“Reconciliation is what takes place, of course, at higher levels. President Karzai has been very clear about the red lines for reconciliation, accept the constitution, lay down their weapons, cut their ties with al Qaeda and essentially become productive or at least participating members of society in that regard.” Has BeensCoursesPresidentLinesLevelsAcceptingClearCuttingHigherMembersWeaponsRedConstitutionRegardLaysTiesProductiveAlsReconciliationAl QaedaParticipatingHigher LevelRed Lines Author:David Petraeus
“Buddha was speaking in a village square one day, when one of the inhabitants started to abuse him. Buddha paused and said to the man, "If you offer me a piece of paper and I refuse to accept it, what happens to the paper?" "Why, it stays with me, of course," the villager replied. Buddha smiled gently, "And that is exactly what I am doing with your abuse," he said. "I am not accepting it, therefore it stays with you."” IfsMenSaidWisdomHappensCoursesAcceptingPiecesHe ManOne DayOffersPaperAbuseRefuseVillageSquaresStay With Me Author:Gautama Buddha
“You can compare it to dreams: you have a very specific and individual pictorial language that you either accept or that you can translate rashly and wrongly. Of course, you can ignore dreams, but that would be a shame, because they're useful.” DreamWould BeCoursesIndividualLanguageAcceptingShameCompareTranslateDreams You HavePictorial Book:Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007 Source: Gerhard Richter: text : writings, interviews and letters, 1961-2007
“If having endured much, we at last asserted our 'right to know' and if, knowing, we have concluded that we are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks, then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tell us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals, we should look around and see what other course is open to us.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldLooksLastsCoursesNatureAcceptingKnowingEnvironmentRiskEnvironmentalOur WorldChemicalsFrighteningPoisonous Author:Rachel Carson
“When any living thing has come to the end of its cycle, we accept that end as natural. When that intangible cycle has run its course it is a natural and not unhappy thing that a life comes to its end.” EndsRunningDeathCoursesNaturalAcceptingUnhappyCyclesLiving ThingsIntangible Author:Rachel Carson
“Hardship, in forcing us to exercise greater patience and forbearance in daily life, actually makes us stronger and more robust. From the daily experience of hardship comes a greater capacity to accept difficulties without losing our sense of inner calm. Of course, I do not advocate seeking out hardship as a way of life, but merely wish to suggest that, if you relate to it constructively, it can bring greater inner strength and fortitude.” IfsWayCoursesWishAcceptingGreaterExerciseLosingCapacityDifficultyStrongerCalmSeekingRelateDaily LifeInner StrengthHardshipFortitudeRobustForbearanceDaily Experience Author:Dalai Lama
“When it comes to my interpersonal relationships with men, of course, a lifetime of abuse vastly affected everything I did. I always came from a place of abuse, actually wanting, welcoming, and accepting it because that was my language. It never seemed strange to me.” MenCoursesLanguageAcceptingStrangeAbuseLifetimeWelcomeAffectedInterpersonalInterpersonal Relationship Author:Karrine Steffans
“The problem of education in a democratic society is to do away with ... dualism and to construct a course of studies which makes thought a guide of free practice for all and which makes leisure a reward of accepting responsibility for service, rather than a state of exemption from it.” StatesProblemCoursesResponsibilityAcceptingPracticeStudyDemocraticRewardsGuidesLeisureConstructsDemocratic SocietyDualismExemptionAccepting Responsibility Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed - now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down.” MadeMightLyingCoursesAcceptingFieldsBedPreparedWeekendHere I Am Author:Brian Aldiss
“I'm tired of being what everyone else has made me," I said. "I want to be myself." "Don't be a child." I looked up, startled and angry, though of course there was nothing to see. "What?" "You are what your creators and experiences have made you, like every other being in this universe. Accept that and be done; I'm tired of your whining.” WantChildrenMadeSaidDoneUniverseCoursesAcceptingAngryTiredCreatorI'm TiredWhining Author:N.K. Jemisin
“Well there are tough decisions necessary in budgets. I agree there are tough decisions necessary to ensure the long-term health of the budget. What I don't accept and will never accept is that those decisions must be unfair as a matter of course.” WellsLongMatterCoursesTermDecisionAcceptingToughAgreeBudgetsLong TermUnfairTough Decisions Author:Chris Bowen
“There are those, of course, who deny that they need any form of authority. They are the popular atheists and agnostics. Such men say that they must be shown by 'reason' whatever they are to accept as true. But the great thinkers among non-Christian men have taken no such position. They know that they cannot cover the whole area of reality with their knowledge.” KnowsMenNeedsReasonWholeRealityChristianFormCoursesAcceptingTakenPositionAuthorityAreasAtheistDenyThinkerGreat Thinkers Author:Cornelius Van Til
“Officials from the soccer organization FIFA, which decides which cities get to host the World Cup, are accused of accepting bribes when making their decision. Of course the toughest part for the soccer officials was taking bribes without using their hands.” WorldHandsCoursesDecisionCitiesAcceptingOrganizationCupsSoccerOfficialsHostAccusedWorld CupBribeFifa Author:Jimmy Fallon
“Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.” KnowsFeelsDifferentCoursesAcceptingOne ThingInevitable Author:Michael Haneke
“Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes.” NeedsEnoughValuesCoursesAcceptingNeededNeeded Change Author:Steve Goodier
“I find it difficult to accept that it is the will of God that humanity should degrade, deface, desolate, and ultimately perhaps destroy His Creation on Earth. Yet this is the course on which we are embarked.” ShouldEarthHumanityCoursesDifficultAcceptingCreationEnvironmentalGods WillStewardshipDegradeDesolate Author:Russell E. Train
“Highly competitive athletes like Ginny Gilder have a gift for tolerating pain and ignoring adversity. They accept these things as the price they pay for greatness. These habits of mind and body serve us well in many aspects of our lives, but not in all aspects of our lives. Course Correction is about taking time to heal and exploring the joy that lies beyond adversity.” MindWellsBodyPainJoyLyingCoursesPayAcceptingOur LivesGreatnessHabitAspectAdversityAthleteHealTake TimeExploringMind And BodyCorrectionsTime HealsHabits Of MindCourse Correction Author:Tori Murden
“If one of my daughters happened to be [gay], of course I would love them and I would accept them. That's what we're taught when we have strong faith.” IfsCoursesStrongAcceptingHappenedTaughtGayDaughterMy DaughterStrong Faith Author:John Kasich
“If Turkey become a member of the EU, of course Turks would lose a part of this identity, just as Europe would lose a part of its own. It would also be a different Europe then. Accepting Turkey into the EU is an ambitious political endeavor of historical proportions. Europe would become a strong, multi-religious unit.” IfsDifferentPoliticalCoursesStrongLosesReligiousAcceptingIdentityMembersEuropeHistoricalProportionEndeavorAmbitiousUnitsTurkeys Author:Orhan Pamuk
“If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we have and clearly will swear to place our [American] Constitution above their religion, then, of course, they will be considered infidels and heretics, but at least I would then be quite willing to support them.” IfsWayCoursesAcceptingSupportWillingConstitutionBackgroundsRejectsSwearHereticInfidelAmerican Constitution Author:Benjamin Carson
“Too often girls accept that of course the boys will get better lighting and seating at their sports events, of course the football team will get more attention, privileges, and space in the yearbook. We need to teach girls to look around and notice when they're being treated like second-class citizens, and then to insist on equal treatment.” NeedsLooksGirlCoursesSportsSpaceAttentionAcceptingClassBoysTeachTeamEventsFootballCitizensEqualPrivilegeEqualityTreatedGet BetterTreatmentWomens RightsLightingFootball TeamSecond Class CitizensYearbookEqual Treatment Author:Mariah Nelson
“Each and every perpetrator was boastful, usually they would invite me to the places where they killed and I would of course accept those invitations because I could document what happened that way.” WayCoursesAcceptingHappenedInvitesDocumentsInvitationsPerpetrators Author:Joshua Oppenheimer
“Refusing to accept God's love because we're unworthy - of course we're unworthy! - is another golden calf.” CoursesLove IsAcceptingGoldenUnworthyGod's LoveCalves Author:Madeleine L'Engle
“The fictioneer labors under the constraint of plausibility; his inventions must stay within the capacity of the audience to accept and believe. God, of course, working with facts, faces no limitation.” BelieveFactsFacesCoursesAcceptingAudienceCapacityLaborInventionLimitationBelieve In GodConstraints Author:Donald E. Westlake
“... the reason we think that computer graphics technology has succeeded in faking reality is that we, over the course of the last hundred and fifty years, have come to accept the image of photography and film as reality.” ThinkingYearsReasonRealityLastsFilmCoursesAcceptingTechnologyComputerPhotographyHundredFiftyPhotography And FilmComputer Graphics Author:Lev Manovich