I’m very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It’s about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you’ve got to work with, whether it’s good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time.
Become more accepting. With every interaction, surrender any tendency to judge another person. Pray for a more accepting heart.
Lots of songs aren’t even from my experiences, but they’re about accepting… the dark things about yourself.
The nation’s government has just handed me the bill that grants us our civil rights. I am receiving it before you, certain that I am accepting this on behalf of all Argentinean women, and I can feel my hands tremble with joy as they grasp the laurel proclaiming victory.
In my opinion, it seems like music is taking a bit of a turn. Look at Mumford and Sons, and the Lumineers. It seems like people and music fans are enjoying the more artistic side of music, and that popular music is taking a turn and accepting that, so I appreciate that.
They might have a long way to go before truly accepting gay people into their lives, but they have accepted the show into their living rooms each and every week.
Since your company is the product that makes all of your other products, it should be the best product of all. When you begin to think of your company this way, you evaluate it differently. You ask different questions about it. You look at improving it constantly, rather than just accepting what it’s become.
I’m probably more fiscally a Republican. But socially, I’m just accepting of everything. I want everyone to be happy; I want everyone to live a life that they’re proud of.
In 1962, my injury wasn’t because of violence; I just kicked the ball and it happened. And that was OK because Brazil won; I didn’t have any difficulty in accepting that. I still got a medal because I’d played two games.
Don’t compare yourself with someone else’s version of happy or thin. Accepting yourself burns the most calories.
I had to fool the world into accepting me. I didn’t seem to fit the mould of my idols.
The users are not going to be in the position of accepting what’s been collected; they’re going to be in the position of being able to demand collection.
I’ve learned to be more accepting of myself. I’m 37, not 18, and I’ve got the lines to prove it. I try to remind myself that a girl can have it all, just not all at once.
The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.
The consumer is deciding what they want to see and when and how, and filmmakers are more aware and accepting of the fact that success is not predicated on your movie showing in a traditional theater for a certain amount of time.
By accepting what the external structures have told us we need to do, we have given the power of our realities and ourselves to others. It is time to tell a new story for women, and that can only start with women.
I’m far more ready to go with the flow now because I am more accepting of myself.
It seems to be unfathomable to people that I just happen to be 49 and look good. I am totally capable of accepting myself.
To all of the artists that attend the Grammys: Stop accepting the invitation to be the upset of the year and demand that this body upholds its mission for advocacy and support of artistry as culture evolves. Demand that they change this system and truly reflect and truly acknowledge your art.
Without accepting the other person’s thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other’s help to get results.
It’s no secret that I’m called to a different place, maybe, for some of the beliefs in the LGBTQ community because of my faith. With that said, I’m also called to be accepting and compassionate.
I really hope to give to other people who are listening to my music the same thing that it’s done for me, which is make me feel more free and more accepting of myself.
While accepting donations, no one looks at the colour of money.
I’m accepting of who I am and how diverse I am and honoring that.
Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America’s pro-Israel militancy.
What are you accepting that would not be a part of your ideal day?
Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.
One of my best friends since I was eleven years old is a gay man, and I knew his struggle. It was a tough life, you not accepting yourself.
By acknowledging, accepting, and embracing our dark side, we create natural steam vents within ourselves. By providing an opening, we eliminate the worry about an explosion because we are allowing the pressure to be released in a safe and appropriate way.
A few people have asked me about the women agenda on country radio. I can only speak for myself on this, and all I have to say is that I’m very grateful, and thankful, that country radio has been so automatically accepting, and supportive, of me and my music.
Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.
The regulation picture has gotten a lot clearer in the U.S. and most of Europe. And that’s fantastic. I think that’s why you’re seeing companies like Microsoft and Dell accepting Bitcoins.
Back in 1981, when I had moved to Mumbai from Delhi and literally lived on the streets, I started accepting any role that came my way.
I grew up in an upper-income household, in an accepting environment, and with incredible educational opportunities.
Women have been brought up to be passive, accepting, not come forward and play a major role in life. And with age, there’s a tendency to revert to that – to pull back, recede. I don’t think it’s advisable or admirable.
Journalists are supposed to be skeptical, that’s what keeps them digging rather than simply accepting the official line, whether it comes from government or corporate bureaucrats.
I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don’t want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable.
Accepting death is a massive problem for everybody.
I took the role because it’s rare to read a script that makes me laugh and cry, and it spoke to my own religious feelings, as well as giving me a chance to draw on my experience as a parent. Accepting it was a no-brainer.
The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.
Being a songwriter, you are accepting that this isn’t about you. If you do want it to be about you, you’re going to be really miserable.
I’m not accepting of whiners.
I just want to inspire people to love other people and be accepting because I feel like there’s so much going on in the world, and there’s so many pressures, and there’s so much negativity.
In some communities it is – like, for me, coming out with my parents, they were not accepting; they were not understanding. So it depends. For kids in New York and L.A., maybe it’s different, but for kids in Iowa, for kids in Tennessee, it’s still something that’s not really talked about.
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become much more effective at seeking and accepting help and bringing other people into the discussion. You start to understand that you can’t control or fix everything on your own.
I do not shy away from accepting that I had a troubled past, but in the journey of coming out of that dark phase, I understand humans better. I am less judgmental and more compassionate. I learned empathy and forgiveness, and that gives me confidence as a person.
The thing that got me over the hump was accepting that I had to do whatever I could to stay in the game.
When I was 12, my brother and I moved back to Honolulu to live with our mother. Hawaii felt like another universe, and reflecting on it, I am struck by how much more open and accepting it was.
Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they’ve grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue that probably more needs to be done on that front, and they’ve just begun to take the first steps to accepting that there’s going to have to be much closer economic integration in Europe.
Jesus was loyal to his apostles, with full knowledge of their cowardice. He was loyal to the poor, accepting the criticism of the Pharisees, so the destitute would never feel deserted. He was loyal to his father, accomplishing his will even unto death.
When you try to grasp the way the Western world is going, you see that we are on a ratchet towards a surveillance state, which is coming to include the whole population in its surveillance. This is our reward for accepting the restraints on the way we live now.
What action the Centre has taken against the Punjab government for the alleged embezzlement of food stocks? Under what condition the CCL was given to Punjab? Isn’t offering and accepting the loan request by the Punjab government to cover up the scam indicates a nexus between the Centre and the State?
Being young is hard. Being young and queer is even harder, regardless of how accepting your parents or community are.
