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“I think as this generation of electronic musicians goes on, popular electronic music will be more and more accepted. It's gonna get less confusing. You know, most people called rap stupid when it started, and it was one of the most innovative music forms of its time.”

People Thinking Stupid Musician Rap Accepted Confusing Innovative Electronic Music

Author:Dan Deacon

“I do think so much of what I do is reactive to the way the world sees itself, or the way the world is being portrayed. I wanted to offer an alternative to that. Whether it is accepted or not is beside the point, but it's an alternative.”

Thinking World Accepted

Author:Terry Gilliam

“I think that a lot of artists have succeeded in making what I might call "curator's art." Everybody's being accepted, and I always want to say, "Really? That's what you've come for? To make art that looks a lot like somebody else's art?" If I am thinking of somebody else's art in front of your art, that's a problem.”

Thinking Art Problem Artist Accepted Being Accepted

Author:Jerry Saltz

“Making photographs that dealt with the understanding of who I am as a gay man and dealt with the process of accepting that, and also accepting what I'm into sexually, what sexually arouses me. So I was making these images not necessarily knowing what they were about, but just putting it out there - that mode of thinking or consideration of my own desires, and also the much larger conversation around images that deal with ideas of sexuality and how those images are distributed and then accepted or understood by whoever is viewing those images.”

Thinking Men Desire Understanding Accepting Gay Photograph Sexuality Accepted Consideration Sexually Gay Men

Author:Wardell Milan

“Writing 'This Is Who I Am...' I wanted to write a song about where I'm at, that I have accepted where I have come to and I wanted my fans to be able to connect to it too. I want them to stand proud!”

Writing Song Proud Accepted

Author:Vanessa Amorosi

“My overall approach toward art is to remain as open as possible in front of the world, to always be curious, not to be afraid to experiment, and have a sense of self-criticism and a general criticism toward the surrounding. Also, trying to make a difference between serious research and pure gag! And making as few compromises as possible toward doing things that might not be accepted by the majority of society, even if this dominant society is the one which is ruling the art world. To keep this fundamental idea, even if it's a bit trivial: to have the desire to transform the world.”

World Trying Art Desire Serious Art Is Criticism Accepted Compromise Curious Making A Difference Sense Of Self

Author:Daniel Buren

“I think you're always policing yourself by trying to do what you think would be "cool" and accepted by other people, until you start to figure out who you really want to be. Growing up is an ongoing push-and-pull of you being yourself and you performing to what society expects you to be.”

People Thinking Trying Growing Up Accepted Performing Being Yourself Being Cool

Author:John Legend

“Within the fashion industry, being on shoots and working with agencies and other models, it's never been an issue being anything other than straight. It's so accepted within this industry. Out of every community that I'm a part of, or have been in, the fashion industry has been the most accepting. To the point where it was celebrated. I'd be on set talking about my girlfriend and someone would say "Oh, you're a lesbian! That's amazing." It's such a warm, welcoming community in that sense.”

Community Accepting Fashion Accepted Welcome Girlfriend My Girlfriend Fashion Industry

Author:Jennie Runk

“When you go for something because you're curious about it, you get psyched up about the chance of getting into it. It's like an actor meets a role, and you slip into that body and see what happens, to experience certain conditions, to adopt a certain character. Even shooting is a study of the character. I think both the character and the actor, and eventually the filmmaker - myself - are finding a way to accept their environment and being accepted and feel comfortable of themselves.”

Thinking Character Chance Accepting Study Environment Accepted Curious Filmmaker Being Accepted

Author:Ang Lee

“My parents left Iran in 1979 and moved to France and then moved to the U.S. My brother was born in France and I was born in New York. I think my parents left France because they felt their kids would never be accepted by French culture. Here they thought we could feel American - that we could feel safe in that way - which was important to them, given what their experiences were in Iran. They used to joke about how I could be president because I was the only one born in America.”

Thinking Important Kids Culture Parent President Brother Jokes Moved Accepted My Brother

Author:Rostam Batmanglij

“Trump has a mind that in many ways is always under duress, because he's always seeking to be accepted, loved. He sees himself as constantly victimized by others and by the society, from which he sees himself as fighting back. So there's always an intensity to his destructive behavior that could contribute to his false beliefs.”

Mind Fighting Belief Behavior Accepted

Author:Robert Jay Lifton

“I think that the authority of Scripture must be accepted by Catholics and Protestants, and that if our doctrinal judgments are not measured by Scripture, then we'll be found lacking, since Scripture communicates divine revelation to us.”

Thinking Divine Authority Judgment Catholic Communicate Accepted Scripture Revelations

Author:Matthew Levering

“I've always been surprised when a straight guy likes me. It's just been like my whole life has been kinda like that. I definitely felt like when I started writing music, it wasn't writing for a gay audience at all. I was just writing for me. But what I say whenever I get this question is my best friends have always been gay, I've always been, as a person, just accepted by the gay community, and celebrated and had the best nights of my life at gay clubs. Always had a fashion sense usually with drag and I don't know. That's just kind of my people. That's just kind of where I fit in.”

People Writing Kind Night Guy Community Audience Fashion Fit Gay Accepted Whole Life My Best Friend

Author:Allie X

“I thought "I've coped with some crazy situations, and I can do this." But working with Roman Polanski is so different from the fashionable and accepted way of directing now.”

Different Situation Crazy Accepted Fashionable

Author:Olivia Williams

“I believe I accepted the first hit of crack because I am an addict, and that's what addicts do. There was nothing extraordinary going on in my life at the time - nothing beyond the normal pressures and ups and downs that all people face. I did not believe I would be hooked. I think that is probably true of most addicts and alcoholics. I haven't met anyone yet who said he or she took their first hit or drink knowing or even suspecting they would drink alcoholically or become addicted.”

People Thinking Believe I Believe Drink Extraordinary Accepted Addict Ups & Downs

Author:Ruben Castaneda

“Boxing involves the possibility of defeat, I accepted that very early on. After all, there are only two men and one of them wins.”

Men Winning Possibility Defeat Accepted Boxing

Author:Lennox Lewis

“If guilt tells us that we've done something wrong, then shame tells us that we are something wrong. So many people feel isolated, not good enough, defined by the labels they wear rather than the identity they have in Christ. The love of Christ tells us that we're accepted; that we belong.”

People Done Enough Christ Identity Shame Guilt Accepted Good Enough Not Good Enough

Author:Sheila Walsh

“For me, sexual identity and orientation is a human right, which should also be accepted by the United Nations. Of course, innovations in this area provoke contradictions, especially in a society like ours, because Cuba has so many revolutionary processes.”

Identity Innovation Accepted Revolutionary Contradiction Provoking United Nations

Author:Mariela Castro

“I was a breed of people who aren't capable of doing anything, really. At college I began to get the idea that being macho wasn't the accepted norm in the liberal world, and especially the world I entered into, which was the artistic world. I had a lot of problems with that because I was struggling with the need to be proud of being a man, which wasn't something I was feeling.”

People Men World Feelings Problem Struggle College Proud Capable Accepted Artistic Be Proud Norm Macho

Author:Philip Seymour Hoffman

“I love a lot of American writers, but I think that for the most part the scope of what's accepted as great American writing is very limited. What we have is good, but it's limited. There's not enough engagement with the world. Our literature's not adventurous enough. The influence of MFA writing tends to make things repetitive. The idea that writing can be taught has changed the whole conversation in the U.S.”

Thinking World Writing Enough Influence Changed Accepted Adventurous Great American Repetitive American Writer

Author:Rabih Alameddine

“The best lesson that I've learned from my mother is that she just never accepted no for an answer and I think that's something that has stayed with me.”

Thinking Mother Accepted

Author:Liya Kebede

“I like when the manuscript keeps its authentic style and form, so even if I have accepted some advice from editors, I don't really want to adapt the manuscript to the needs and expectations of the readers.”

Advice Style Expectations Accepted

Author:Lidija Dimkovska

“Something that I wanted to do through the film is try to explore the roots of belief, because everything has to do with beliefs. When I studied the side of the rationalists and the skeptics, and the side of the believers and so-called psychics, I found out that both of them, no matter what they claim to do, behave in a very similar way. They only accepted what confirmed their previous positions, and tended to reject everything that put them at risk.”

Trying Film Belief Risk Believer Accepted Behave Skeptic

Author:Rodrigo Cortes

“I think my parents wanted me to do something very normal, have a normal person job and not be confronted by the instability of an artistic pursuit, but there wasn't really a lot they could do to stop me. I was, at one point, going to go to law school when I finished high school, but the next day I got accepted into acting school and there was no real question in my mind of what I was going to do.”

Thinking Mind Real School Parent Acting High School Accepted Artistic Law School Instability

Author:Elizabeth Debicki

“There are a few versions of the Alexander movie on video, only two that matter. One is from 2007, and then the one from 2014. It's called "the Ultimate Cut." That is the best version in my opinion. I was unsatisfied with the original theatrical release. It was rushed. It was my fault. I accepted it. I always felt it should have been done the way Tarantino did Kill Bill. I thought, we should release this in two parts with an intermission. But at that time, in 2004, it was impossible.”

Done Opinion Cutting Impossible Ultimate Accepted Theatrical Unsatisfied Tarantino Intermission

Author:Oliver Stone

“I think women who are very creative and giving members of society can be respected and accepted.”

Thinking Giving Creative Accepted

Author:Mary Gaitskill

“It's hard to know how many rank-and-file nineteenth-century church members accepted the idea that Jesus was married to multiple women and fathered children, but the idea received support from many high-ranking leaders, including Brigham Young and Joseph F. Smith.”

Children Jesus Church Leader Support Married Accepted Multiple

Author:John Turner

“You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is trying to aim to please too much. Number one: They're trying to please whoever signed them to a contract. Number two: They're trying to appease a gigantic audience and they get this false magnification of love. I came from a thing which nowadays would be the exception to the rule. I came from a mother and father who always made me secure in my beliefs, and that's where the love came from. Which made me look at everything else as procedure.”

Trying Mother Father Belief Audience Love You Aim Rap Accepted Exception Insecurity Mother And Father Appease

Author:Chuck D

“The idea of morphology of languages is something that I'm really interested in. How does German turn to Dutch, and how does Dutch turn to Anglo-Saxon and eventually English? Morphology is actually taking place through things like Twitter or GChat today, where we're changing how things are spelled, and those spellings are accepted as standard now. Morphology happens over time. It's not necessarily a bad thing.”

Today Language Accepted

Author:Jimenez Lai

“Ever since 9/11, the mood has changed quite a bit, and for the worst. The main cause for this change are the merchants of fear, who want to make us believe that Muslims are the new evil. By hammering on the assumption that all Muslims are terrorists who try to destroy the American society, they make people feel so very scared that some have accepted any kind of freedom-lessening measure, as long as it makes people feel less unsafe. That's not only the case in the U.S., the same goes for Europe.”

People Trying Believe Kind Long Evil Worst Changed Scared Accepted Mood Terrorist Assumption

Author:G.W. Sok

“After 9/11, we had this "terrorist-Muslim-threat" in the US but at the same time, next to that, in Holland we had this growing awareness that the so-called integration of new Dutch people, a lot of those that had come to live and work in our country originated from countries such as Turkey and Morocco, and a lot of them are actually Muslim, wasn't quite the success the state always had thought it was. The "new" Dutch didn't feel totally accepted, treated as second-rate citizens, and parts of the "old" Dutch suddenly believed that the new ones were trying to destroy our society.”

People Trying Country Awareness Accepted Integration

Author:G.W. Sok

“I remember very clearly when I found my first soulmate, it was actually in my late 20s, that wonderful feeling of being accepted by people.”

People Feelings Remember Wonderful Accepted Soulmate Being Accepted

Author:Kim Longinotto

“I was always considered the athletic one, and that translated into big. I was the big one. Thankfully, so many more body types are accepted these days. What I've been trying to do, and I'm seeing more now with my girlfriends, too, is celebrate other people.”

People Trying Accepted Celebrate Girlfriend Athletic My Girlfriend

Author:Brooke Shields

“The Jewish Talmud says that the righteous peoples have an equal place in paradise. The Christians and Muslims agree in rejecting that; they claim that they are the fortunate recipients of God's final message and those who accepted will go to heaven and those who rejected go to hell. So there is a long struggle between the Dar al-Islam and the Dar al-Harb, which in effect was Christendom. This was the perceived enemy. And this has inevitably colored the perception of everything else.”

Long Christian Heaven Enemy Struggle Hell Equal Perception Agree Accepted Righteous Rejected

Author:Bernard Lewis

“I got accepted at Yale but never went.”

Accepted Yale

Author:Shia LaBeouf

“I am not writing to try and convert people to fundamental Christianity. I am just trying to share my experience, strength and hope, that someone who is as messed up and neurotic and scarred and scared can be fully accepted by our dear Lord, no questions asked.”

People Writing Trying Christianity Lord Share Fundamentals Dear Scared Accepted Neurotic Messed Up Questions Asked Dear Lord Strength And Hope

Author:Anne Lamott

“I'm astonished at how readily a great many people I know, young people, have accepted a reduced economic prospect and limited freedoms in any substantial sense, and basically traded them for being able to screw around online.”

People Knows Able Young Economic Accepted Online Screws Limited Freedom

Author:Jaron Lanier

“When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent.”

Men Law Certain Views Failing Accepted Compelling Provoking Dissent Animosity Announcing

Book:The Principles of Success in Literature

Source: The Principles of Success in Literature

“In the steel industry the corporations generally have accepted collective bargaining and negotiated wage agreements with the Committee for Industrial Organization.”

Industry Organization Accepted Corporations Collectives Agreement Committees Steel Bargaining Collective Bargaining Steel Industry

Author:John L. Lewis

“Terrorism can never be accepted. We must fight it together, with methods that do not compromise our respect for the rule of law and human rights, or are used as an excuse for others to do so.”

Humans Together Law Used Fighting Rights Method Human Rights Excuse Terrorism Accepted Compromise Rule Of Law

Author:Anna Lindh

“Someday perhaps change will occur when times are ready for it instead of always when it is too late. Someday change will be accepted as life itself.”

Ready Late Accepted Too Late Someday

Author:Shirley MacLaine

“I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.”

Literature Media Accepted Interviews Encounters

Author:Naguib Mahfouz

“Of all my false identities, the strategies in my campaign to be accepted, being a sworn Republican is the hardest to explain. In my later political life, I can only be described as a Kennedy Democrat, eager to pursue equitable treatment for the least fortunate.”

I Can Political Identity Republican Strategy Democrat Accepted Campaigns Hardest Pursue Fortunate Treatment Political Life Equitable

Author:James McGreevey

“I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.”

Giving Mind May Children Political House Politics My Own Fate Our Children Accepted Ruins Seats Warning Representatives House Of Representatives

Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations

“Do you know something? The minute that blood sacrifice was accepted, Jesus was the first human being that was ever born again. Now that was real - it happened when he was in Hell.”

Knows Firsts Humans Real Jesus Born Human Beings Hell Happened Sacrifice Blood Minutes Accepted Do You Know Born Again Blood Sacrifice

Author:Joyce Meyer

“It's nice to be included in people's fantasies but you also like to be accepted for your own sake.”

People Real Fantasy Nice Sake Accepted

Author:Marilyn Monroe

“In America, I would say New York and New Orleans are the two most interesting food towns. In New Orleans, they don't have a bad deli. There's no mediocrity accepted.”

Two America Interesting New York Food Towns Accepted Mediocrity New Orleans Most Interesting

Author:Mario Batali

“You know, Freud accepted his lot very stoically and very well and with a sense of humor. He aged and died gracefully, and there's a lot to be said for that.”

Knows Wells Said Died Accepted Sense Of Humor

Author:Viggo Mortensen

“When I graduated from high school, I got accepted to York University, Fine Arts film program.”

Art School Film Fine High School Program University Accepted Fine Arts Art Films

Author:Mike Myers

“What the oil producer gets paid is about 16 percent. The majority of it is tax, which in fairness to the government of this country they have accepted and admitted.”

Country Government Taxes Percent Paid Majority Oil Accepted Producers Fairness

Author:Olusegun Obasanjo

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