“Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life.” MenForgetEternalEternityClaimsSalvationWestNotionGravesStakesVagueEternal Life Author:Andre Malraux
“You have to constantly recreate yourself in show business, which is a very fast thing, especially now with the tremendous speed of social media. There are so many personalities, so many different kinds of comedy that you can access, so it’s definitely important to stake your claim and say who you are.” KindImportantDifferentShowsSocialComedyMediaPersonalityClaimsWho You AreSocial MediaSpeedAccessStakesDifferent KindsShow BusinessRecreate Yourself Author:Margaret Cho
“The right tends to posit that the market fuels social good. The left tends to posit that the government fuels social good. At bottom, democracy claims that citizens drive social good, but there is currently no container for a political force-field that stakes claim to the unbelievable resources now virtually untapped in every man, woman, and child in our society.” MenChildrenGovernmentPoliticalLeftForceSocialDemocracyFieldsCitizensResourcesClaimsBottomEvery ManFuelOur SocietyStakesUnbelievableMen WomenContainersSocial GoodForce Fields Author:Marianne Williamson
“When you start out as a band, you stake your claim and you go for it. And there's a part of you that dreams it and imagines it and does everything to get there, but you can't ever expect to sell 8, 10, 12, 20 million albums. It becomes this thing that you really have to figure out as you go.” DoeDreamMillionsImagineFiguresBandClaimsSellsAlbumsStakes Author:Edward Kowalczyk
“To raise positive kids, we as parents must identify the qualities necessary for success, convince our children that they have the potential for success, and show them how to stake their claims in life.” ChildrenShowsKidsParentQualityPositiveClaimsOur ChildrenRaisesConvinceStakes Book:Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World Source: Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World
“What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual profits privatizing it. There was a principle at stake. They had to ensure their friends and not outsiders got the benefit.” NamesPrinciplesLandPoliticianBenefitsClaimsProfitLocalsStakesUsualOutsiders Author:Michael Moorcock