“The idea that Hezbollah is acting as an agent of Iran is very dubious. It's not accepted by specialists on Iran or specialists on Hezbollah. But it's the party line. Or sometimes you can put in Syria, i.e. "Syrian-supported Hezbollah," but since Syria is of less interest now you have to emphasize Iranian support.” IdeasSometimesInterestLinesPartyActingSupportAcceptedAgentsIranSyriaIranianSpecialistsDubiousHezbollah Author:Noam Chomsky
“There was a free election in Palestine, but it came out the wrong way. So instantly, the United States and Israel with Europe tagging along, moved to punish the Palestinian people, and punish them harshly, because they voted the wrong way in a free election. That's accepted here in the West as perfectly normal. That illustrates the deep hatred and contempt for democracy among western elites, so deep-seated they can't even perceive it when it's in front of their eyes. You punish people severely if they vote the wrong way in a free election.” PeopleIfsWayStatesEyeUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyFrontsNormalEuropeHatredVoteElectionMovedWestWesternIsraelAcceptedPerceiveContemptElitesPalestinianPalestineWrong WayPerfectly NormalFree Elections Author:Noam Chomsky
“Luckily for [Barack] Obama, the Russians came along and rescued him with this proposal [to confiscate Assad's chemical weapons] which he quickly accepted - it was a way out of the embarrassment of facing likely defeat. They still have the option of bombing if they want to. And incidentally, to add one comment about this, you'll notice that this would be a very good moment to institute a call for imposing the Chemical Weapons Convention on the Middle East.” IfsWayWantStillsMomentsWould BeMiddleWeaponsAddVery GoodDefeatEastAcceptedBarackCommentChemicalsConventionsMiddle EastProposalEmbarrassmentInstituteBombingImposingAssadChemical WeaponsGood Moments Author:Noam Chomsky
“The fact that traditionally 'female' jobs are paid less, that women end up working part-time because they're societally pressured into caring roles, and that having children has a negative impact on women's wages but a positive impact on men's, are all problems that should deeply concern us, not 'explanations' that can be happily accepted.” MenShouldChildrenEndsFactsProblemJobsRolesConcernNegativeFemalePaidImpactCaringAcceptedExplanationWagesHaving ChildrenPart TimePositive ImpactPressured Author:Laura Bates
“I don't believe we have ever had a Black leader that was so widely accepted among the masses of people, as well as the leadership, in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Caribbean, Central America, as Allah (God) has blessed me to be accepted.” PeopleBelieveWellsAmericaBlackLeaderMiddleMassBlessedDon't BelieveEastAcceptedMiddle EastAsiaCaribbeanCentral AmericaEast AsiaGod Has Blessed Me Author:Louis Farrakhan
“Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century [America].” WantedAmericaHalfCenturyAcceptedEmpiresDomainCubaImpositionHalf A Century Author:Alejandro Castro Espin
“I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them. But the actual experience was completely the opposite. The artists accepted my requests rather positively, because it came from a fellow artist. I strongly feel that the fact that my being an artist avoided the usual curator vs artist tension, and led to creating a positive atmosphere as well as developing a solidarity amongst artists and building a community for artists.” FeelsWellsFactsArtistCommunityBuildingConflictCreatingOppositesFellowsAcceptedDevelopingWorriedAtmosphereTensionUsualSolidarityPositivelyAvoidedRequestParticipatingBeing An ArtistCurator Author:Yasumasa Morimura
“This is the problem we have with many Muslim leaders: They claim to differentiate between domestic and foreign issues and they are obsessed with being accepted, at sitting at the table of power in order to talk (or rather to listen) and to be tolerated. This is the starting point of our weakness. It is in our minds because we do not realize we are part of the system.” MindProblemOrderRealizingLeaderIssuesWeaknessSittingClaimsTablesStartingAcceptedObsessedStarting PointDifferentiateBeing Accepted Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I can see both trends among the youths: people who are ready for a constructive, critical and active presence, and others who are ready to become invisible Muslims and to compromise to be accepted. I put my hope in the former and pray for the latter.” PeopleI CanYouthReadyPrayingCriticalActiveAcceptedInvisibleCompromiseFormerLatterTrendsConstructive Author:Tariq Ramadan
“It's fun to see someone grow as a writer, moving from their first workshopped poems to publishing their earliest poems to having a book accepted for publication. It's great to see poets with persistence succeed.” FirstsBookMovingFunGrowsPoetSucceedAcceptedPersistencePublishingPublication Author:Allison Joseph
“It's been a long time since Roe v. Wade, and I do think most people are able to have respect for other people's choices. Most people, I think, have accepted that it's not up to them to control other people's choices, except, it seems, when it comes to Washington, D.C., where everyone has an opinion about people's uteruses.” PeopleThinkingLongSeemsAbleChoicesOpinionLong TimeAcceptedRespecting OthersWadeRoe V WadeUterus Author:Shonda Rhimes
“If you want to put on a suit and come to church, fine. But it's a problem when you make people feel like, if you don't do this, you're not going to be accepted and God doesn't look at that.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsLooksProblemChurchFineAcceptedSuits Author:LeCrae
“God says, "there's nothing you can do to be accepted, trust me and and let me change you." And at the end of the day, acceptance isn't about what I do, or what I don't do. Acceptance is about me trusting God to take me exactly as I am and take me to something different. And I think that's what we should have for people.” PeopleThinkingShouldDifferentEndsCan DoAcceptanceShould HaveLet MeAcceptedThe End Of The DayTake MeTrust In GodTrust MeAnd At The End Of The Day Author:LeCrae
“It is now widely and rightly accepted that we live in a world which is more interdependent than ever before, and that problems are increasingly global in character. At the risk of stating the obvious, I would say that when governments realize that certain problems are beyond their powers, it is clear that the United Nations has an irreplaceable role to play.” WorldPlayCharacterProblemGovernmentCertainNationsRealizingUnitedRolesClearRiskObviousAcceptedUnited NationsIrreplaceableStating The Obvious Author:Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
“I accepted the forgiveness of God. I got off track as an adult and because I believe in God's grace, I believe that gave me strength then to get that little part of my life realigned, to not play games about it, to confess it, to ask for forgiveness from God and ask others to forgive me as well and then move on.” BelieveWellsLittlesPlayMovingAsksGamesI BelieveGraceAdultsForgivingTrackI Believe InAcceptedBelieve In GodGod's GraceForgive MeI Believe In GodAsking For Forgiveness Author:Max Lucado
“It's not just a struggle for blacks to be accepted by whites, but the other way around as well. A lot of people don't see that.” PeopleWayWellsStruggleAccepted Author:Q-Tip
“In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had to be patient until the public accepted me. As a result, my early films didn't get a lot of attention. As a serious film actor, things didn't take off, either. Only my comic talents were recognized.” PeopleMindFilmActorsResultsAttentionTalentSeriousDirectorsPatientAcceptedComicBe PatientFilm Actors Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I did not disregard my culture, if I did, it was the white American culture, and I accepted my true culture, when I accepted Mohammed Ali, because this is a black name, Islam is the black man's religion, and so I would like to say, that I would like to clarify that point that I reclaimed my real culture, and that's being a black man and wearing a black name with a black body, and not a white name, so I would never say that I didn't disown my culture.” IfsMenRealBodyCultureNamesBlackWhiteIslamAcceptedAmerican CultureDisregardMohammed Ali Author:Muhammad Ali
“If the bishops are saying that it is divine revelation that seven percent of unemployment is morally unacceptable and that that is a teaching which must as a matter of faith be accepted by all Catholics, I respectfully dissent.” TeachingDivineCatholicSevenAcceptedRevelationsDissent Author:Bruce Babbitt
“The integration in Germany was made easier by the fact that I am probably of the third generation. So I have undergone a process of assimilation, of Jews into German society.I lived as a child in Germany, the feeling of being surrounded by people of whom the majority had very strong anti-Semitic sentiments. But there was one very odd thing in the whole milieu in which I lived: no one accepted the stigmatization. It is quite difficult. No one, my father for instance, would ever take it seriously. He would regard anti-Semites as people of no education.” PeopleChildrenFeelingsFatherStrongDifficultJewAcceptedOddSentimentsVery StrongIntegrationAssimilation Author:Norbert Elias
“There are a lot of movies about misfits that are quite cool, that kind of glamorize it on some level. I think there are fewer films, certainly with a lady at the center, about the agony of what it's like to feel like you're not accepted, and you're different, and somehow you're weird.” ThinkingKindDifferentFilmLike YouAcceptedMisfits Author:Rebecca Hall
“Somebody asked me, "When was the last time it was harder for you as a woman"? And I was like, "What time is it? Do you mean today?" I hate to say that, because it sounds so depressing, but it absolutely happens in many many ways all the time, large and small ways. But it's not like it creates new pain for me on a daily basis, it's just a pain that I accepted long ago. It's definitely harder.” MeanLongTodayPainHateI HateAcceptedDepressingLast Time Author:Suzanne Todd
“I do hope having done what I did, and America having accepted me the way they did, opens the door for more global talent, which should have representation in global entertainment.” DoneTalentAcceptedRepresentation Author:Priyanka Chopra
“The love in the Midwest is way different from New York - people accepted me like one of their own, and they showed me a bunch of love, so I did a big song dedicated to them.” PeopleDifferentSongAcceptedDedicated Author:Cam'ron
“Some people think that writers are innately solitary and that there's a kind of romance to that solitariness. I tend to think that what writers really want to do is get accepted into things. They want to get accepted into society, into culture, into intelligentsia, into the fun. Writing is their mechanism, their instrument, for doing that.” PeopleThinkingWritingKindRomanceCultureFunAcceptedSolitary Author:Richard Ford
“Michael Jackson is a cake-and-eat-it kind of guy. He has never recognized or accepted the fact that when you shove yourself in people's face, they're not going to look just at the part you're showing them. People want to see everything that's connected to the face.” PeopleKindGuyAccepted Author:Todd Rundgren
“I don't think enough people have accepted that the machines have already taken over. They are patiently waiting for us to catch up with them. Our world is now interdependent with the machines, and more entrepreneurs should be working on the symbiosis between the two entities.” PeopleThinkingWorldEnoughWaitingTakenEntrepreneurAccepted Author:Brad Feld
“Digging up new information and speculating on it isn't your primary purpose when you're writing a biography intended for young readers, unless you find compelling evidence that departs from the accepted wisdom. A biography for young people calls for the demanding art of distillation, the art of storytelling, and your responsibility is to stick as closely as possible to the documented record.” PeopleWritingArtPurposeResponsibilityEvidenceAcceptedStorytelling Author:Russell Freedman
“The mentality has taken over because of the way we've promoted things. It's been accepted, to live with fear, and to fear that it's going to be terrible, prepare for the worst. The meat and potato of our existence right now is influenced by what happened after 9/11 - we put our thinking into protecting borders.” ThinkingExistenceTakenWorstTerribleAcceptedMentality Author:M.I.A.
“With suicide, it's a strange thing in Japanese culture. It's acceptable. My parents would have been devastated if my attempt had been successful, but they would have somehow accepted it.” CultureParentSuccessfulStrangeSuicideAcceptedDevastated Author:Ken Ono
“I applied to be an astronaut four times. I was rejected three times before I was accepted. So, it's about that, not - following your dream and not giving up.” GivingDreamGiving UpAcceptedRejectedNot Giving UpFollow Your DreamsAstronaut Author:Michael J. Massimino
“My version of relativism is pluralistic and attributes functions to morality that in combination with human nature place limits on what could count as a true morality. Unlike many other relativists, I do not hold that people are subject to a morality because they all belong to a certain group. That is, I don't hold that being a member of a group makes one's subject to some set of generally accepted norms. What is true is that others around us teach us morality and moral language, so they inevitably influence us.” PeopleLanguageMoralTeachInfluenceHuman NatureMoralityAcceptedNormRelativism Author:David Wong
“There are trade-offs in everything we do in life, and I have accepted that if I would like to be principled - and just principled - my best call would be to sit at home and shut up, because nothing I preached would be connectable to the practice.” HomeAcceptedShut Up Author:Moddi
“The reason why I'm popular as an artist in this country is because it suits the psyche of the nation at this time. Ten years ago, my work wouldn't have had any currency, any popularity at all. Before in this country, you had to be accepted. You had to be part of the group. Now it's probably more trendy to have a problem.” CountryReasonProblemArtistAcceptedCurrencyPopularity Author:Tracey Emin
“James Comey had nine interactions with Bob Mueller after the Donald Trump's election. And in none of those, Comey testified, did he express any interest, concern, about what the Russians did, how they did it, how do we prevent it. He continuously has in fact denigrated the whole idea and dismissed that it was the Russians, and apparently hasn't yet accepted the 100-percent consensus of everybody that knows about this that this was a conscious and deliberate effort on their part to attack our democracy.” InterestEffortDemocracyConsciousConcernElectionAcceptedConsensus Author:Angus King
“The image and the costs of a Berlin-like wall or a Great Wall of China is something that the American people have not accepted to date.” PeopleWallAccepted Author:Alan Bersin
“For black people in the western hemisphere, if you can't generate a mythology that creates models of heroism and power out of the mythology that you had, then that means that somehow the mythology you had was not only feeble and weak, but that you are ultimately a powerless people. That's a notion that, I think, that can't be accepted.” PeopleThinkingMeanBlackWeakWesternAcceptedMythologyBlack PeopleHeroismPowerless Author:Kerry James Marshall
“The comfort-women agreement that we made with Japan during the last administration is not accepted by the people of Korea, particularly by the victims. They are against this agreement. The core to resolving the issue is for Japan to take legal responsibility for its actions and to make an official apology. But we should not block the advancement of Korea-Japan bilateral relations just because of this one issue.” PeopleActionResponsibilityRelationVictimAcceptedBlockApology Author:Moon Jae-in
“There's enough evidence that variation in sexual orientation is more a function of genes than of environment and for that reason alone, it should be accepted as but another example of human variability.” ReasonEnoughEnvironmentEvidenceAccepted Author:David Elkind
“When we awaken the love for God, that love naturally extends toward every living being. Also, the concept of Krishna and Radha, the masculine and feminine aspect of the one supreme God, was so inclusive that it touched my heart. So when Prabhupada came, I was already following his path. But it was when I saw his compassion, concern and deep wisdom, that I accepted him as my guru and decided to try and assist him. I felt that was where my real home was.” TryingHeartRealHomeCompassionPathMy HeartConcernAcceptedGod LoveFeminineMasculineGuruKrishna Author:Radhanath Swami
“I think first we have to begin by telling the truth, which I think has actually been a big stumbling block. We can look at Donald Trump and see how he lies, but I think we also have to look at some of the lies we've told ourselves and the lies we've accepted and internalized ourselves.” ThinkingLyingAcceptedBlockTelling The Truth Author:Michelle Alexander
“Christian musicians today, minus about ten bands, have never had to fight to be accepted or heard like general market bands have to make a living. It's just overlooked that the Christian market is safer and more lucrative, but requires musicianship that applies to the lowest common denominator.” TodayChristianFightingCommonMusicianAcceptedLowest Author:Reese Roper
“This has all the appearance of a foreign power trying to undermine structures of legitimacy of an American election. That is a serious matter. If I were the media, I would be wary of using anything that came out of these document dumps which serves the purpose of a foreign power. But, at the very least, Americans have to discount this. This is an attempt to hijack and change American democracy by a foreign power. It can't be accepted.” TryingPurposeDemocracySeriousElectionAppearanceAccepted Author:Michael Gerson
“Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.” LifeMomentsLyingPoliticsSocietyAcceptanceAcceptedDiscriminationWakingInferiorityDominatingInferiority ComplexAnti DiscriminationHellhounds Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The lesson that I would hope everyone would learn quite early in their career is don't take it personally. Whatever it is that happens, you're accepted for a role or rejected for a role of whatever, don't take it personally. It's part of the business and the person that is either hiring or firing-that's their business. That's what they are there for and it has nothing to do with how you feel about ... It has to do with someone else's perception of should you do this particular part, so just don't take it personally,. The business is really about rejection, so don't take it personally.” PerceptionAcceptedRejectionRejectedHiring Author:Diahann Carroll
“There are times when you felt especially important to another person, or cared about or loved or accepted. Well, loving relationships aren't something you can have like a precious little jewel you put in a box and then put on your shelf. It's something you walk towards. And there's always difficulties; there's always pain in relationships. But you can keep walking towards that beacon in the distance. That process, that journey, is called life. And if you're moving towards the things that you value, life is more vital, flowing; it's more empowering.” ImportantPainMovingValuesJourneyWalkingDifficultyDistanceAcceptedEmpowering Author:Steven C. Hayes
“Young women know that something is off; they know that the world is a messed-up place. They know that the world is a sexist place because they've had experiences in their own life; they see things happening to their friends, to their parents. But because feminism isn't widely accepted, because they don't necessarily have access to feminist thought or to feminist groups, they don't necessarily have a language to put behind the feelings and the thoughts that they're having. And they certainly don't have a support system to let them know like, hey, that's okay; you're right, that is screwed up.” WorldFeelingsLanguageParentSupportFeminismOkayFeministAcceptedThings HappenYoung WomenSexist Author:Jessica Valenti
“The elections would be free and democratic, and any result would have to be accepted.” ElectionDemocraticAccepted Author:Sebastian Kurz
“I went to an all-boys high school, and they accepted girls in only the two A.P. classes. They had these archaic rules: for example, girls couldn't wear makeup. I found it so outrageous that an all-boys school could tell girls to not wear makeup! So I went on a campaign. I got a petition signed and everything. If a girl wants to wear makeup to boost confidence, why not?” SchoolGirlHigh SchoolAcceptedMakeup Author:Lupita Nyong'o
“I'm a proud Indian but I feel very, very happy that people have accepted me here as well in the west. It's the people here in Britain that have given me my newfound fame here, so I owe it to them. We must give credit where it's deserved. It's not just the Asian community, it was also the British people who voted for me on Celebrity Big Brother and wanted to see me. So, I'm very happy and I think I'm a good eclectic mix of both cultures.” PeopleThinkingGivingCultureCommunityBrotherProudFameAcceptedVery HappyEclectic Author:Shilpa Shetty