“Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are projects that strike me as so beautiful, important, complicated, or just plain big, that they convince me of my own inadequacy. This awful state of reverence leads to paralyzing brain freeze. At times like that the only way out is for me to decide, 'To hell with it. I can't do it right, so I'll do it wrong. I can't do it well, but I can do it badly.' Sometimes, with luck, while I'm sweating to do it wrong, I stumble on a right way.” WayWellsI CanImportantSometimesStatesBigsBeautifulCan DoMy OwnMistakeBrainHellWillingProjectsLuckComplicatedStrikesAwfulConvinceMaking MistakesReverenceRight WayFreezeI Can Do ItSave MeInadequacySweating Author:Katherine Dunn
“You've got to be willing to stay committed to someone over the long run, and sometimes it doesn't work out. But often if you become real honest with yourself and honest with each other, and put aside whatever personal hurt and disappointment you have to really understand yourself and your spouse, it can be the most wonderful experience you've ever had.” IfsLongRealSometimesRunningHurtWorkWonderfulHonestWillingCommittedDisappointmentWork OutLong RunsSpouseHonest With YourselfWonderful Experience Author:Hillary Clinton
“Sometimes you start a little further back from the starting line. And you're going to have to work a little bit harder, and push it faster to get to the finish. I'm willing to put in the work, to compensate for other things, to get ahead, to get to where I want to be.” WantLittlesSometimesBitsLinesWillingLittle BitHarderStartingFasterMmaGet Ahead Author:Nick Newell
“Losing ... really does say something about who you are. Among other things it measures are: do you blame others, or do you own the loss? Do you analyze your failure, or just complain about bad luck? If you're willing to examine failure, and to look not just at your outward physical performance, but your internal workings, too, losing can be valuable. How you behave in those moments can perhaps be more self-defining than winning could ever be. Sometimes losing shows you for who you really are.” IfsLooksDoeSelfSometimesMomentsShowsWinningLossWillingLosingPerformancesBlameLuckWho You AreValuableComplainingBehaveInternalsDefiningBad Luck Author:Lance Armstrong
“There is simply no substitute for forceful American leadership. Sometimes the best way to get allies is to be willing to forge ahead alone.” WayWarSometimesWillingBest WaySubstitutesAlliesAmerican Leadership Author:Rich Lowry
“With music, you can portray a certain thing, but in film, sometimes you have to let yourself go to a point where that can be attractive to a person, that you're willing to let yourself go that much. It works both ways.” WayPersonsSometimesFilmCertainWillingAttractive Author:Andre Benjamin
“Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe thats why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.” PeopleFeelsMayPersonsSometimesTurnsChanceStreetsWillingTownsLibraryNeighborCirclesBeing The BestFriendlyPoolSmall TownAcquaintanceOverlappingLexington Author:Kim Edwards
“I look for people who have raw intelligence and a great work ethic and loyalty, and I can quickly identify people who have the right ingredients. But sometimes it is more difficult to get them to accept the fact that they can take on increasing responsibility. Oftentimes individuals will decide how far [they] go by how much work they're willing to put in and how quick they are to ask for help. Too many people have this deep-seated fear that if they ask for help, they will be thought less of.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanSometimesFactsHelpingAsksIndividualDifficultResponsibilityAcceptingWillingEthicsLoyaltyIngredientsWork EthicGreat WorkGreat Work Ethic Author:Hillary Clinton
“People I know who succeed don't mind working. Those who are competent seem to like doing things well -- not stopping because they haven't accomplished what they wanted to on the first go-round. They're willing to do it twenty times, if necessary. There's an illusion that the good people can easily do something, and it's not necessarily true. They're just determined to do it right. I was impressed by hearing one of the women at Radcliffe talk about writing a poem, how many revisions a single poem sometimes has to go through -- fifty or sixty revisions to come out with a poem sixteen lines long.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingMindFirstsWellsLongSometimesSeemsWantedLinesHavensWillingSucceedIllusionTwentiesRoundsHearingDeterminedAccomplishedFiftyGood PeopleSixtyImpressedStoppingCompetentSixteenRevision Author:Sylvia Earle
“If you want to pontificate, I'm certainly willing to pontificate. That's why Joely was laughing because you don't know what you asked for. Malcolm Gladwell, in his newest book "David and Goliath," writes about how sometimes things that we think of as handicaps often times are just the opposite. Or the reverse is also true.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantWritingBookSometimesLaughingWillingOppositesReverseHandicapsGoliath Author:Bruce Greenwood
“I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.” PeopleSometimesBusinessWillingWorried Author:Sam Ervin
“In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution.” SometimesGovernmentIssuesWillingSolutionsComplicated Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'm very patient and always willing to try things but I have some resistance as well because I have my own vision. I have resistance sometimes because I see a director who's freaking out and wants to have control and they sometimes anticipate about what I'm going to be doing or not.” WantTryingWellsSometimesMy OwnVisionWillingDirectorsPatientResistanceAnticipateFreaking OutWilling To Try Author:Juliette Binoche
“Often the best source of information about waste, fraud, and abuse in government is an existing government employee committed to public integrity and willing to speak out. Such acts of courage and patriotism, which can sometimes save lives and often save taxpayer dollars, should be encouraged rather than stifled as they have been during the Bush administration. We need to empower federal employees as watchdogs of wrongdoing and partners in performance.” NeedsShouldSometimesGovernmentSpeakInformationWillingSourceIntegrityWastePerformancesAbuseDollarsCommittedPartnersEmpoweringEmployeeFraudTaxpayersSpeaks OutWrongdoingSave A LifeBe EncouragedActs Of CourageWhistleblowersGovernment Employees Author:Barack Obama
“It's so hard sometimes, living in this world. But I know from experience, it can always get better if you're willing to ask for help.” IfsKnowsWorldSometimesHardHelpingAsksThis WorldWillingGet Better Author:Chris French
“To be sure the landscape can't run away, and yet I always fear that it may. [Sometimes] I must set up my tripod, so I worry that the landscape may disappear the next second and I don't stop keeping an eye on it while I get prepared. Then, when pressing the shutter, I hold my breath. These moments are the greatest joys in my life, as if I were undressing the most beautiful woman in the world - that is, if she will allow herself be undressed. If the photo is a success, it means that she was willing. If not, it has been a lovely dream.” IfsWorldMayMeanHas BeensSometimesMomentsDreamEyeRunningBeautifulJoyNextWorryWillingBreathsPreparedDisappearLovelyLandscapeRunning AwayBeautiful WomenShuttersUndressingMost Beautiful Woman In The WorldTripods Author:Mario Giacomelli
“My hope is to incite that feeling of inspiration in as many other people as possible. To receive and pass along that baton to anyone willing to carry it further. I guess the answer to the question would be I'm inspired by the work of those (and sometimes even the people themselves) who strive to inspire.” PeopleSometimesFeelingsInspirationWould BeAnswersInspireWillingStriveInspiredBaton Author:Adam Rodriguez
“What happens is sometimes these congregations will still have the white style of worship, even though they're mixed, because folks are willing to give up whatever they may have come with. So it's still quite a stretch for African Americans, yeah.” GivingMayStillsSometimesHappensWhiteStyleWillingGiving UpWorshipYeahFolksAfrican AmericanCongregation Author:Michael Emerson
“Comedy can't live within my second-guesses, so I started doing new material. Sometimes I bombed. But you have to be willing to if you want to move forward and stay vital. It's like people who take pride in not having a computer. I'm all, "Great, don't learn new things! Your brain is full!"” PeopleIfsWantSometimesMovingBrainComedyWillingMaterialsPrideComputerMoving ForwardNew Things Author:Sarah Silverman
“The United States is alone among all the countries in that it does not permit US military forces to be under any threat. Other countries are willing to have forces in peace-keeping operations where they sometimes are under threat, but the US is not willing to do that.” DoeCountrySometimesStatesForceUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryWillingThreatOperationsPermitOther CountriesMilitary ForceUs Military Author:Noam Chomsky
“I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.” IfsThinkingShouldSometimesCareRunningAbleValuesWillingMoralityRepublicanDemocratDon't CareDiscussionSwim Author:Barack Obama
“You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think about that as a constraint. How do you help them be better? How do you come up with things that actually work, even in those tough situations.” ThinkingCountrySometimesHelpingGovernmentPoorSituationWillingToughCome UpConstraintsPoor CountriesTough Situations Author:Bill Gates
“I get the reason that you should be willing to negotiate sometimes. But you also ought to be willing to throw a punch.” ShouldSometimesReasonWillingOught Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay. Yet I have a reputation for being cooperative with the press. That's because when I do give an interview, I'm willing to tell the truth about what I do for a living and how goofy it is sometimes - and how volatile it can also be.” WayGivingSometimesWillingMy FamilyPressesReputationInterviewsTelling The TruthDisplayParadesGoofyCooperatives Author:Tom Hanks
“We did respect [Bernard Leach], although we also were willing to challenge ideas and at least put forth our feelings about the way the pottery was run, about things that were done, about the pots we were making, etc. And we would get into sometimes some very fierce arguments. We'd be shouting at one another because of disagreements.” WayIdeasSometimesDoneFeelingsRunningChallengesWillingArgumentEtcPotFierceDisagreementShoutingPottery Author:Warren MacKenzie