“The Palestinians are facing a historic junction at which they will have to decide whether they want to remain stuck in a corner of extreme fundamentalism, which will cut them off from the entire world, or whether they are ready to take the necessary steps. My role is to assist in building this process.” WorldWantProcessStepsRolesCuttingBuildingReadyCornersExtremesStuckPalestinianFundamentalismHistoricJunction Author:Ehud Olmert
“I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.” WantI CanDifferentTodayGamesSidesChallengesDecisionLevelsStepsCareersCuttingPlayerMissingPeriodsHealthyHighestCourtEnjoyedMy TimeTennisInjuryCompetingGaugesDifferent SidesTime Away Author:Martina Hingis
“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that goddamned line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.” IfsWayGivingMeanLongSometimesEnoughKidsMotherDesireEvilLinesWalksWonderStepsCuttingSaintGrassScareBleedingRazors Book:Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“We sift reality through screens composed of ideas . (And such ideas have their roots in older ideas.) Such idea systems are necessarily limited by language , by the ways we can describe them. That is to say: language cuts the grooves in which our thoughts move. If we seek new validity forms (other laws and other orders) we must step outside language.” IfsWayIdeasRealityMovingFormLawOrderLanguageStepsCuttingRootsScreensOur ThoughtsValidityGroove Author:Frank Herbert
“As long as you believe what you’re doing is meaningful, you can cut through fear and exhaustion and take the next step.” BelieveLongNextStepsCuttingMeaningfulExhaustionNext Steps Author:Arlene Blum
“Well everybody's got a secret, son, something that they just can't face. Some folks spend their whole lives trying to keep it, they carry it with them every step that they take Till some day they just cut it loose, cut it loose or let it drag 'em down Where no one asks any questions or looks too long in your face In the darkness on the edge of town.” TryingWellsLooksLongWholeFacesAsksSecretStepsDarknessCuttingSonTownsFolksEdgesWhole LifeEmsYour FaceDragEvery Step Author:Bruce Springsteen
“What intelligent being, what being capable of responding emotionally to a beautiful sight, can look at the jagged, silvery lunar crescent trembling in the azure sky, even through the weakest of telescopes, and not be struck by it in an intensely pleasurable way, not feel cut off from everyday life here on Earth and transported toward that first step on celestial journeys?” WayFeelsFirstsLooksEarthBeautifulStepsCuttingJourneySkyCapableSightIntelligentEverydayFirst StepsEveryday LifeCelestialRespondingTremblingTelescopesAzureCrescentBeautiful Sights Author:Camille Flammarion
“The butcher with his bloody apron incites bloodshed, murder. Why not? From cutting the throat of a young calf to cutting the throats of our brothers and sisters is but a step. While we ourselves are living graves of murdered animals, how can we expect any ideal conditions on the earth?” EarthYoungAnimalStepsCuttingConditionsBrotherIdealsMurderGravesWhy NotThroatAnimal RightsBloodyBrothers And SistersButchersBloodshedCalvesAprons Author:Isadora Duncan
“It is a game of chess with this city. We'll have to see how it is going to play out. The city goes back and forth trying to figure out what programs to cut and what they have funding for. What I would love to see is for the city to step up and run the rink 10 months out of the year so kids can play in the summer and we can have camps here in Glenwood.” TryingYearsPlayRunningKidsGamesCitiesStepsCuttingFiguresMonthsSummerProgramChessHaving FunCampsFundingBack And ForthStep Up Author:Bill Vaughan
“Were not cutting the budget simply for the sake of sounder financial management. This is only a first step toward returning power to the states and communities, only a first step toward reordering the relationship between citizen and government.” FirstsStatesGovernmentCommunityStepsCuttingCitizensManagementSakeFinancialBudgetsFirst StepsSounder Book:Speaking my mind: selected speeches Source: Speaking my mind: selected speeches
“When I was a child, I had a ViewMaster, those red box glasses with little discs, so that you can see 3D images. They were my first steps in cinema. I was eight years old, I would cut and change the order of the images and that's how I created films that subsequently I recorded and projected and showed my friends. So I already took my first steps in 3D when I was eight years old.” YearsFirstsChildrenLittlesFilmOrderStepsCuttingMy FriendsRedGlassesBoxesEightCinemaFirst StepsDiscs Author:Jean-Pierre Jeunet
“As soon as the actor steps into the role, you probably can cut 50% of the lines because there's a person there now. And what a person does with their eyes, with their mouth, with their hands, the way they walk into a room, you can probably cut half the scene.” WayPersonsDoeHandsEyeActorsLinesWalksRoomsHalfStepsRolesCuttingSceneMouths Author:Stanley Tucci