Too often we shape our public positions on the basis of our economic connections. That brings us dangerously close to economic determinism.
One piece of advice that always stuck in my mind is that people should be respected and trusted as people, not because of their position or title.
Don't spread negativity, that stuff is contagious and ruins us. The good news is, positivity can also be contagious and it lifts us.
I was always attracted to taking a novel position, but one grounded in the materials I'd been given, not made up out of whole cloth.
Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not outright lies.
When you're dead weight, in the right position, you win. And in reality, you wouldn't see someone my size kicking seven martial arts experts and winning.
This was a report from a single source. It was an established and reliable line of reporting. It was quoted from a senior Iraqi military officer in a position to know this information.
Good or bad, positive or negative, there is no comment more insulting to a poet than one displaying that you have not properly read and considered the things they wrote.
Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow.
I have a bad back partially from playing the drums and singing. I used to have to hold my body in such a position that my spine got out of alignment.
While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in.
Immigration reform is a must, an amnesty. So that's my position. I've been pushing that one since before it was popular.
As parents we have a tendency to overprotect; it's okay to try and show them all positives but we cannot forget that the real world has teeth
People are trying to live freely outside of, or within a system that maybe for them on a day-to-day level isn't as free... I definitely think we're positively orientated.
Psychology is still trying to explain the perception of the position of an object in space, along with its shape, size, and so on, and to understand the sensations of color.
There's not much simplifying. You gotta know what you gotta know. That's how the quarterback position is, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
The only advice I give to acting students is, 'Be nice to your underclassmen. You never know who might be in a position to help you get a job one day.'
In the K.H.L., you're even more patient at your position because the rink is so big, you cannot play that way.
For me, a really radical position for journalism to take is to stop being cynical. Cynicism is what passes for insight among the mediocre.
The over-representation of Wall Street banks in senior government positions sends a bad message. It tells people that one - and only one - point of view will dominate economic policymaking.
