“Turning 50 changed me and I'm far more accepting of myself. I'm not thin, but I am a size 10. I go in at the middle and very much out at the bottom and top. And now I think, 'Well, that's how I am.” ThinkingWellsAcceptingMiddleChangedBottomSizeTurning 50 Author:Carol Vorderman
“The Democratic power elite on some level feels delegitimized by its working-class, black and female constituencies. What it wants are the "legitimate" votes of suburban, white, middle-class, affluent males. Even liberal voters and organizations tend on some tacit level to accept the idea that they are not the "real" Americans the Democrats must pursue.” WantFeelsIdeasRealBlackWhiteLevelsAcceptingClassMiddleFemaleVoteOrganizationDemocraticDemocratMalesPursueMiddle ClassVotersElitesWorking ClassAffluentTacit Author:Ellen Willis
“I will never date an actor or a model. My family will never accept her. We are a middle class family, and an actress will never be able to gel with us.” AbleActorsAcceptingClassMiddleModelsMy FamilyActressesMiddle ClassMiddle Class Family Author:Suresh Raina
“Being Black and poor is, I think, radically different from being anything else and poor. Poor, to most Blacks, is a state of mind. Those who accept it are poor; those who struggle are middle class.” ThinkingMindDifferentStatesBlackPoorAcceptingClassPovertyStruggleMiddleMiddle ClassState Of Mind Book:Sacred cows-- and other edibles Source: Sacred cows-- and other edibles
“For is it not possible that middle age can be looked upon as a period of second flowering, second growth, even a kind of second adolescence? It is true that society in general does not help one accept this interpretation of the second half of life.” KindDoeHelpingAgeGrowthHalfAcceptingMiddlePeriodsInterpretationAdolescenceMiddle AgesFlowering Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“The signs that presage growth, so similar, it seems to me, to those in early adolescence: discontent, restlessness, doubt, despair, longing, are interpreted falsely as signs of decay. In youth one does not as often misinterpret the signs; one accepts them, quite rightly, as growing pains. One takes them seriously, listens to them, follows where they lead. ... But in the middle age, because of the false assumption that it is a period of decline, one interprets these life-signs, paradoxically, as signs of approaching death.” DoeSeemsAgePainGrowthAcceptingDoubtGrowingMiddleYouthPeriodsDespairLongingAssumptionDeclineDecayAdolescenceMiddle AgesDiscontentRestlessnessGrowing PainsFalse AssumptionsApproaching Death Author:Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“We have to make the first move ourselves rather than expecting it to come from the phenomenal world or from other people. If we are meditating at home and we happen to live in the middle of the High Street, we cannot stop the traffic just because we want peace and quiet. But we can stop ourselves, we can accept the noise. The noise also contains silence. We must put ourselves into it and expect nothing from outside, just as Buddha did. And we must accept whatever situation arises.” PeopleIfsWorldWantFirstsHomeHappensMovingPeaceSilenceSituationAcceptingStreetsMiddleQuietRoseAriseNoiseExpectingTrafficPhenomenalMeditatingExpect NothingPeace And Quiet Author:Chogyam Trungpa
“The office of Speaker is almost as ancient as Parliament itself. It emerged in the Middle Ages when the Commons - the ordinary people - of England needed a spokesman in their dealings with the King, someone who would voice their grievances and present their petitions. This was by no means a safe or easy thing to do at that time, and potential spokesman generally had to be pressured into accepting the responsibility.” PeopleMeanAgeEasyVoiceResponsibilityAcceptingMiddleKingsNeededSafeOfficeOrdinaryEnglandAncientThings To DoSpeakersParliamentOrdinary PeopleMiddle AgesGrievancePetitionsDealingsEasy ThingsPressured Book:The House of Commons at Work Source: The House of Commons at Work
“I think we're going to have to accept the fact the U.S. is off the world map. We are not a great player any longer. And when we come home - as we will have to do because we've run out of money - we will discover that Argentine debts means Argentine politics. And on that note, you can wake up in the middle of the night.” ThinkingWorldMeanFactsHomeRunningNightAcceptingPlayerMiddleWake UpNotesDebtMapsComing HomeMiddle Of The Night Author:Gore Vidal
“I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.” ThinkingTwoIdeasFoundSidesAcceptingIssuesMiddleTwo SidesMiddle Ground Author:Krista Tippett
“I never accept lengthy film roles nowadays, because I am always so afraid I will die in the middle of shooting and cause such awful problems.” ProblemAgeFilmDiesCausesAcceptingRolesMiddleAwfulShootingLengthy Author:John Gielgud
“The word Gothic, in the sense in which it is generally employed, is wholly unsuitable, but wholly consecrated. Hence we accept it and we adopt it, like all the rest of the world, to characterize the architecture of the second half of the Middle Ages, where the ogive is the principle which succeeds the architecture of the first period, of which the semi-circle is the father.” WorldFirstsAgeFatherHalfAcceptingPrinciplesMiddlePeriodsSucceedArchitectureCirclesEmployedMiddle AgesGothic Book:The Works of Victor Hugo Source: The Works of Victor Hugo