“It is really important for women to look up and see other women being successful. When I was in that position, all I wanted to do was blend in and be one of the guys.” LooksImportantWantedGuySuccessfulPositionLook UpBeing Successful Author:Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones
“I think that Ronald Reagan wanted to hear other people's views, and he always listened carefully, and from time to time he changed his own mind about a position. And especially he took pains to listen carefully to foreign leaders with whom he was dealing.” PeopleThinkingMindWantedPainViewsLeaderPositionChanged Author:Jeane Kirkpatrick
“Wynton told us that Miles sold out, just wanted to make more money, just wanted to sell more records. I don't believe that Miles sold out but I'm not in a position to say.” BelieveWantedRecordsPositionSellsDon't BelieveMilesMore MoneySold Out Author:Ken Burns
“Let's put it in old movie Mafia terms. There are guys that are in position to get by but they didn't wait their turn. They back-doored the top guy to get the power. For example, Sonny Corleone went up there, and he wanted to be the top guy. And the Godfather said, 'You know what dude, I'm a star.' That's what I'm doing now, and that's what I was trying to do with what's-his-name.” KnowsTryingSaidWantedGuyTurnsNamesStarsWaitingTermExamplePositionBasketballMafiaLakersOld MovieCorleone Author:Shaquille O'Neal
“Above all, Alzheimer wanted the medical world to recognize that mental illnesses have an undeniable material component. There was an obvious political reason for taking such a position because it could then be established that dementia-like conditions are not part of the spiritual/theological domain, but undeniably biological in origin and therefore not attributable with moral implications.” WorldReasonWantedSpiritualPoliticalMoralConditionsPositionMaterialsIllnessObviousMedicalMental IllnessComponentsDomainImplicationsTheologicalDementiaAlzheimer Author:Margaret M. Lock
“The main factor for Craig was that he was being asked to move to a new position in the last year of his contract. We had empathy for that and we wanted to show what he has meant to the Astros over the years.” YearsShowsWantedLastsMovingPositionEmpathyFactorsContractsLast YearNew Position Author:Gerry Hunsicker
“There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.” WayKindTwoCharacterCareAgeWantedTogetherGuyActorsEnjoyDifferencesPositionChangedDrinkTwo ThingsHanging OutVirginsCastingKeithCharacter ActorsLeonardoTwo Of UsLeo Dicaprio Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“Do I ever get tired of being the first female everything? Not really, I just happened to be in a position where the job that I wanted was not really there for me. I had to create an opportunity instead of waiting for an opportunity.” FirstsWantedJobsOpportunityWaitingHappenedPositionFemaleTired Author:Ronda Rousey
“Marshall was a pioneering player. As a threat in so many different aspects of football, he revolutionized the way in which the running back position was played. He was the player that I wanted to emulate.” WayDifferentRunningWantedPlayerPositionFootballAspectThreatEmulatePioneeringRunning Back Author:Tiki Barber
“I was a serious comic collector and fanboy as a kid. I wanted very badly to draw comic books for a lot of my childhood and early adolescence. So when you have an unfulfilled dream like that, when years later you find yourself in a position to make a graphic novel - hell yeah, I'm going to do that.” YearsBookDreamKidsWantedNovelHellChildhoodPositionSeriousDrawsYeahComicFinding YourselfAdolescenceComic BookGraphicCollectorsGraphic NovelsUnfulfilled DreamsHell Yeah Author:Anthony Bourdain
“Six out of seven times we landed successfully [on the Moon]. I wanted to be a part of that and I was a part of that, so my personal feeling is of great gratefulness for having somehow been in a position to have been given the opportunity to be on that first landing. That's a marvelous experience for a little kid that grew up in New Jersey. So I'm very thankful, and I asked the whole world to give thanks once we successfully landed.” WorldGivingFirstsLittlesHas BeensWholeFeelingsKidsWantedOpportunityGivenPositionGrewMoonSixGrew UpSevenWhole WorldThanksMarvelousLittle KidJerseyLandingNew JerseyGratefulnessPersonal FeelingsVery Thankful Author:Buzz Aldrin
“The goalkeeper plays in a psychological position, and he's dealing with mental things. I wanted to describe the things I've done wrong and, most of all, what I've done right, so that other people, including those in other professions, could learn from my experiences.” PeopleDonePlayWantedPositionIncludingProfessionPsychologicalGoalkeepers Author:Oliver Kahn
“I have to remember that I didn't have to become an actor. I didn't have to put myself in this position. If I'd wanted to have autonomy - if that was what I was after - then I could have chosen another profession.” IfsWantedRememberActorsPositionProfessionChosenAutonomy Author:Andrew Garfield
“There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.” PeopleWritingBookHelpingWantedDecisionInfluencePositionDecided Author:Guy Kawasaki
“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
“Most of us start from that position of irony now and what I wanted to do - really felt like I had to do if I was going to write another novel - was move towards something like sincerity.” IfsWritingWantedMovingFeltNovelPositionIronySincerity Author:Ben Lerner
“I never wanted to accept the position of the observer who is not involved in the situation. The technique and the aesthetics do not matter to me. Only the essence of what is happening is important to me. Here, for example, blurred pictures, they have appeared because for years I was shooting while being drunk.” YearsImportantMatterWantedSituationAcceptingExamplePositionInvolvedHappeningsEssenceTechniqueDrunkShootingObserversAestheticsBeing Drunk Author:Antoine D'Agata
“Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by physical punishment. Shame (and praise) help the child to internalize the parent's judgment. It impresses upon the child that the parent is not only more powerful but also right. Like the Puritans, Locke (in 1690), wanted the child to adopt the parent's moral position, rather than simply bow to superior strength or social pressure.” ChildrenHelpingActionWantedSocialParentPowerfulMoralPositionJudgmentPressurePraiseShameGuiltPunishmentSuperiorsRebellionBowsImpressPuritanHardenedSocial Pressure Author:C. Sommerville
“Because these firms listened to their customers, invested aggressively in new technologies that would provide their customers more and better products of the sort they wanted, and because they carefully studied market trends and systematically allocated investment capital to innovations that promised the best returns, they lost their positions of leadership.” WantedLostTechnologyPositionProductsReturnInnovationInvestmentCustomersFirmTrendsNew Technology Book:The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail Source: The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
“He wanted head and hands and arms on a pillow - in many different positions. I was asked to move my hands in many different ways - also my head - and I had to turn this way and that. There were nudes that might have been of several different people - sitting - standing - even standing upon the radiator against the window - that was difficult - radiators don't intend you to stand on top of them. (On being photographed by Alfred Stieglitz)” PeopleWayHas BeensDifferentHandsMightWantedMovingTurnsDifficultPositionArmsSittingStandingWindowDifferent WaysMight Have BeenDifferent PeoplesPillow Book:Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life Source: Georgia O'Keeffe: A Life
“I'm sure that I was influenced by Goldsmith's large orchestral scores when I started out, and that was because the people who employed me wanted that kind of sound. I wasn't in a position to say, 'Go to Hell!'” PeopleKindWantedSoundHellPositionScoreEmployedGo To Hell Author:James Horner
“[Eugene Smith] was always writing these diatribes about truth, and how he wanted to tell the truth, the truth, the truth. It was a real rebel position. It was kind of like a teenager's position: why can't things be like they should be? Why can't I do what I want? I latched on to that philosophy. One day I snapped, hey, you know, I know a story that no one's ever told, never seen, and I've lived it. It's my own story and my friends' story.” KnowsWantShouldWritingKindRealPhilosophyStoriesWantedMy OwnPositionOne DayMy FriendsHeyTeenagerTelling The TruthRebelHey You Author:Larry Clark
“They wanted to 'radiofy' what I was doing. I was also in a position where I was compromised. I was much younger and maybe it is because I am Irish but there was a guilt factor when the record company pays you a lot of money, you feel obliged.” FeelsWantedPayCompanyRecordsPositionGuiltFactorsLots Of MoneyObligedRecord Companies Author:Damien Rice
“I've been in fortunate position of never really having to battle with my record company to do the things I wanted to do in the studio.” WantedCompanyRecordsPositionBattleStudiosFortunateRecord Companies Author:Jonny Lang
“Well, I'm not involved in polemics. I never wanted to have any position of power, and I don't have it.” WellsWantedPositionInvolvedPosition Of PowerPolemics Author:Kaija Saariaho
“I wasn't in a position that some other memoirists are, dealing with families who fed them meth, or kidnapped them, or did something that would make the writer not want to see that family again. I wanted to see my family. I wanted to celebrate them. I was proud of who we were, in the wilderness, floating down rapids or hiking over glaciers, and everywhere else.” WantWantedPositionProudMy FamilyCelebrateWildernessFedsHikingFloatingRapidsGlaciersKidnapped Author:Leigh Newman
“We always knew that we wanted to keep Atlantis off for a while and when it did show up, to make it a big story. The goal for Aquaman was to position him as an A-list character; position him as an important member of the Justice League.” ImportantCharacterStoriesShowsBigsWantedGoalJusticePositionMembersListsLeagueAtlantisJustice League Author:Geoff Johns
“Sacrifice. I'd never been in a position where I was number one on the call sheet, and everything was in my lap. I worked 16 hour days, and I was just not the lead of any film, it was a film about Jesse Owens, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. It was a whole new type of responsibility. It was a big weight, and I wanted to do him justice, especially in reviving him after 80 years.” YearsWholeBigsWantedFilmHoursJusticeNumbersResponsibilitySacrificeCenturyPositionTypeHeroWeightSheets20th CenturyLap Author:Stephan James
“At 19, I basically held the position that if you were intellectually honest and really wanted to get in touch with political reality then you had to smell tear-gas.” IfsRealityWantedPoliticalHonestPositionTearsSmellGas Author:Thomas Metzinger
“I wanted to understand. I'm not here to support one, but I am here to criticize all, on a principled position. I very much value the position of counter power. I think this is where ethics should be, in front of power as I said in Radical Reform. The power of counter-power is very important.” ThinkingShouldSaidImportantWantedValuesSupportFrontsPositionEthicsRadicalReformCriticizePrincipled Author:Tariq Ramadan
“I think I was afraid of being a mother for many reasons. I wanted to be a good mom and I was fearful at one point of even working at the national level because I was afraid that I would disappoint a child or I wouldn't be as ready for a big position as maybe I should have been when I came to Fox.” ThinkingShouldChildrenHas BeensReasonBigsWantedMotherLevelsPositionReadyMomShould HaveFearfulFoxesShould Have BeenDisappointBeing A MotherGood Mom Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“I got a part opposite Edward G. Robinson in a play called Middle of The Night, which Paddy Cheyafsky had written. It played for a long time because everybody just loved Edward G. Robinson, everybody in New York wanted to see it. John and I were married at the time and put into a position where I was working very long evening hours and he was working in the daytime and so there was a lot of spare time.” LongPlayWantedNightHoursWrittenMiddleNew YorkPositionMarriedLong TimeOppositesEveningSparesMiddle Of The NightDaytimeSpare TimePaddy Author:Gena Rowlands