“Remembering that God is my source, we are in the spiritual position of having an unlimited bank account. Most of us never consider how powerful the creator really is. Instead, we draw limited amounts of the power available to us. We decide how powerful God is for us. We unconsciously set a limit on how much God can give us or help us. We are stingy with ourselves. And if we receive a gift beyond our imagining, we often send it back.” IfsInspirationalGivingHelpingRememberSpiritualPowerfulPositionSourceAmountLimitsDrawsAccountsCreatorAvailableUnlimitedBank AccountsStingyPowerful God Book:The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition Source: The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
“The intelligence and ability of a colored person are in pretty direct proportion to the amount of white blood he has, and … most of the positions of leadership, influence, and prominence in the Negro race are held not by real Negroes but by Mulattoes, many of whom have very little Negro blood.” LittlesPersonsRealAbilityWhiteRaceBloodInfluencePositionAmountDirectProportionProminenceMulattoes Book:The Conquest of a Continent Source: The Conquest of a Continent
“If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the US, realise they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. It will be a difficult century, and ugly, but I don't think that in the end people are so stupid as to kill themselves off.” PeopleIfsThinkingMayLittlesWarEndsWould BeKidsTogetherValuesNationsDifficultEconomyCenturyStupidPositionParticularAmountMassUglyLandscapeRealisingProsperousRestoration Author:Kim Stanley Robinson
“[On charity] I try to pick subjects that I can learn about and then focus on and then do as much as I can. If you have a tremendous amount of heat from the spotlight, then you're able to shine a little bit more of your light in a different direction. It's just deflecting. My dad calls it a celebrity credit card that you can cash in. I think if you're in this position you should do it.” IfsThinkingShouldTryingLittlesI CanDifferentLightAbleBitsFocusSubjectsPositionAmountDadLittle BitPicksShiningCharityMy DadCreditCardsHeatCashCredit CardSpotlightDifferent DirectionsDeflecting Author:George Clooney
“One of the wonderful things about making a film of any genre is that you have dialogue. You can take up a position. If you want to say something about your position, you can just say it. You don't have to spend massive amounts of screen time.” IfsWantFilmWonderfulPositionAmountScreensDialogueGenreMassiveWonderful ThingsGenre IsScreen Time Author:Woody Allen
“Two billion people watched the royal wedding. Clearly, they're interested in that - the outside of what appears to be lives that have a certain amount of privilege. They have gifts, they have history, they have a sort of unusual and separate position, which maybe involves paying a price.” PeopleTwoCertainPositionAmountPrivilegeBillionsUnusualRoyalRoyal Wedding Author:Kenneth Branagh
“Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.” IfsThinkingSometimesJobsFilmWaitingPositionAmountSceneComplicatedSpotsSupposed To BeShootingTime SpentTechnicians Author:Catherine Deneuve
“I think there's a limited amount of planning you can do, at least in the position I'm in. Maybe more successful actors can plan more than I'm able to.” ThinkingAbleActorsCan DoSuccessfulPlansPositionAmountPlanning Author:Christian Bale
“I never want to position myself where I seem like an ambassador of anti-racism. I am fortunate enough to say that I've never experienced extreme amounts of racism, but a lot of my friends do.” WantEnoughSeemsPositionAmountRacismMy FriendsExtremesFortunateAmbassadorsAnti Racism Author:Lilly Singh
“My position attracts a fair amount of rumors and gossip and misperceptions, but I'd rather not focus on that.” FocusPositionAmountFairsGossipRumorMisperception Author:Queen Rania of Jordan