“Achieving success as an actor has not been easy for me. My biggest, probably most irrational complaint has been that I've had to work harder for what I've gotten. I've seen other people with nepotism or wealth or cheesy good looks on their side who've had it easy...” PeopleLooksHas BeensActorsEasySidesWealthAchieveHard WorkHarderIrrationalComplaintsLooking GoodWork HarderCheesyAchieving SuccessNepotism Author:James Woods
“When characters have different goals and are intent on achieving them, conflict results. If the stakes are high and both sides are unyielding, you have the makings of high drama.” IfsDifferentCharacterSidesGoalResultsAchieveDramaConflictStakesBoth SidesUnyielding Book:How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling Source: How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
“Frankly, we doubt the veracity and seriousness of the United States in regard to achieving results that would be acceptable to both sides in Geneva.” StatesWould BeSidesUnitedResultsUnited StatesDoubtAchieveRegardAcceptableBoth SidesSeriousnessGenevaVeracity Author:Dmitriy Ustinov
“We also have to work, though, sort of the dark side, if you will. We've got to spend time in the shadows in the intelligence world. A lot of what needs to be done here will have to be done quietly, without any discussion, using sources and methods that are available to our intelligence agencies... That's the world these folks operate in, and so it's going to be vital for us to use any means at our disposal, basically, to achieve our objective.” IfsWorldNeedsMeanDoneUseSidesDarkAchieveSourceShadowMethodFolksAvailableObjectivesDiscussionAgencyEnd TimesSpend TimeDark SideIntelligence Agencies Author:Dick Cheney
“I've got a feeling I'm leaving stardom behind, you know. I'm gradually becoming more of a filmmaker, acquiring a different kind of dignity from that which you achieve in acting. After all, I'm no matinee idol, and I'm getting older. I don't think I can be doing my kind of thing in the seventies; I want to be on more of the creative side of business.” ThinkingKnowsWantKindI CanDifferentFeelingsSidesActingBehindsCreativeAchieveBecomingDignityLeavingFilmmakerRacingIdolsDifferent KindsSeventiesGetting OldGetting OlderBehind YouBecoming MoreStardom Author:Steve McQueen
“I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad for both sides. But I don't think the forces are there (that could carry out) an uprising against the leadership. The people that could initiate it are in Israeli prisons. And what could they hope to achieve? In the end, they're too weak to end the Israeli occupation.” PeopleThinkingEndsForceSidesMistakeAchieveConsequenceWeakPrisonOccupationPalestinianBoth SidesIsraeliUprisingInitiateUnleashingIsraeli Occupation Author:Tom Segev
“Nonviolence is the only way. Even if you achieve your goal by violent means there are always side effects, and these can be worse than the problem. Violence is against human nature.” IfsWayHumansMeanProblemSidesGoalViolenceAchieveEffectsHuman NatureViolentNonviolenceSide EffectsAchieving Your Goals Author:Dalai Lama
“If you run for election with a particular agenda about saving jobs, about strengthening manufacturing and farming jobs, about tackling predatory gambling and making governments accountable, if there's an opportunity to achieve that agenda with either side of politics, particularly if you come from the political centre, then it's an opportunity you should take up.” IfsShouldGovernmentRunningJobsPoliticalOpportunitySidesAchieveParticularElectionSavingAgendasGamblingCentreFarmingManufacturingStrengtheningTacklingPredatory Author:Nick Xenophon
“I think Hamas should be challenged to consider really embracing Gandhi and Dr. Kings philosophy of advocating nonviolence as a way to achieve self determination, end occupation, achieve unity within their country, and gain allies within Israel. I think this idea of an eye for and eye, a rocket for a bomb, will never bring about peace for either side.” ThinkingWayShouldIdeasEndsSelfCountryPhilosophyEyeSidesAchieveKingsGainsDeterminationUnityIsraelBombsOccupationAlliesSelf DeterminationNonviolenceDrsRocketsAdvocatingHamas Author:Jesse Jackson
“On the cautionary side, Universal Jurisdiction could be used to achieve some kind of ideologically motivated criminalisation of 'the other' that would discredit and derail a constructive effort to develop a credible meta-law that governs the behaviour of leaders of sovereign states.” KindStatesLawUsedSidesEffortLeaderAchieveUniversalMotivatedBehaviourSovereignConstructiveCredibleDiscreditJurisdiction Author:Richard A. Falk