Producers now look at the talent and if they believe that the director has the potential, they are willing to shell out the money irrespective of the gender.
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.
You have to be willing to have failures along the way.
I spoke to a bunch of University of Houston students and said, ‘One of the beauties of the free enterprise system we have in this country is that there’s capital that people are willing to put at risk for new ventures and startups.’
RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
If most people are not willing to see the difficulty, this is mainly because, consciously or unconsciously, they assume that it will be they who will settle these questions for the others, and because they are convinced of their own capacity to do this.
I’m willing to make compromises based on someone I think is the one, but I think it’s psychologically important to people when they’re famous to be the only famous person they know.
Don’t have good ideas if you aren’t willing to be responsible for them.
The fact is… our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft’s business practices.
Leaders receive and give assignments. This is an important part of the necessary principle of delegating. No one appreciates a willing volunteer more than I, but the total work cannot be done as the Lord wants it done merely by those doing the work who may be present at meetings.
The inventions and the great discoveries have opened up whole continents to reciprocal communication and interchange, provided we are willing.
I’m in favor of improving our bridges and roads, and am willing to work with our Democratic colleagues on a thoughtful and targeted approach.
The first night I met Yo-Yo Ma, I found him the most charming person I had ever met, and I was willing to follow him with the camera anywhere.
There are more people who wish to be loved than there are who are willing to love.
Be willing to trust your instincts, especially if you cannot find answers elsewhere.
If you’re trying to get out of debt, you have to be willing to treat everything as expendable.
People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world.
To be successful, you have to be willing to be successful. You have to believe in the law of attraction – that you create your own life.
That iPad you just bought. Do you care that it cost a few pence to manufacture? No. It’s cost you several hundred pounds because somebody else was willing to pay that much for it. If they weren’t… it wouldn’t.
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.
A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
Look, I’m not a perfect person. I have my warts. I sometimes say things that get me in trouble. I wear suits that are cheap. But I say what I think and I believe what I say, and I’m willing to say things that are not popular but ordinary people know are right.
If you’re mentally ready, you’re willing to go the extra mile.
If you make – not have – $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I’m willing to put that on the table.
If I have to degrade myself or do something that I’m not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I’m just not willing to do it.
I appeal to you, my friends, as mothers: are you willing to enslave your children? You stare back with horror and indignation at such questions. But why, if slavery is not wrong to those upon whom it is imposed?
I don’t need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.
Our bodies communicate to us clearly and specifically, if we are willing to listen to them.
According to the Jain view, soul is that element which knows, thinks and feels. It is in fact the divine element in the living being. The Jain thinks that the phenomena of knowledge, feeling, thinking and willing are conditioned on something, and that that something must be as real as anything can be.
Good people can disagree – all you want is honesty, because you know, if I disagree, I’m willing to debate you on that, and then let the public decide what’s good policy and bad policy.
We really have to be willing to find out who we are instead of rebelling for the equal rights that we’ve been denied, that we do deserve.
I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I’m willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
If nuclear power plants are safe, let the commerical insurance industry insure them. Until these most expert judges of risk are willing to gamble with their money, I’m not willing to gamble with the health and safety of my family.
I had, toward the last, been shut off from all visitors, and so when the lawyer, Peter A. Hendricks, came and told me that friends of mine were willing to take charge of me if I would rather be with them than in the asylum, I was only too glad to give my consent.
Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe.
I like that Ben & Jerry’s is willing to speak out about social and political issues that aren’t always safe – but are the right thing to do.
I’ve always felt that if something is polarizing, that’s usually the stuff I like the most. If something is taking a chance and is willing to be weird, that’s my favorite thing. I know there’s somebody out there who hates it.
Today, the Iraqi citizen sees that America is coming and wants to occupy his country and kill him, and he is willing to experience for himself what happened in Palestine.
Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company taking a risk can threaten its stock price. A government agency taking a risk can threaten congressional investigation.
I always tell Brock Lesnar the truth. I don’t appease Brock Lesnar. I don’t placate Brock Lesnar. When Brock Lesnar asks me for an opinion, I give to him an honest opinion that I’m willing to back up with facts, with theory.
To feel not only submitted but willing to be anything or nothing as the Lord wills it – this is, in truth, to sing a song to our Well Beloved.
Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
After the ’96 Olympics, we all started believing that this is bigger than we thought, and we were willing to do the work. We knew that it was up to us, the players, to make soccer successful.
When you have a dream that you can’t let go of, trust your instincts and pursue it. But remember: Real dreams take work, They take patience, and sometimes they require you to dig down very deep. Be sure you’re willing to do that.
A team will always appreciate a great individual if he’s willing to sacrifice for the group.
As a citizen of the United States, I am ready, willing, and able to bear arms for this country.
I’ve been accused of being too flexible, too willing to mold myself to men, and that’s something I’m constantly working on.
When you’re in love with it you’re willing to do whatever it takes, whether be it cold tubs, or massages, acupuncture, whatever it might be. I think when you love the game purely all those things you’re willing to do is sacrifice.
We all respect sincerity in our friends and acquaintances, but Hollywood is willing to pay for it.
I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens.
I, for one, am quite willing to join the ‘forgive, forget and move on’ crowd, but it does make me wonder if Evangelicals are going to sound believable when they say that they tend to vote Republican because of their religious commitments to the family.
How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by losing ourselves in our Blackberries, our iPhones, by not paying attention to the human being across from us who is talking with us, by being so lazy that we’re not willing to process deeply?
I think I just went into a system that was willing to utilize me and gave me opportunities and I felt fortunate to be able to go to Oakland and put the silver and black on. I wanted to prove to everybody that I could still play.
I’m not willing to risk more terrorist plots succeeding and more paedophiles going free.
I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn’t really want to look at.
