“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.” PeopleNeedsDifferentHardLightFilmActorsDifficultSupportPositionColorHollywoodGreenProducersAfrican AmericanFilmmakerRelyEtcCohesionAmerican FilmGreen Lights Author:Paula Patton
“You can feel yourself trying too hard, doing too much. Nobody wants to watch somebody when they're needy, and actors are in the unfortunate position of needing to be cast and needing to be liked.” WantFeelsTryingHardActorsWatchesToo MuchPositionCastsUnfortunateNeedyTrying Too Hard Author:Jess Weixler
“If we repeatedly read the Bible without the help of the Holy Spirit, it tends to reinforce our own prejudices and rock-hard doctrinal positions. We end up merely finding ammunition for what we already believe. We become so spiritually proud, so convinced of our own positions, that the Spirit is hindered in helping us to grow in the things of God.” IfsBelieveEndsHardGodHelpingChristianSpiritualSpiritFaithReadingBeliefGrowsReligiousLordRocksPositionProudBecomingHolyFindingsBiblePrejudiceConvincedChristian InspirationalDoctrineHoly SpiritPastorAmmunition Author:Jim Cymbala
“Part of what it is to be scientifically-literate is how you think about information that's presented in front of you. I think that's the great challenge. You have people who believe they do know how to think about the information, but don't, and they're in the position of power and legislation. You can't base a society on non-objectively verifiable truth. Otherwise, it's a fantasy land and science is the pathway to those emerging truths that are hard-earned and that some have taken decades, if not centuries, to emerge from experiments all around the world.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldBelieveHardChallengesFantasyKnow HowTakenLandCenturyFrontsInformationPositionDecadesExperimentsAround The WorldLegislationEmergingPathwaysPosition Of Power Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“This world is changing enormously. In any position in a company you need to work very hard on learning new skills every day, but you also need to unlearn some of the old skills from the past.” WorldNeedsHardPastCompanyPositionThis WorldSkillsUnlearnLearning NewNew SkillsLearning New Skills Author:Paul Polman
“the last decade has seen a powerful counterassault on women's rights, a backlash, an attempt to retract the handful of small and hard-won victories that the feminist movement did manage to win for women. This counterassault is largely insidious: in a kind of pop-culture version of the Big Lie, it stands the truth boldly on its head and proclaims that the very steps that have elevated women's position have actually led to their downfall.” KindHardBigsLastsLyingCultureWinningPowerfulStepsRightsFeminismMovementPositionVictoryFeministPopsDecadesVersionsManageWomens RightsHandfulPop CultureDownfallInsidiousBacklashFeminist Movement Book:Backlash: the undeclared war against American women Source: Backlash: the undeclared war against American women
“The leaders of the Pahlavi regime, in an attempt to forestall the rising tide of the Islamic revolutionary movement, were hard at work to cast doubt on the question of the Imam Khomeini's position as a Marja'a (a top religious authority) and in this way, undermine public faith in his academic, political and religious competence.” WayHardPoliticalReligiousLeaderDoubtMovementPositionAuthorityCastsRevolutionaryRisingIslamicRegimesAcademicTidesCompetenceKhomeini Author:Yousef Saanei
“If you're in a subordinate position of some sort and pretty much all of us are at some point in our lives, your general tendency is to try and impress the people above you or person above you so well that they will like you, keep you or maybe promote you. In the process of doing that you are not aware that that person above has insecurities and if you try so hard they may see that you are after their job or that you are better than they are or they might envy the fact you are younger.” PeopleIfsTryingWellsMayPersonsHardFactsMightJobsProcessOur LivesPositionLike YouEnvyTendenciesInsecurityImpressSubordinates Author:Robert Greene
“When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.” MenHardPositionPosition Of Power Author:Alison Pill
“What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.” ThinkingKnowsHardHumorPoliticalKnow HowPositionFitRelativePolitical HumorQuota Author:George W. Bush
“Look, the hard-line Jewish position is based, to this day, on the idea that the Palestinian Arabs somehow or other will either accept third-class status, or they will pick up and go away. Now, this isn't happening.” LooksIdeasHardLinesAcceptingClassPositionHappeningsPicksThirdsGoing AwayThis DayPalestinianClass Status Author:Arthur Hertzberg
“It's hard for me to feel bad for myself because I'm doing what I love to do. I'm in a good position.” FeelsHardPosition Author:Dom Kennedy
“It would be very hard to write a serious drama and say some of these things. You can be much more abstract and allusive with horror, and it's very forgiving to the author. You don't necessarily have to take an absolutely positive position. You can just write whatever.” WritingHardWould BePositionSeriousDramaHorrorForgivingAbstract Author:George A. Romero
“Most cooks would not, for example, prepare an important, elaborate, and difficult dish on the back-burner. Neither should we relegate the cultivation and preparation of happiness for a position where it is both hard to reach and difficult to infuse with new ingredients.” ShouldImportantHardDifficultExamplePositionPreparationCooksIngredientsDishesCultivationBack Burner Author:Gina Barreca
“It's hard to get yourself into a position where someone will trust you to direct a film anyway, whatever sex you are. Certainly in England, the film set is a very male preserve. There's a lot of very rough looking men pushing equipment around that don't want the gaffer to be a girl.” MenWantHardFilmGirlSexPositionDirectEnglandMalesPreservesPushingRoughEquipmentFilm Set Author:Colin Firth
“It's hard to explain why exactly, but I think that when I began writing plays, it was from an actor's point of view more than anything. I had the feeling that if you put yourself in the position of the actor on stage and write from that perspective, it would give you a certain advantage in terms of being inside of the play.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingHardPlayFeelingsCertainActorsTermViewsStagePositionPerspectiveAdvantagePoint Of View Author:Sam Shepard
“I went back to Jamaica after living in New York and started to work on experimental stuff and basically I grew as a filmmaker. I went to film school; I was a PA on a lot of projects and I worked so hard, you know, you're young and I learned from different mentors. And luck put me in the position to work with amazing people. One of my mentors by the name of Little X, who took me under his wing after I came out of film school and moved to New York. I worked in videos for Jay-Z, Pharrell to Busta Rhymes and Wyclef. I quickly realized how much I wanted to make films instead of music videos.” PeopleKnowsLittlesDifferentHardWantedSchoolFilmYoungNamesStuffNew YorkPositionGrewProjectsLuckMovedWingsVideoFilmmakerMentorRhymeFilm SchoolJamaicaAmazing People Author:Storm Saulter
“I've never really seen myself as one of the premier guys. I work hard and strive to be one of the best at my position, but never do I tell myself, "I'm one of the best guys." I'm just excited that Vita Coco invited me to be a part of their team with guys like Lynch and Jones. Any time you can be mentioned with guys like Jones and Lynch it's an honor.” HardGuyTeamPositionHard WorkHonorStriveExcitedInvited Author:Giovani Bernard
“You can play hard. You can play aggressive. You can give 120% but if one guy is out of position then someone is running through the line of scrimmage and he is going to gain a bunch of yards.” IfsGivingHardPlayRunningGuyLinesPositionGainsBunchAggressiveYardsPlay Hard Author:Bill Belichick
“When a lot of athletes get done playing, they end up in some really tough positions. They have a hard time transitioning because their identity is wrapped up in who they are as a player and what they do rather than who they can be in Christ. We desire to help people understand the invitation that God has given each one of us as Christ followers to be a part of this global redemptive story. If you can't give your life to something with meaning and purpose of that magnitude then there's nothing there.” PeopleIfsGivingEndsHardDoneHelpingStoriesDesirePurposeGivenChristPlayerIdentityPositionToughAthleteHard TimesFollowersInvitationsMagnitude Author:Aaron Kampman
“You can have fun, respect the game and also play it hard. When you have that combination, you're going to put yourself in a position to be successful.” HardPlayGamesFunSuccessfulPositionCombinationHaving FunBeing Successful Author:Alex Rodriguez
“I've worked hard with my body, just in case someone needs me to play third or short. I'm happy to go back to short, it's my natural position. I'm here to help and here to do whatever the manager wants me to do.” WantNeedsHardPlayHelpingBodyNaturalCasesPositionThirdsManagersWant Me Author:Miguel Tejada
“I always promised myself that if I was in position to be successful, I wouldn't take it for granted, because I know in the past how hard I've worked.” IfsKnowsHardPastSuccessfulPositionGrantedBeing Successful Author:Chamique Holdsclaw
“It took me a long time to get to a position where I can feel that, with my art, I'm capable of saying what I need to say, and once I finish it, I can sit back and say, "It's done, and I'm okay with that. People can judge it good or bad, and it doesn't matter. I'm okay with it because I said something I needed to say." That's a really hard place to get, as an artist.” PeopleNeedsFeelsLongArtSaidI CanMatterHardDoneArtistPositionJudgingNeededCapableLong TimeOkay Author:J.H. Wyman
“By instinct we-leaders-want to run hard all the time; by intellect we know this is not possible. Reconciling those two positions in the context of leadership is an ongoing challenge.” KnowsWantTwoHardRunningChallengesLeaderPositionInstinctIntellectOngoing Author:Bill Walsh
“...stopping a piece of work just because it's hard, either emotionally or imaginatively, is a bad idea. Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when if feels like all you're managing is to shovel sh*t from a sitting position.” IfsFeelsIdeasSometimesHardPiecesPositionGoes OnSittingGood WorkStoppingDoing GoodBad IdeasShovels Book:On writing: a memoir of the craft Source: On writing: a memoir of the craft
“The black conservative is responsible for making people question an idea that racism must be extinct before black people can overcome. Understanding that our goal is to thrive despite racism rather than fetishizing it is, in fact, the central ideological plank of people deemed "black conservatives." This is a coherent position, but that can be hard to perceive, given the way that race has been discussed in our land over the past 40 years or so.” PeopleWayYearsHas BeensIdeasHardFactsPastGivenUnderstandingGoalBlackRaceLandPositionRacismOvercomingResponsibleConservativeDespitePerceiveThriveBlack PeopleIdeologicalOver The Past Author:John H. McWhorter
“It took us months of buying all the Coke stock we could to accumulate $1 billion worth - equal to 7% of the company. It's very hard to accumulate major positions.” HardCompanyPositionMonthsEqualMajorsBillionsBuyingCoke Author:Charlie Munger
“There's just not a lot of inventory, and to find a shortstop or a catcher, or a centerfielder, that you think that could stay at those positions... they're very hard to acquire. Sometimes you have to overpay for them, because of that lack of inventory.” ThinkingSometimesHardPositionAcquireInventoryCatchersShortstops Author:Kevin Towers
“I've finally been able to trust and have intimacy with somebody, which I've never been able to do. Like a lot of guys, I just have a hard time getting that connected. I can actually sleep with her in my arms - spoons position, right? Women smile, they love the spoons. Men would rather fork.” MenI CanHardAbleGuySleepPositionArmsConnectedIntimacyHard TimesForksSpoons Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“I was very proud and grateful to be the first African-American woman in the position. I thought it said a lot about our country that we had back-to-back African-American Secretaries of State, Colin Powell and then me. I also thought it said a lot about President Bush that he didn't see limits on the highest ranking diplomat in terms of color. It's a hard job, but really the best one in government.” FirstsSaidCountryHardStatesGovernmentJobsPresidentTermPositionColorProudLimitsHighestGratefulOur CountryAfrican AmericanSecretaryPresident BushDiplomatsAmerican WomanRankingAfrican American Women Author:Condoleezza Rice
“When you're signed to a big label you're always in the position of convincing them, especially now because labels are barely keeping the lights on, so getting them to spend a little bit of money is really hard.” LittlesHardBigsLightBitsPositionLittle BitLabelsConvincing Author:Moby
“The south really wants Abyei; they have a core constituency who reside in the area who believe that Abyei belongs to the south. There are a number of those sons of Abyei in high positions of government in South Sudan, so it's pretty hard for South Sudan to just walk away.” WantBelieveHardGovernmentWalksNumbersPositionSonAreasSouthCoreSudan Author:Rebecca Hamilton
“What I'm concerned about is the views of many Democrats who know their states, who know how hard it is to win a general election. And it also will push whoever the nominee is into the spotlight. I've been vetted. There's hardly anything you don't know about me. And I think it's fair to say that whoever is in that position, Senator Bernie Sanders or anyone else who might have run, will face the most withering onslaught.” ThinkingKnowsHardStatesMightRunningFacesWinningViewsKnow HowPositionConcernedFairsElectionDemocratSenatorsSpotlightWitheringGeneral Elections Author:Hillary Clinton
“I'm going to keep talking about what I would do as president, the experience that I bring, the temperament and judgment that led President [Barack] Obama to ask me to be secretary of state after we ran a really hard primary against each other. It's funny to me, because when I have a position, whether it's first lady, or senator, or secretary of state, and I'm doing the work, I'm really quite popular.” FirstsHardStatesAsksPresidentTalkingPositionJudgmentBarackPrimariesAsk MeRanSecretarySenatorsTemperamentPresident Barack ObamaFirst LadyKeep Talking Author:Hillary Clinton
“When we look at women, we have to look at the significance of their work in a different way from the way we look at it with men. Women have more often worked within the home, working equally as hard, I would argue, but not always out there where they're counted, not always up there in the labor unions, certainly not in leadership positions.” MenWayLooksDifferentHardHomePositionLaborUnionsArguingDifferent WaysSignificanceMen WomenLabor Union Author:Adele Logan Alexander
“The perception that Donald Trump has softened on immigration or is about to soften on immigration has some on the right concerned that he could lose support among his most loyal base of supporters, though he`d been drawn to his hard-line positions on immigration early in the campaign.” HardLosesLinesSupportPositionTrumpPerceptionConcernedCampaignsImmigrationLoyalSupporter Author:Steve Kornacki
“One can only repeat about air warfare: we are in a position of almost hopeless inferiority and must grin and bear it as we take the blows from the English and the Americans. [Germans in the bombed cities] are gradually beginning to lose their courage. Hell like that is hard to bear for any length of time, especially since the inhabitants along the Rhine and Ruhr see no prospect of improvement.” HardLosesCitiesHellAirPositionBearsBlowImprovementRepeatsLengthHopelessWarfareInferiority Author:Joseph Goebbels