“As much as we - in a revisionist way - tell ourselves that we've always been a righteous country with a couple of swerves off the path, we need to look back and see that we've always also been a racist country and have had a tendency towards banal aggressiveness. The thing that's alarming is not so much that a few people in America at the top are initiating these crazy policies, but that the middle is willing to go there too. There's a strange movement of the middle to this position of banal aggressiveness.” PeopleWayNeedsLooksCountryAmericaPathCrazyMiddlePolicyMovementPositionStrangeWillingCoupleTendenciesRacistRighteousAggressivenessSwerve Author:George Saunders
“I don't see myself as successful because I've worked on only a handful of films. The way I look at it, if you're really, really lucky, if you consistently work hard over the course of ten years, if you refuse to take no for an answer, if you surround yourself with great mentors and are a sponge, willing to learn, then you're bound for something to happen.” IfsWayYearsLooksHardHappensFilmCoursesAnswersSuccessfulWillingHard WorkLuckyTenBoundsRefuseGreat MenSurroundMentorConsistentlyHandfulSurround YourselfSpongesWilling To Learn Author:Haley Bennett
“Cinema is a director's medium, so you're saying, "What do you want?" Being an actor is about adapting - physically and emotionally. If that means you have to look great for it and they can make you look great, then thank you. And if you have to have everything washed away, then I'm willing to do that too.” IfsWantLooksMeanActorsWillingDirectorsMediumsCinemaThank YouAdapting Author:Nicole Kidman
“I am willing to consider powers which would ban known hooligans from rallies and marches and I will look into the powers the police already have to force the removal of face coverings and balaclavas.” LooksFacesForceKnownWillingPoliceMarchCoveringBansRemoval Author:Theresa May
“If you set out to do something and you give it your all and it doesn't work out, be willing to modify your goal slightly. Have the ability to look in another direction. A small shift could guide you to the real purposes of your life.” IfsGivingLooksRealPurposeGoalAbilityWillingWork OutGuidesGive It Your All Author:Halle Berry
“A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it.” PeopleWantLifeInspirationalLooksMotivationalPainOrderDealsHealingAwarenessWillingSourcePrioritiesHealKeep MovingHealedSelf HealingSoul Healing Author:Lindsay Wagner
“To be willing to sort of die in order to move the reader, somehow. Even now I'm scared about how sappy this'll look in print, saying this.” LooksMovingOrderDiesWillingReaderScaredPrint Author:David Foster Wallace
“When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.” LooksIndividualLeadershipBusinessTroubleCrazyWillingSolutionsAriseCommandPerceiveImmatureBad RelationshipFunny Leadership Book:Dave Barry Turns 50 Source: Dave Barry Turns 50