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“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

“Whenever I take a position, I like to imagine what it would be like under the worst-case scenario. In doing so, I minimize the confusion if that situation actually develops. In my view, losses are a very important part of trading. When a loss happens, I believe in embracing it.”

Ifs Believe Important Happens Would Be I Believe Loss Views Situation Cases Imagine Worst Position I Believe In Confusion Trading Scenarios Worst Case Scenario

Author:Gil Blake

“I would be surprised to see the White House scaling back on anything. That would be an admission they are operating from a position of weakness.”

Would Be House White Position Weakness White House Admission

Author:Rich Galen

“would be better served by continuing to hold an ownership position in a pure-play sporting goods retailer rather than a retail conglomerate.”

Play Would Be Position Pure Goods Ownership Continuing Retail Retailers

Author:Jack Smith

“Kicking leaves you momentarily on one foot, and for that moment you are in a very weak position. If you were to be swept off your feet, you would be finished. This is why lifting your feet off the ground is crazy.”

Ifs Moments Would Be Feet Crazy Position Weak Finished That Moment Lifting Kicking Feet Off The Ground

Author:Morihei Ueshiba

“It would be almost politically suicidal for members of Congress to espouse a balanced position between Israel and Palestine, to suggest that Israel comply with international law or to speak in defense of justice or human rights for Palestinians. If they did so, they couldn't be reelected.”

Ifs Humans Would Be Law Speak Justice Rights Position Members International Congress Human Rights Israel Defense Balanced Palestinian Palestine Suicidal International Law

Author:Jimmy Carter

“You can be sure that most of the high positions in the country would be empty if one were admitted only after an examination as severe as the one we painters must pass.”

Ifs Country Would Be Position Acceptance Empty Painter Severe Examination

Author:Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin

“There are advantages to being the chairman. One of my favorite perks was picking out an issue and doing what I called a "deep dive." It's spotting a challenge where you think you can make a difference - one that looks like it would be fun - and then throwing the weight of your position behind it. Some might justifiably call it "meddling." I've often done this just about everywhere in the company.”

“What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost.”

Ifs Country Happens Would Be Lost Class Position International Reactions Communism Eras Republic Throat Capitalist Oppressed Working Class Smashing

Author:Joseph Stalin

“A Britain which denounced the insanity of the nuclear strategy would be in a position to direct its influence at the United Nations and in the world at large, in a manner at present denied us”

World Would Be Nations United Influence Position Direct Strategy Nuclear Insanity Britain Denied United Nations

Author:Michael Foot

“If A were not allowed his better position, B would be even worse off than he is.”

Ifs Would Be Position

Book:A Theory of Justice

Source: A Theory of Justice

“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.”

“Richard [Carrier] takes the extremist position that Jesus of Nazareth never even existed, that there was no such person in history. This is a position that is so extreme that to call it marginal would be an understatement; it doesn't even appear on the map of contemporary New Testament scholarship.”

Persons Would Be Jesus Position Extremes Contemporary Maps Testament New Testament Scholarship Extremist Carrier Understatement Nazareth

Author:William Lane Craig

“God is omnipotent; God is wholly good; and yet evil exists. There seems to be some contradiction between these three propositions, so that if any two of them were true the third would be false. But at the same time all three are essential parts of most theological positions: the theologian it seems, at once must adhere and cannot consistently adhere to all three.”

Ifs Two Seems Would Be Three Evil Position Essentials Thirds Contradiction Consistently Propositions Theologian Theological Omnipotent

Author:J. L. Mackie

“The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to see if my presence here would push it up or down.”

Ifs Book Country Would Be Literature Interesting New York Position Experiments New York Times

Author:Kazuo Ishiguro

“I do honestly think that if women were running the world there would be more investment in peace, because basically as women we do not want to see our children killed. Maybe I am completely idealistic, but until we see women in equal positions of power in the world, I just think that we are doomed.”

Ifs Thinking World Want Children Would Be Running Position Equal Our Children Investment Honestly Doomed Idealistic Position Of Power

Author:Meryl Streep

“Ideal government would be a very boring job - it would be a matter of organizing a lot of utilities and keeping the wires together and the power plant and all that kind of stuff. It's not a matter of telling people how to live, it's a matter of making it pleasant for them to live. Government should be in the position of distributing food, stuff like that.”

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Author:Grace Slick

“That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan himself were to write a book it would be in praise of virtue, because the good would purchase it for use, and the bad for ostentation.”

Ifs Writing Mind Book Use Would Be Virtue Position Praise Mirrors Conclusion Satan Authorship Ostentation

Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“A great many men - some comparatively small men now - if put in the right position, would be Luthers and Columbuses.”

Ifs Men Would Be Position Great Men Luther Columbus Small Man

Author:Edwin Hubbel Chapin

“If you twisted my arm today, I would probably vote for James Harden, he's single-handedly put that Houston Rockets team in the position they are in today. It would be tough.”

Ifs Would Be Today Team Position Arms Basketball Tough Vote Twisted Rockets Houston Mvp

Author:Mark Jackson

“Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions. Indeed, it was doubted if the problem ever would be solved.”

Ifs Way Problem Would Be Century Position Scientist Twenties Conservative Crucial Elderly Doubted Administrative

Book:Rendezvous With Rama

Source: Rendezvous With Rama

“I've met Obama a few times, and I think Obama's a quality human being, but I think that he finds himself in a position where your actions are largely dictated by things out of your control. I'm not giving him a pass for not being more courageous, but I do think the entire system needs an overhaul and taking money out of politics would be a really good first step.”

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Author:Shepard Fairey

“I think the thing that he wants even more that would solidify his position would be a couple championships. Hopefully we can get that done. Peyton Manning is already in the conversation of the greatest player to ever play and if he wins one or two more, he probably ends up being the greatest quarterback to ever play the game.”

Ifs Thinking Want Two Ends Done Play Would Be Games Winning Player Position Couple Conversation Hopefully Championship Quarterback Peyton

Author:John Elway

“I believe Donald Trump would be better for America than Barack Obama, because he understands business. Donald Trump has taken a pro- life position. He believes that we're getting shanghaied by China.”

Believe Would Be America I Believe Taken Position Trump China Barack Pro Life

Author:Mike Huckabee

“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.”

Writing Hard Would Be Position Serious Drama Horror Forgiving Abstract

Author:George A. Romero

“I have done it [appointed commissions] regretfully and with the hope that it would be temporary. But after a commission is established you find it always wants to enlarge itself, employ more people, is very busy with Senators and Congressmen to impress upon them the great value of the services of the commission, and even when I talk to people that I appoint to commissions and tell them I would like them to go on to various boards with the idea that they may be abolished, they say they ought to be abolished, but when they have taken their position they very soon seem to change their mind.”

People Want Mind May Ideas Done Seems Would Be Values Politics Taken Position Goes On Ought Waste Busy Various Boards Temporary Senators Impress Congressman Great Value

Author:Calvin Coolidge

“If some Western politician claims he is in a position to use the normal Western methods to feed and clothe 1.2 billion Chinese, we would be happily prepared to elect him president of China.”

Ifs Use Would Be President Position Politician Normal Claims Method Prepared Western China Billions Chinese

Author:Li Peng

“If there was to be equal manhood suffrage the whites would be swamped all over South Africa by the blacks and the whole position for which whites have striven for 200 years or more would be given up.”

Ifs Years Whole Would Be Given Position Equal South South Africa Manhood Given Up Suffrage

Author:Jan Smuts

“It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.”

Humans Would Be Term Position Lawyer Rational Garbage Collectors Position Of Power

Book:The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America

Source: The Corrupt Society: From Ancient Greece to Present-Day America

“If I were in the unenviable position of having to study my work my points of departure would be the "Naught is more real ..." and the "Ubi nihil vales ..." both already in Murphy and neither very rational.”

Ifs Real Would Be Study Position Rational Departure Murphy

Book:Disjecta: miscellaneous writings and a dramatic fragment

Source: Disjecta: miscellaneous writings and a dramatic fragment

“I'm not thinking about forcing my kids to watch my movies. It's always awkward when someone says: "Hey, I wrote a song, can I play it for you?" That would be the dynamic, if I was like: "Hey, you're my son, watch my work!" I don't want to put them in that awkward position. Just because when they get older, that's when I'm worried, that they'll judge me and say: "Yeah, my father's ******* Jack Black. He was in that cheesy movie." So, I'm going to keep it all high quality. It'll be a quality controller.”

Ifs Thinking Want Play Hands Would Be Kids Song Father Black Quality Watches Position Son Judging Mouths Yeah Hey Worried My Son Awkward Cheesy High Quality Hey You Judge Me Controllers

Author:Jack Black

“It would be so helpful for the straight community to see men in powerful positions coming out and saying "I'm gay" so they don't have these preconceived notions that all gay men are smarmy idiots living on the street or whatever it is people think of gay men. I think it would be really helpful and productive.”

People Thinking Men Would Be Community Powerful Streets Position Gay Notion Idiot Productive Helpful Coming Out Living On Gay Men Preconceived Notions

Author:Madonna Ciccone

“Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.”

Ifs Giving Would Be Three Force Position Trump Deserve Response Immigration Racist Three Words Outlandish

Author:Bill Richardson

“It is tempting to believe that social evils arise from the activities of evil men and that if only good men (like ourselves, naturally) wielded power, all would be well. That view requires only emotion and self-praise - easy to come by and satisfying as well. To understand why it is that 'good' men in positions of power will produce evil, while the ordinary man without power but able to engage in voluntary cooperation with his neighbors will produce good, requires analysis and thought, subordinating emotions to the rational.”

“For me, a male role model would be a man who, despite holding a leadership position, has the courage to say that he wants to reschedule a 7 p.m. meeting for 4 p.m. because he'd really like to be able to put his son to bed.”

Men Want Would Be Able Roles Position Son Bed Models Meetings Males Despite Role Models Be A Man Male Role Models

Author:Kristina Schroder

“I focused solely on the sprints, dedicated my time there, got in the weight room, just really did everything I could to make sure I would be in the best position to run for gold.”

Would Be Running Rooms Position Gold Weight Focused My Time Dedicated Sprint Weight Room

Author:Allyson Felix

“My personal position is we have to look beyond the parties now and find a realistic solution to get us out of this crisis which would be to create growth and this isn't something that is going to happen by populism.”

Looks Happens Would Be Growth Party Position Solutions Crisis Realistic Populism

Author:Eva Kaili

“Melancholia for Freud is the relationship that the subject takes up with respect to itself from the position of what he calls conscience or what he later calls the super-ego. And that can be lacerated - if you think of the anorexic who sees themselves from the perspective of the image they have, of the image they have of themselves in the mirror which is false - that would be the super-ego. Super-ego is what generates depression and it is what has to be dealt with in psychoanalysis.”

Ifs Thinking Would Be Subjects Position Perspective Ego Conscience Mirrors Psychoanalysis Anorexics

Author:Simon Critchley

“As far as from a standpoint of success, the only person who is in a position to make a claim like that sort [for the 'King Of The South' title] would be Lil Wayne - as far as success from a numbers standpoint. As far as longevity and success, that's the only person I feel like can say that.”

Feels Persons Would Be Numbers Position Kings Claims South Titles Longevity Standpoint Wayne

Author:T.I.

“Scholesy is one of my favourite players of all time. He was a great professional who had everything and I used to love playing with him. You could give him the ball in any position, he would take one touch and you would know exactly what the next move would be. [ . . . ] He was magical, pure class.”

Knows Giving Would Be Moving Used Next Class Player Position Pure Balls All Time Favourite Used To Love Next Move

Author:Paul Gascoigne

“If I were a German today, I would be proud, proud but also worried. I would be proud of the magnificent achievement of rebuilding my country, entrenching democracy and assuming the undoubtedly preponderant position in Europe. But a united Germany can't and won't subordinate its national interests in economic or in foreign policy to those of the Community indefinitely. Germany's new pre-eminence is a fact - and its power is a problem - as much for Germans as for the rest of Europe.”

Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations

“For A to sit down and think, What shall I do? is commonplace; but to think what B ought to do is interesting, romantic, moral, self-flattering, and public-spirited all at once. It satisfies a great number of human weaknesses at once. To go on and plan what a whole class of people ought to do is to feel one's self a power on earth, to win a public position, to clothe one's self in dignity. Hence we have an unlimited supply of reformers, philanthropists, humanitarians, and would-be managers-in-general of society.”

Source: What Social Classes Owe to Each Other

“There is no normal. What my job was a few years ago was completely different than what it is today. As soon as I have it dialed in, the company changes and the team changes and my role changes as a result. What the company needs is always evolving, and I don't get to choose what I want to do as much as I thought I would be now - which is OK. It keeps me in this position of learning new things and keeping me humble. There is always something I don't know, and I'm comfortable with that.”

Knows Want Needs Years Different Would Be Today Jobs Results Company Roles Team Position Normal Comfortable Years Ago Humble Evolve New Things Learning New Learning New Things

Author:Sophia Amoruso

“If I go to a party I don't feel like I have to be in the centre. But I do find myself quite often being placed in that position. Even when I was younger at school, I would be asked to make a speech. I don't remember putting up my hand and all that often but I'd just find myself there.”

Ifs Feels Hands Would Be School Remember Party Position Speech Centre

Author:Hugh Jackman

“[Revealing character] can't be done by pushing the person into position or arranging his head at a certain angle. It must be accomplished by provoking the victim, amusing him with jokes, lulling him with silence, or asking impertinent questions which his best friend would be afraid to voice.”

Persons Done Character Would Be Certain Voice Silence Position Jokes Asking Victim Accomplished Pushing Provoking Angle Revealing Amusing Arranging

Author:Philippe Halsman

“Learn from the mistakes of others - you won't live long enough to make them all yourself. He's opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer him the position.”

Long Enough Would Be Mistake Dangerous Position Offers Millionaire

Author:Mark Twain

“... universal adoption of the institutions of the free society would better enable adaptation to climate both now and in the future. It would also ensure that, if at some point in the future, a real catastrophe, whether human-induced or otherwise (including climate change), does loom on the horizon, humanity would be in a better position to address it.”

Ifs Humans Doe Real Would Be Humanity Position Universal Institutions Climate Climate Change Including Addresses Horizon Adoption Catastrophe Adaptation Free Society

Author:Julian Morris

“What my bill would do would be only for refugees going forward. So I haven't taken a position on sending anyone home. But I have taken the position that we have a lot of problems here in our country. And that one of the things that we do - charity is about giving your own money. Charity isn't giving someone else's money.”

Giving Country Problem Home Would Be Taken Havens Position Bills Charity Our Country Refugee

Author:Rand Paul

“By looking at a person's features, clothing, and speech, even Confucius would not be able to say what sort of a person he is. But by testing him in a position and seeing what he he does, even someone with so-so judgment would be able to know if he is wise or not.”

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Author:Han Fei

“Kenny wasn't the quickest of movers but he was 20 yards quicker than anybody else with his football brain and he would be in position before any defender knew what was happening. I've always said the best signing that Liverpool ever made was Kenny Dalglish.”

Made Said Would Be Brain Position Football Happenings Yards Defenders Signing Liverpool Kenny

Author:Ronnie Moran

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