We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that’s part of the human condition.
I’m not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don’t go looking for those things.
I like to look at how people work together when they are put into stressful situations, when life stops being cozy.
I have friends and experience from everywhere; I’ve worked in all kinds of locations and situations and in all kinds of job profiles, so there’s a varied experience that comes handy. And there’s something nice when you do something you’ve to push yourself to do it.
Plus, when you get in tough situations, like the bases loaded and nobody out, you never give in.
In my work in Haiti, I’ve seen the hugely positive effects that happen when people come together to build something in the middle of the most desperate situations.
There have always been difficult situations for activists in Pakistan. In the 1960s, people fought for linguistic and ethnic rights in relation to the Bangladesh movement and the struggle of the people in the western Balochistan province.
My older brother Mike is an excellent trumpet player. By the time he was 12, he was playing around Kansas City in classical situations. He was already an amazing talent.
When I was a lot younger, I did some work with St. Jude’s, but then we went on a ‘Red Band’ tour across the United States, and we went to a bunch of hospitals and had the privilege of meeting kids who are suffering or going through these different situations.
Remembering who I am is a really active task for me. And I often have to tell myself, ‘You’re a graduate student,’ ‘You’re a daughter,’ et cetera, in situations where I’m supposed to behave like one.
I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don’t believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.
Sometimes you can find peace of mind by transferring yourself to different situations. They’re just reminders to stay… calm.
My coming out, like most people’s, was and is a gradual process – for no matter how out one is, there are always situations when one’s with people who don’t know, and one has the choice or, sometimes, the necessity of coming out to them.
Journalists always explain that people are mad at them because they tell the truth, which is often unpleasant or uncomfortable to hear. However, they fail in situations where there is more than one truth.
For some reason, I like to put myself in situations where I don’t even know how I ended up there. I never want to be complacent or comfortable in a role.
I will not discuss future hypothetical situations.
I have to say that one of the most important things Scientology has given me is the ability to keep my integrity together. I understand how people can get into unethical situations, and Scientology has always helped me keep my head clear and be in present time.
It’s funny how making odd noises can get you into strange situations sometimes.
I don’t know why, but in my career and in my life, I often find myself in situations where I am the only girl among boys.
With every film, we form a small little world for a period of time. Everybody is close, and then one fine day everything is over. That can throw you off. So you have to learn to take things in your stride and not get too emotional about people or situations.
There is a synergy between the way Croatians approach life and the way Jesuits do. Croatians are very real about situations. We don’t gloss over things. If there are issues to deal with, you deal with them.
I don’t think aggression works like thirst or sleep. I think aggression is more elicited by particular situations. I think it can be mitigated.
Depression is something that doesn’t just go away. It’s just… there and you deal with it. It’s like… malaria or something. Maybe it won’t be cured, but you’ve got to take the medication you’re prescribed, and you stay out of situations that are going to trigger it.
There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities.
I think we take for granted police officers and detectives that walk into some pretty heinous situations, and they really have to be very brave. So I love playing a character that’s very brave – someone that kind of dives in the fire to figure out what’s happened.
Prince was one of the best people I’ve met. He didn’t care about the big system. I was always like, at any time, Prince could write a No. 1 song because he’s that talented, but he chooses to do what he wants. I respect that. He actually helped me through a lot of situations with his knowledge.
Alex Dumas was a consummate warrior and a man of great conviction and moral courage. He was renowned for his strength, his swordsmanship, his bravery, and his knack for pulling victory out of the toughest situations. But he was known, too, for his profane back talk and his problems with authority.
There are situations when, in your singing, in your interpretation of songs, for instance, when you want a straight tone. And I have to work really hard at getting a straight tone… That’s sort of like if you have curly hair, you have curly hair.
My heart is numb. It’s not broke, it’s numb. It’s numb because of hard situations.
Life is a series of avoiding horrible situations until ultimately you’re dead. That’s how I feel about things.
I’m used to very low-budget situations. In ‘The Exploding Girl,’ we were literally changing in Starbucks because we didn’t have trailers.
You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, even poverty, you can survive it.
Never lose hope under adverse situations.
I’ve been in situations before where something was going on, and that’s the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.
When you do reality, you have to be pretty careful. You have to almost monitor yourself to make sure that you don’t get yourself in situations that you shouldn’t.
As a writer, I have to show complexities. Through my writings, I hope to bring out people in different situations and not just one-dimensional beings.
I know so many people who have gone through just not very good situations, and sometimes you just need a song to help pick you up out of it, especially if you’re going through the hurting part.
Sometimes you need other people to embody situations so that you can talk about things that for you are important. And I think that being able to hope for the future is what builds in us the strength to just get rid of things that, in the past, can hurt.
The stuff that I find really intriguing is always how do ordinary people behave in extraordinary circumstances. And that’s why we have a lot of cop shows and lawyer shows and medical shows is that you’re looking for situations that just always heighten the stakes.
I’ve definitely been in situations where I could tell someone was interested in me, but I could tell they were insulting me in some passive/aggressive way, so I felt bad about myself at the same time.
A black man – I say a black man, we got no corner on the market, but every day in some form or fashion you got to prove you’re a man. But you want to keep the life-and-death situations down. I can get beat. But there’s getting beat and there’s getting stomped.
Self-indulgence is something to watch, but anything that helps you understand situations that are difficult to understand is good. If you’re having some sort of emotional trauma, you need to find a person to talk to about it who says, ‘This is quite normal; it’s fine.’
I like fantasy. I’ve always been the kind of kid who likes to dream about other things I could be and exotic situations I could be in.
The developing world is full of entrepreneurs and visionaries, who with access to education, equity and credit would play a key role in developing the economic situations in their countries.
I don’t know if it’s a sadistic side or whatever, but you take characters and put them in really awful situations and make them go through that. And it’s very satisfying as a director to explore that, to tell those stories and to explore those themes, because it is so human.
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations – one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it – you will regret both.
You can’t just get in a boat with someone and be great straight away. It takes a lot of time to get used to each other. You need to learn how the other person reacts to certain situations.
When you’re dealing in situations that are uncontrollable and combustible, you try to stabilize the situation as quickly as you can and then work toward and work out toward democratic reform.
Social situations, for me – it’s very natural for me to be an observer. That’s where I’m most comfortable. I observe things.
Experience helps you read certain situations better and make less mistakes in terms of behavior.
I think I’ve been in situations where they looked at me and just see some rich white guy – they don’t see me at all.
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations.
