Position Quotes

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Time eventually positions most photographs, even the most amateurish, at the level of art. — Susan Sontag
...not everyone is willing to defend a position of 'not knowing.' There is no virtue in ignorance for its own sake. — B.F. Skinner
Who says you cannot hold the moon in your hand? Tonight when the stars come out and the moon rises in the velvet sky, look… — Vera Nazarian
There is simply too much to be done for us all to go round 'enjoying ourselves.' When the world is perfect, then we can all… — Jon Richardson
He stuck the pencil over his ear, looking unconvinced. "Mmm. What position would you be the most comfortable for you?" I couldn't say aloud the… — Tammara Webber
But things move on and by the time you've plotted your position the world around you has changed and you are running -panting- to catch… — Ahdaf Soueif
Half an hour later, each of them had been given a complicated circular chart, and was attempting to fill in the position of the planets… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Of course you realize you're leaving me in the position of being the one tell everyone - your mother, Luke, Alec, Izzy, Magnus..." "I guess… — Cassandra Clare
No, no," said Taran slowly, "It would be folly to think of attacking them." He smiled quickly at Fflewddur. "The bards would sing of us,"… — Lloyd Alexander
I worry that there are people who are put in positions of authority because they're good talkers, but they don't have good ideas. It's so… — Susan Cain
You are beyond frustrating," she grumbled. "Why can't you do what I ask you to do without issuing a million questions first?" "I could say… — Gena Showalter
Legislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth. — Simone de Beauvoir
If you want to call yourself my friend, you should know that position comes with boundaries." Sabine frowned. "I'm no good with boundaries." "Yes, and… — Rachel Vincent
Knowledge exists in two forms - lifeless, stored in books, and alive, in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all… — Albert Einstein
I can't believe they even bothered filling that faculty position again. They might as well rename the class Defense Against the Dark Arts. I mean,… — Rachel Vincent
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrumâ€”what I called emotional sea levelâ€”is not happiness but rather contentment and the calm… — Andrew Weil
He felt all the torment of his and her position, all the difficulties they were surrounded by in consequence of their station in life, which… — Leo Tolstoy
Of course. Opal is toying with our emotions for her own gratification. Nothing more. She wishes to place herself in a position of power, emotionally. — Eoin Colfer
Your assignment,' he bellowed at Kelly, 'was to make a persuasive argument. Demanding to know whether detractors of your position are on crack is not… — Meg Cabot
The inability to live in the present lies in the fear of leaving the sheltered position of anticipation or memory, and so of admitting that… — Alain de Botton

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