Quotes of: Ambivalence Keyword

I used to loathe ambivalence; now I adore it. Ambivalence is my new best friend.

Split: A Memoir of Divorce

I'm still ambivalent about Hollywood. I think that's why I made 'Star 80.' To deal with the ambivalence. I really wanted to succeed Gene Kelly, and I thought it was a fair bet.

Bob Fosse

I worked with fantastic actors, fantastic directors. People I would never otherwise have met. Was I limited? Yes. Did I use it as I could have? No. But I was always ambivalent about Hollywood and what I wanted. And ambivalence in our business is no g...

Valeria Golino

Ambivalence is one of the biggest enemies of change. If you aren't sure that you really want to take action on something such as your weight, ambivalence will usually win.

100 Days of Weight Loss: The Secret to Being Successful on Any Diet Plan: A Daily Motivator

Every single immigrant is part of a larger history that needs to be communicated in all its ambivalences and complexities.

Jim Goldberg

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

Jane Pauley

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Erica Jong

Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

John Scott

The more ambivalent you are and the more uncertain you are, then you can get something that you cannot anticipate.

Elia Kazan

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it.

Don Johnson

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

Emily Browning

Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.

Vernon A. Walters

Jefferson was ambivalent about executive power – until he bore executive responsibility.

Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power

I've always been fascinated by the operation of memory - the way in which it is not linear but fragmented, and its ambivalence.

Penelope Lively

He used to sit on my lap. I was sort of ambivalent about that. He was surviving any way he could.

Marion Zimmer Bradley

If you're feeling intransigently ambivalent, it might pay to formally accept what's already happening - that is, decide not to decide.

Martha Beck

'The Simpsons' is about alienation and the ambivalence of living with a family who you love but who drive you completely crazy.

Matt Groening

Being ambivalent doesn't mean that you're a relevatist, that anything goes; it just means that you show the complexity of life. Life is always complex.

Etgar Keret

Plenty of people who survive tragedies end up ambivalent about danger--frightened by it, yet strangely drawn to it.

Denial

We all parent the best we can. Being human, we're ambivalent. We want perfection for our babies, but we also need sleep.

Erica Jong