Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
I’m a pretty normal guy. I’m really good at knowing how a normal guy would react in situations.
I don’t have any problems in life, just situations.
There have been situations where I have lost movies because I’ve said, ‘This is not a fair deal,’ and I’ve walked away.
I’m open. All of my situations have made me who I am.
I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.
Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can’t live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don’t.
I’m very light, so some people don’t really know that I’m black. I’ve been in situations where people will say something kind of racist, and I’ll step in, and they’ll be like, ‘Oh, well, you’re light.’ That still doesn’t cut it, buddy.
The thing I love most about my job is watching people age backward, becoming more lively and energetic as they free themselves from situations that are toxic to their essential selves.
I like extreme situations: people pushed out of their comfort zones; the civil veneer stripped off.
Mostly, when you are shooting for action or intimate scenes, and you need to hold them, it takes away the mood if you both are not in sync. I have faced such situations and I think having a good bond with your co-stars only adds value to the scene.
I believe productivity is a deeply personal thing. We all have different brains and, therefore, different preferences, perspectives, and situations where we feel most effective.
Reaching a conclusion has to start with what the parties are arguing, but examining in all situations carefully the facts as they prove them or not prove them, the record as they create it, and then making a decision that is limited to what the law says on the facts before the judge.
I suffer from vertigo. It’s paralyzing in extreme situations. The most scared I’ve been as an adult was trying to conquer that fear by going climbing in Wales.
I think it speaks to people in 2015, right now. We address real situations. It’s real life! Everything that happens in ‘Dope’ could happen today.
The great function of poetry is to give back to us the situations of our dreams.
I try and imagine myself in situations and figure out how I’d have reacted and responded to them, and then bring that insight into my acting. Much of acting is about borrowing from your real-life experiences.
Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations.
Humor has bailed me out of more tight situations than I can think of. If you go with your instincts and keep your humor, creativity follows. With luck, success comes, too.
I often get sent scripts about little men in big situations. There’s a comic element to it, which is forces stacked against this little guy, and how is he going to defeat them?
A lot of the cats I grew up with in the South Bronx found themselves in sticky situations.
I tend to come up with people more than situations – most of my books start with a character.
One of many strengths that I often see in successful women on Wall Street is a responsible balance between risk taking and risk mitigation – the ability to assess situations smartly and make the right medium-to-long-term decisions without being lured into reckless, short-term profit-taking.
I am very busy and don’t have a lot of down time, but I write my best songs in those situations. I enjoy my life the most when I have a bunch of things going on at the same time.
One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized, who have no means or resources and somehow manage to get out of those situations with incredible strength – and that is more important than anything.
You can only learn so much from books. You can only learn so much from education. Ultimately, it is the wisdom of God that will carry you through in the toughest situations of life.
There are no desperate situations, there are only desperate people.
We develop social systems for the handicapped, but when you’re handicapped in your mind, society doesn’t handle those situations well. I think we don’t recognize or acknowledge the power of messages and how deeply affected we all are by the messages we receive from the media.
Never be ashamed of who you are, your story, or how you react to situations. Don’t ever be ashamed of how you communicate with people. Don’t ever be ashamed of the person you are. Be you.
Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.
Even in the depths of dreadful situations, there’s usually something rather comic, or something you can laugh about afterwards, at least. So, I do look for the comedy in those things.
I’m from Colombia, and we’ve been through a lot of hard situations.
You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don’t want to live any other way.
I have a tendency to overempathize with people, which gets me into tricky situations. I can get sucked in and feel like I need to get involved, which is sometimes helpful and sometimes not. It’s better to have more distance.
Sophocles was a general: a warrior writing plays about military situations.
I think in a lot of situations I had got songs stolen from me, or treated badly.
I’m not good at being lionized, and when I’m in ‘Grateful Dead’-type situations, that happens.
I think we’ve all been misled, at moments in our lives, certainly in school situations, and things like that, with getting with the wrong group briefly, or falling in with someone who we learn the truth about and no longer want to really be with.
I’ve been in lots of situations in my life where I’ve managed to turn pain into growing pains.
Prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent. Responsible decisions also consider the context of a person’s actions and how similar situations have been handled in the past.
I think that the audience wants to see women being put into real situations where they can relate to them, rather than seeing some glamorous woman in a ‘Bond’ film.
Right now too much American time and resources are spent dealing with situations caused by our dependence on oil that we import from unstable countries.
I don’t think tragic situations are necessarily devoid of beauty.
We’ve got to be proactive. It’s my job to look for unconventional situations that achieve what my clients want.
We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they’re both on fire – they’re exactly alike.
I think of myself as an Indian comedian, but I’ve had British and American schooling. I always had this feeling of not fitting in anywhere, of observing situations from the outside.
People love that you’re human and that we’re frail and we face the same situations. Honesty tends to communicate with people better than standing up there like you have an ‘S’ on your chest.
I always feel I had a very lucky life. For example, I sure didn’t want to go in the army: when I was drafted in the Korean War, I wanted to go as a photographer. But luckily, they put me in the infantry – luckily because the official photographer was photographing the medal awarding and all the official situations.
In prehistoric times, mankind often had only two choices in crisis situations: fight or flee. In modern times, humor offers us a third alternative; fight, flee – or laugh.
Wilde is an invaluable acquaintance. Often, in situations where I am required to appear witty, I simply steal large chunks from his works and attempt to pass them off as my own with minor modifications.
Music is about people for me. It’s not about sounds. It’s about people; it’s about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.
Kids don’t like being put into boxes, and your kid can act in different ways in different situations.
I think I’m still chewing on my years as a foreign correspondent. I found myself covering catastrophes – war, uprising, famine, refugee crises – and witnessing how people were affected by dire situations. When I find a story from the past, I bring some of those lessons to bear on the narrative.
Any child actor will tell you that you don’t have a lot of the tools or the experience to combat a lot of the criticism or very adult situations being thrown at you.
I don’t know how the poor farmers deal with such situations in real life. It’s really sad.
I have known for some time that I can meet any man I want but that does not mean that I want to meet anyone. I certainly don’t like being forced into situations.
In acting, you have to pull from real-life situations, from people, to help develop a character.
I’ve always been a bit shy, especially in new situations. But I have that other side in me too. Cricket demands that you grow up fast. Playing in domestic tournaments as an overseas player, you’re expected to score runs and bring a lot to the group. And I expect that of myself.
