Position Quotes

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You cannot of yourself move your arm or alter your position, situation, posture, do to other men good or evil, or effect the least change… — Nicolas Malebranche
I wouldn't describe that "position" as "parasitic." I'd describe that experience as "edifying." I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live… — Bruce Sterling
I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not. — E. P. Thompson
In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has… — S. R. Nathan
For the victor peace means the preservation of the position of power which he has secured. For the vanquished it means resigning himself to the… — Gustav Stresemann
If you're in such a position of power and your ego is such that this is not possible, then its essential to have a small… — Dee Hock
Thus a man was born into a fixed relation to certain gods as surely as he was born into a relation to his fellow-men; and… — William Robertson Smith
Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as… — Satoru Iwata
I just can't - I can't exist in normal group situations. A classroom, where you have to sort of jockey for position, compete for attention… — Jesse Eisenberg
There's a feminist writer, Naomi Wolfe, who is reconsidering her position on abortion. — Norma McCorvey
I've become this sort of icon for the gay community. I don't like the position. — Sandra Bernhard
The position of modern science, as far as an ignorant man of letters can understand it, seems not a step in advance of that held… — Albert J. Nock
Let the average man be put to the proof on the question of who is above, and his true position will be exposed. Let him… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes… — Stephen Covey
It bothers me that the executive branch is taking the amazing position that just on the president's say-so, any American citizen can be picked up,… — Laurence Tribe
Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn. — Daniel Dae Kim
I am painfully situated, Utterson; my position is a very strange - a very strange one. It is one of those affairs that cannot be… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Our fleshly nature tempts us to put ourselves above others or seek a position or place for ourselves instead of allowing others to have it. — David Jeremiah
From my subjective position, there was no honeymoon. — John Hickenlooper
Just because we have won victory, we must never relax our vigilance against the frenzied plots for revenge by the imperialists and their running dogs.… — Mao Zedong

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