of her own. But that same woman who is prosecuted and jailed for endangering her child is perfectly free to abort her child. In America today, it is illegal to harm your preborn child, but it is perfectly legal to kill him.”
Source: Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments
“In Illinois there is a group of men who call themselves The University of Illinois and who, for a couple of dollars, will award a degree in a particular science.”
“In Illinois, community, migrant, homeless and public housing health centers operate 268 primary care sites and serve close to 1 million patients every year.”
“In illness words seem to possess a mystic quality.”
Source: Selected essays
“In Illo uno unum.”
Source: Peace Be with You!: My Words to the Church and to the World
“In images,... beauty was the agency that caused visual pleasure in the beholder; and any theory of images that was not grounded in the pleasure of the beholder begged the question of their efficacy and doomed itself to inconsequence.”
“In imagination she sailed over storied seas that wash the distant shining shores of "faëry lands forlorn," where lost Atlantis and Elysium lie, with the evening star for pilot, to the land of Heart's Desire. And she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
“In imagination, there's no limitation.”
“In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of an archaic society detaches himself from profane time and magically re-enters the Great Time, the sacred time.”
“In imitation of our Master, we Christians are called to confront the poverty of our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it.”
“In imperial relationships, getting out proves much more complicated than getting in.”
Source: American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900
“In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge; if he treats them well, and governs them for their good, they will multiply faster than their rulers, till they claim their independence.”
Source: Outspoken essays
“In imposing order, it’s easy to miss the obvious.”
Source: Agents of Dreamland
“In improv there are no mistakes, only beautiful happy accidents. And many of the world’s greatest discoveries have been by accident.”
Source: Bossypants
“In improv, the whole thing is that it is a relationship between the two people, as a back and forth. In standup, you don't really want to be listening to what somebody is saying; you want to project your jokes into their face.”
“In improvisation, there are no mistakes.”
“In improvisation, there is only one time. This is what computer people call real time. The time of inspiration, the time of technically structuring and realizing... the time of playing it, and the time of communicating with the audience, are all one.”
Source: Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
“In In Pakistan, when we were stopped from going to school, at that time I realized that education ... Is the power for women, and that's why the terrorists are afraid of education.”
“In in some ways Jessica Jones and Supergirl are the opposite of one another, they both happen to have superpowers. But, in terms of the lack of parity, I think it is a good start and this is just the beginning I hope.”
“In income tax, there is no case for amnesty.”
“In increments both measurable and not, our childhood is stolen from us -- not always in one momentous event but often in a series of small robberies, which add up to the same loss.”
Source: In One Person: A Novel
“In independent film you tend to have stories that involve more of a community, and the smaller characters are important to the story.”
“In India a farmhand was caught in the act with his cow. He said he had bad eyesight and thought it was his wife.”
“In India, all corrupted politicians, because of Karma, have to undergo, either jailed life or bailed life at-least once.”
“In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.”
“In India and in New York the economy is naked. People are starving physically in India, and emotionally in New York.”
“In India and other places, there are people who fool themsleves. They walk around all day saying, "Who am I? Who am I?"”
“In India, children’s food is just food.”
Source: First Bite: How We Learn to Eat
“In India, corrupted politicians, earn huge money and deposit it in foreign countries. Thus, they are indulged in “Corruption-Pandemic.”
“In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different.”
Source: Slowly Down the Ganges
“In India everything has a use and a value.”
“In India I've been to all the award functions, but that was in Hindi; now it's in English so it's a much bigger scale.”
“In India in particular, where millions have no home but the streets, virtually every life event is carried out in public: prayer, eating, sleeping, nursing, crude dentistry, even bodily functions. In the secular West, where nothing is sacred, everything seems hidden; yet in Asia, where nothing is hidden, everything is sacred.”
“In India it is believed that all creatures have a purpose.”
“In India it is regarded as a good idea to dart in front of an oncoming car, for the car is sure to kill the evil spirits who are pursuing you, and all the rest of your life you will have good luck.”
Source: The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks
“In India, it is religion that forms the very core of the national heart. It is the backbone - the bed-rock - the foundation upon which the national edifice has been built.”
Source: Neurons, Oxygen & Nanak
“In India many people come to discuss things with me. I sometimes say that half of them come saying, "I have a problem, I want to find a teacher." The other half say, "I have a problem because I have a teacher!" So it's not so simple.”
“In India nearly everybody spoke metaphorically except the English who spoke bluntly and could make their most transparent lies look honest as a consequence; whereas any truth contained in these metaphorical rigmaroles was so deviously presented that it looked devious itself.”
Source: The Raj Quartet, Volume 2: The Day of the Scorpion