“Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.” PeopleHeartTwoMomentsLastsGivenSimpleHalfStruggleCenturyTelevisionTvsBattleConversationSittingAdvantageSurfacePsychologicalMemorableInterviewsStoppingFormatPower StruggleMemorable Moments Author:David Frost
“Suppose someone sits down where you are sitting right now and announces to me that he is Napoleon Bonaparte. The last thing I want to do with him is to get involved in a technical discussion of cavalry tactics at the Battle of Austerlitz. If I do that, I'm getting tacitly drawn into the game that he is Napoleon Bonaparte.” IfsWantLastsGamesInvolvedRight NowBattleSittingDiscussionWhere You AreEconomistTacticsGet InvolvedCavalryBonaparte Author:Robert Solow
“Real winning and losing all takes place at the meditation table. This is where the battles are. Winning is stopping thought. Losing is sitting there and being subjected to all kinds of ridiculous thoughts” KindRealWinningMeditationBuddhismBattleLosingSittingTablesRidiculousAll KindsStoppingWinning And Losing Author:Frederick Lenz
“What dancing has helped me with is blocking; it makes me comfortable with my body. You know how to hit your mark, you know how to embody a swagger. But sitting down and looking across the table at another actor and being able to go to battle on screen is nothing to do with singing or dancing.” KnowsBodyAbleActorsKnow HowBattleComfortableSingingSittingMarkDown AndTablesDancingScreensBlockSitting DownSwagger Author:Columbus Short
“The mental game of 'holding out,' not eating for as long as possible, at least for me, was a really unhealthy mental place. I would inevitably lose that battle and eat too much in one sitting and end up really mad at myself.” LongEndsGamesLosesToo MuchBattleEatingSittingMadUnhealthy Author:Alison Sweeney
“We've got a generation now who were born with semiequality. They don't know how it was before, so they think, this isn't too bad. We're working. We have our attache' cases and our three piece suits. I get very disgusted with the younger generation of women. We had a torch to pass, and they are just sitting there. They don't realize it can be taken away. Things are going to have to get worse before they join in fighting the battle.” ThinkingKnowsFightingThreeRealizingBornCasesKnow HowTakenPiecesGenerationsFeminismBattleConflictSittingSuitsMemorableTorchesYounger GenerationDisgusted Author:Erma Bombeck
“Wolfe was drinking beer and looking at pictures of snowflakes in a book someone had sent him from Czechoslovakia... ...Wolfe seemed absorbed in the pictures. Looking at him, I said to myself, "He's in a battle with the elements. He's fighting his way through a raging blizzard, just sitting there comfortably looking at pictures of snowflakes. That's the advantage of being an artist, of having imagination." I said aloud, "You mustn't go to sleep, sir, it's fatal. You freeze to death." The League of Frightened Men” MenWaySaidBookArtistFightingImaginationSleepBattleElementsSittingAdvantageDrinkingRageBeerLeagueFrightenedGoing To SleepFreezeBeing An ArtistSnowflakeDrinking BeerBlizzardCzechoslovakia Author:Rex Stout
“When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?” MenWorldTodayBoysSunLandBattleThousandTenSittingRoseWarriorNative AmericanBullsNative Land Author:Sitting Bull
“The battle for our lives, and the lives and souls of our children, our husbands, our friends, our families, our neighbors, and our nation is waged on our knees. When we don't pray, it's like sitting on the sidelines watching those we love and care about scrambling through a war zone, getting shot at from every angle. When we do pray, however, we're in the battle alongside them, approaching God's power on their behalf. If we also declare the Wordog God in our prayers, then we wield a powerful weapon against which no enemy can prevail.” IfsChildrenWarSoulCareNationsPrayerPowerfulEnemyOur LivesPrayingBattleHusbandWeaponsShotsSittingOur ChildrenNeighborKneesOur FamilyZoneAngleBehalfOur PrayersThose We LoveSidelinesPowerful WeaponsLove And CareWar Zones Author:Stormie Omartian