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I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.
by Max von Sydow (Actor, Swedish , born in 1929) keywords: appear, believe, create, deeds, devils, evil, indifference, misunderstandings, most, really, situations, time , victims I've been in pressure situations before. All my life it's been about pressure and having to get it done. Just because you say it publicly, it does not make me afraid of it or make me shy away from it.
by Isiah Thomas (Athlete, American , born in 1961) keywords: afraid, away, because, been, before, does, done, get, having, just, life, make, pressure, publicly, say, shy , situations You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified.
by E. P. Thompson (Historian, British , born in 1924) keywords: afterward, both, completely, contrived, could, developed, each, independently, justified, know, laboratories, only, other, out, political, scientist, situations, were , which If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
by Desmond Tutu (Leader, South African , born in 1931) topics: History keywords: appreciate, chosen, elephant, foot, injustice, mouse, neutral, neutrality, oppressor, say, side, situations, tail, will , your In extreme situations, the entire universe becomes our foe; at such critical times, unity of mind and technique is essential - do not let your heart waver!
by Morihei Ueshiba (Athlete, Japanese , born in 1883) keywords: becomes, critical, entire, essential, extreme, foe, heart, mind, our, situations, such, technique, times, unity, universe, waver , your In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks.
by Gijs de Vries (Politician, Dutch , born in 1956) keywords: attacks, bad, civil, conflict, easier, find, governance, hide, human, lawlessness, military, prepare, rights, situations, strife, terrorists, their, train , violations My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force.
by Lech Walesa (Activist, Polish , born in 1943) keywords: ardent, complex, country, desire, dialogue, even, evolution, force, historic, most, opportunity, peaceful, poland, prove, recapture, situations, solved, will , world Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
by Horace Walpole (Author, English , born in 1717) keywords: beauties, character, comedy, diversified, even, great, half, imitation, just, nature, nor, operations, passions, plot, poetry, rules, situations, their , tragedy Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
by J. Donald Walters (Author) keywords: being, friendship, getting, happiness, mere, more, own, precious, principles, situations, stake, than, things, true, understanding, way, where , your In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them.
by Jim Walton (Businessman, American , born in 1948) keywords: allows, dangerous, iraq, otherwise, put, reporters, situations, them, too, us , would All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.
by Patrick Warburton (Actor, American , born in 1964) keywords: absurdity, acutely, character, conceive, earnestly, honestly, humor, just, portray, seen, situations, then, try, way , within A lot of the jokes had some build-up to some nasty stuff. But most of it was all character situations leading to what the ultimate payoff would be for that character.
by Shawn Wayans (Actor, American , born in 1971) keywords: character, had, jokes, leading, lot, most, nasty, payoff, situations, some, stuff, ultimate , would But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
by Adam Weishaupt (Clergyman, German , born in 1748) keywords: always, executed, exertions, government, greater, had, much, opposed, others, placed, situations, suited, talents, things, which , would Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.
by Serena Williams (Athlete, American , born in 1981) keywords: best, champions, day, decided, get, helped, just, lot, nervous, other, really, situations, tight, told , venus I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.
by Jeanette Winterson (Novelist, British , born in 1959) keywords: being, cozy, how, into, life, look, put, situations, stops, stressful, together , work I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
by Lalu Prasad Yadav (Politician, Indian , born in 1947) keywords: always, am, deeper, funny, gives, heart, hope, how, interests, know, life, manage, meaning, mind, out, own, poor, say, see, situations, socialist, some, their, them, tough, way , work When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life.
by Lalu Prasad Yadav (Politician, Indian , born in 1947) keywords: gives, hope, how, life, manage, out, own, see, situations, their, them, tough, way , work