Best Position Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“I'm a journeyman actor. My experience as a journeyman actor is that you have to go where the work is. I've never been the lead; I've never been in that position.”

Actors Position

Author:Kristin Lehman

“Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media?”

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Author:Robert Waterman McChesney

“That's my takeaway from 'Scream' - I know I can fit in dog doors. You have to jimmy your body in a certain position and really hope you're not wearing something super fancy.”

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Author:Rose McGowan

“I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find that time where you don't have to think about a job but just making work. If I didn't have those people in my life, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.”

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Author:Ryan McGinley

“If you make the decision to send your kid to public school don't even look at private schools. Just shut the door. Just turn off the TV. And then you don't even have to worry about preschool. You have to worry about what's good for your kid, but you don't have to worry about how to position yourself.”

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Author:Cynthia Nixon

“There was the situation in Nicaragua where the Sandinistas had taken over a couple of years earlier. There was a civil war going on in El Salvador and there was a similar situation in Guatemala. So Honduras was in a rather precarious geographic position indeed.”

Years War Situation Taken Position Couple Civil War Precarious Nicaragua Guatemala El Salvador Honduras

Author:John Negroponte

“That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.”

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Author:Daniel Okrent

“I feel like every five to seven years I really need to put myself in this position of discomfort and exploration, just to survive. Otherwise I feel like I'm falling asleep, like I'll go crazy if I don't do it.”

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Author:Karen O

“The ambiguous orientation of Japan drove the country into the position of an invader in Asia.”

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Author:Kenzaburo Oe

“One of the most common mistakes for an entry-level job interview is to take the position: 'What is this job going to do for me?' You should be saying 'Here's what I can do and here's what I want to do to help you.”

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Author:Norah O'Donnell

“Don't kid yourself. President Obama's decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan before he stands for reelection is not driven by the United States' 'position of strength' in the war zone as much as it is by grim economic and political realities at home.”

War States Home Reality Kids Political President Decision United United States Economic Position Driven Zone Afghanistan President Obama Troops Grim War Zones Reelection

Author:Ron Fournier

“I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.”

Thinking Film Position Industry Film Industry

Author:Will Oldham

“This view [of the infinite], which I consider to be the sole correct one, is held by only a few. While possibly I am the very first in history to take this position so explicitly, with all of its logical consequences, I know for sure that I shall not be the last!”

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Author:Georg Cantor

“I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.”

Thinking Children Real Would Be Politics Successful Position Exception

Author:Dan Quayle

“The Talmud derives its authority from the position held by the ancient (Pharisee) academies. The teachers of those academies, both of Babylonia and of Palestine, were considered the rightful successors of the older Sanhedrin...At the present time, the Jewish people have no living central authority comparable in status to the ancient Sanhedrins or the later academies. Therefore, any decision regarding the Jewish religion must be based on the Talmud as the final resume of the teaching of those authorities when they existed.”

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Author:Louis Finkelstein

“Obama's position on marriage is brazenly cynical.”

Position Cynical

Author:David Limbaugh

“Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and obligations, which we must consistently meet. Greece belongs to Europe and Europe cannot be envisaged without Greece.”

People Mean Position Europe Obligation Greek Consistently Participation Greece Euro

Author:Lucas Papademos

“I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.”

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Author:Oscar Pistorius

“Making African American films are hard in Hollywood. We need to rely on a support network and bring more cohesion to different filmmakers, actors, producers etc. It's a very difficult business. There aren't a lot of Africans Americans or people of color in high positions in Hollywood that we can green-light films.”

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Author:Paula Patton

“Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protocol. I don't invite people because of who they are in the administration or their positions of power. The few who do come, are there because I like them.”

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Author:Sally Quinn

“The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.”

Helping Girl Opportunity Sports Ability Leader Position Kings Honor Unique Organization Foundation Impact Excited Active Developing Legacy

Author:Angela Ruggiero

“The few bright meteors in man's intellectual horizon could well be matched by women, were she allowed to occupy the same elevated position.”

Men Wells Position Intellectual Horizon Matched Meteors

Book:Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader

Source: Mistress of herself: speeches and letters of Ernestine L. Rose, early women's rights leader

“I'm really happy with where I am, the movies in my life. Not satisfied, necessarily. But I won't put it on somebody else, blame anybody else for my position in the business. It's the choices I have made.”

Made Choices Position Blame Satisfied Really Happy

Author:Giovanni Ribisi

“And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.”

Conditions Position Precarious Ransom

Author:John Crowe Ransom

“A person can be big, because of spirit. A person can be big because of their position in the family, the hierarchy in the family. That role has been played by women who are quite thin.”

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Author:Phylicia Rashad

“Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.”

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Author:Rodrigo Rato

“It's a perfectly valid position to not like Shakespeare.”

Position

Author:Ted Rall

“I love to be in the position of not knowing what I'm gonna do, but having rehearsed all of those so when something happens with the others actors I go with whatever that is I'm getting.”

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Author:Wayne Rogers

“You know, I think when people are in important positions in big organizations, they often get tied up with the minutia of managing money, managing things. They often forget that people deserve to be led.”

People Thinking Knows Important Bigs Forget Position Deserve Organization Tied Tied Up

Author:Chesley Sullenberger

“The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.”

Democracy Clear Position

Author:Louis Susman

“Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.”

Doubt Position Europe Greece

Author:Antonis Samaras

“I was never in an awkward position where I had to curb my manhood.”

Position Awkward Manhood Curb

Author:Beanie Sigel

“To sum up, the position we took was that since we didn't know the internal situation in Iraq nor Saddam Hussein, that our best bet was to take counsel from the people who did know him and who did deal with him.”

People Knows Deals Situation Position Iraq Internals Saddam Hussein

Author:Brent Scowcroft

“Harvard produces leaders. People with Harvard degrees go on to become administrators in high-level positions in state educational departments and in public schools around the country.”

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Author:Christina Hoff Sommers

“If someone comes to you and asks for help, and you can help them, you're supposed to help them. Why wouldn't you? You have been put in the position somehow to be able to help this person.”

Ifs Persons Has Beens Helping Able Asks Position

Author:Gil Scott-Heron

“People project a grey energy that is very destructive to weaken you, to drain you - just as the snake uses position to capture its victim.”

People Use Energy Position Projects Victim Destructive Capture Grey Snakes Drains

Author:Frederick Lenz

“I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite far to the right. And sometimes they might be in a position to make judgments or recommendations to the candidate that should get a second thought.”

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Author:Colin Powell

“He changed his position on virtually everything. I'm a moderate Republican, that's what I am, so I'd be inclined to support someone like Mitt Romney. But all those changes give me pause.”

Giving Support Position Changed Republican Give Me Pauses Moderates Romney

Author:Rudy Giuliani

“I've never seen a guy change his position so many times, so fast, on a dime.”

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Author:Rudy Giuliani

“There's a real danger in trying to stay king of the mountain. You stop taking risks, you stop being as creative, because you're trying to maintain a position. Apart from anything else that really takes the fun out of it.”

Trying Real Fun Creative Risk Danger Position Kings Mountain Taking Risks

Author:Sissy Spacek

“I'm a very fortunate actor. I'm blessed to be the position I'm in right now.”

Actors Position Right Now Blessed Fortunate

Author:Tom Sizemore

“I understand the rules of Superman - not necessarily better than anyone else - but better than a normal filmmaker would. After doing 'Watchmen' and digging that deep into the why of superheroes, when Superman is presented to you, I felt like I was in a unique position to say 'I get this guy. I know what this is.”

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Author:Zack Snyder

“The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.”

People Firsts Matter House Position Building Habit Taste Chosen Holland Building Houses

Book:Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

Source: Anahuac; Or, Mexico and the Mexicans: Ancient and Modern

“I am an ambitious person, but I am not ambitious in the sense that I want jobs only for the sake of them... I am here to do things I think are worthwhile. I am always careful that the political positions I take are consistent with good policy. I would not want to be prime minister of Australia at any price.”

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Author:Malcolm Turnbull

“If you're fortunate enough, you get to a position where you can be a little pickier about your roles.”

Ifs Littles Enough Roles Position Fortunate

Author:Rachel True

“I think I'm drawn to more villain-type characters, because it's so cool to get to say all the things you want to say. In Hollywood, you get to this position where you have to bite your tongue so much. You take all your experiences of not being able to say what you really want to say, and channel that through your character.”

Thinking Want Character Able Position Type Hollywood Tongue Bites Villain

Author:Gabrielle Union

“Good-faith re-examination of a position you've held in the past should be seen as a virtue, not a vice.”

Should Past Virtue Position Vices Examination Good Faith

Author:Mark Udall

“I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.”

Way School Seeing Position My Way Pace Assistants Very Inspiring

Author:Alexander Wang

“The guy who finally pulled the trigger on Osama bin Laden is not patting himself on the back. He's giving as much credit to his teammates who got him to that position.”

Giving Guy Position Credit Triggers Teammate Bin Laden Osama Bin Laden

Author:Howard E. Wasdin

“I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.”

People Persons Sometimes Humanity Position Circumstances Extremes Short Time

Author:Irvine Welsh

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