Best willing & character Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“America has always welcomed anyone willing to assimilate to its national character. But radical Islam rejects assimilation and is bent on the conquest of our national character.”

Character America Willing Islam Radical Rejects Bent Conquest Assimilation Radical Islam

Author:Nancy Pearcey

“I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.”

Character Comedy Willing Endure Humiliation Behalf

Author:Ben Stiller

“If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely to come away with a vague feeling of dissatisfaction. If you're willing to settle for first-rate writing and provocative meditations on memory, corruption and loss, they are all here in abundance.”

Ifs Writing Firsts Character Feelings Memories Loss Struggle Meditation Willing Rate Corruption Settling Abundance Vague Dissatisfaction Provocative Zimbabwe Specifics

Author:Jabari Asim

“Generally women are better than men -- they have more character. I prefer men for some things, obviously, but women have a greater sense of honor and are more willing to take a chance with their lives.”

Men Character Chance Greater Willing Honor Take A Chance

Author:Lauren Bacall

“There are people already sharing eBooks out there, .. and they do it simply because they love books. You don't buy a second copy of a book, cut the spine off, lay each page on a scanner, run that .tif through an OCR (Optical Character Reader), hand edit the resulting output for errors and then post it online if you don't love the book. it can up to 80 hours to turn a printed novel into an eBook. I figure if someone out there is willing to put in 80 hours of work promoting my book, then I'd prefer they do it in a way that gives a better return to me.”

People Ifs Way Giving Book Character Hands Running Turns Hours Novel Cutting Figures Willing Return Reader Pages Lays Errors Posts Online Copies Promoting Printed Edits Spine Output Return To Me

Author:Cory Doctorow

“The fact that so many are willing to accept need-based aid signals a fundamental change in the American character.”

Needs Character Facts Accepting Willing Fundamentals Aids Signals American Character

Author:Nicholas Eberstadt

“Flaubert spoke true: to succeed a great artist must have both character and fanaticism and few in this country are willing to pay the price. Our writers have either no personality and therefore no style or a false personality and therefore a bad style; they mistake prejudice for energy and accept the sensation of material well-being as a system of thought.”

“Absolutely. I think, I think the American people, at their core, are a decent people. I think that we still have prejudice in our midst, but I think that the vast majority of Americans are willing, are willing to judge people on the basis of their ideas and their character. And in the case of the presidency, I think what's most important is whether the American people think that you understand their hopes and dreams and struggles and whether they think you can actually help them achieve those hopes and dreams.”

People Thinking Knows Stills Important Ideas Character Helping Dream Cases Struggle Achieve Willing Judging Bases Prejudice Majority Core Decent Midst Presidency Hopes And Dreams

Author:Barack Obama

“The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.”

Ifs Want Character Willing Agree Officials Elected Officials

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“Character is not only doing the right thing when no one is looking, it's doing the right thing when everyone is looking. It's being willing to do the right thing even when it costs more than you want to pay.”

Want Character Pay Willing Cost Right Thing Doing The Right Thing

Author:Michael Josephson

“I feel like any experience you can have which adds to your repertoire of things you've done and can add to your character - I'm willing to try.”

Feels Trying Done Character Willing Add Willing To Try

Author:Christa B. Allen

“There has been abroad many times some criticism of our Government, of our people, and our ways, but that has demonstrated, I think, that when they are in real trouble and real difficulty over there, they turn to us as a nation that will be fair with them--one in whose judgment and in whose character they can rely; and that not withstanding differences that have seemed to exist, they are willing to abide by the faith that they have in us, and I think that is a very substantial accomplishment.”

People Thinking Way Has Beens Real Character Government Turns Nations Differences Trouble Willing Pride Judgment Fairs Criticism Difficulty Accomplishment Rely Patriotism Withstanding

Author:Calvin Coolidge

“I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film.”

People Thinking Way Feels Stills Real Character Stories Film Risk Willing Projects Bigger Shooting Budgets Etc Catering Indie Films

Author:Adam Driver

“You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.”

Kind Character Willing

Author:Ed Harris

“Like all of you I'm angry. I'm angry at what's happening to our nation. Citizens, it's time to take our country back. Bombastic insults wont take it back. Political rhetoric that promises a lot and delivers little, won't take it back. All of our problems can be solved. All of our wounds can be healed by a tested leader who is willing to fight for the character of our nation.”

Littles Country Character Problem Political Fighting Nations Leader Willing Citizens Promise Happenings Angry Wounds Our Country Insult Rhetoric Tested Healed Bombastic Political Rhetoric

Author:Carly Fiorina

“When Peter Jackson did The Lord of the Rings trilogy with Fellowship of the Ring, not everyone had read Tolkien, and yet somehow with that scope and the spectacle of that fantasy, people were willing to give it a shot. And when they watched the first one, the characters drew them in and they started understanding the story. And then, all of a sudden, they were The Lord of the Rings fans, even if they never read Tolkien.”

People Ifs Giving Firsts Character Stories Understanding Lord Fantasy Fans Willing Shots Rings Peter Scope Fellowship Fellowship Of The Ring Trilogies

Author:Duncan Jones

“Kristina [Klebe] plays her character [in Don't Kill It] pretty straight, and because my character's so crazy and colorful, it works quite well. Kristina really loved the part, so she was very accommodating and willing to explore it and work hard.”

Wells Hard Play Character Crazy Willing Hard Work Colorful

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“For me to have the opportunity to stay with one character for, God willing, a long period of time, is really exciting.”

Long Character Opportunity Willing Periods Exciting Long Periods Of Time

Author:Laura Linney

“Good luck is the willing handmaid of upright, energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.”

Character Willing Duty Luck Good Luck Energetic Observance Handmaids Best Of Luck Saying Good Luck

Author:James Russell Lowell

“Adult characters are all the things they've encountered over time. But kids haven't accumulated all the life experience, all the regrets. They tend to be more in the moment, more willing to play, to be joyful.”

Play Moments Character Kids Havens Willing Regret Adults Life Experience Joyful

Author:Viggo Mortensen

“All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.”

People Thinking Hard Character Stories Action Support Grace Willing Hopeless Brutal

Book:The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

Source: The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor

“Each morning my characters greet me with misty faces willing, though chilled, to muster for another day's progress through the dazzling quicksand the marsh of blank paper.”

Character Faces Morning Progress Willing Paper Blank Fog Another Day Dazzling Muster Misty Marshes Quicksand Chilled Blank Paper Misty Mornings

Book:Collected Poems, 1953-1993

Source: Collected Poems, 1953-1993

“I am willing to compete on my merits and on my character - not with the color of my skin. We talk about being a color-blind society, but I don't think the political process could actually handle that.”

Thinking Character Political Process Color Willing Skins Blind Handle Merit

Author:J. C. Watts

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