Situation Quotes

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The ignorant man is not free, because what confronts him is an alien world, something outside him and in the offing, on which he depends,… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Basically we are always educating for a world that is or is becoming out of joint, for this is the basic human situation, in which… — Hannah Arendt
However much an ideologue tries to bury [Lenin] beneath a proof by historical analysis, there is always this one man standing their on the plain… — Louis Althusser
From this I conclude that the best education for the situations of actual life consists of the experience we acquire from the study of serious… — Polybius
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
Two weeks ago, I was in a fantastic situation, winning at Roland Garros. Now, losing in the first round, it's tough. The tour continues. Life… — Rafael Nadal
That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're not up to… — Lleyton Hewitt
I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely… — Lleyton Hewitt
It's a completely different situation right now because last year it was the time that nobody expected anything from me anything -- I had nothing… — Marat Safin
Hawaii is a unique state. It is a small state. It is a state that is by itself. It is a-it is different than the… — Dan Quayle
Certainly, I know what to do, and when I am Vice President -- and I will be -- there will be contingency plans under different… — Dan Quayle
The ‘Great Society’ has not worked and it’s put us into the modern welfare state. If you look at China, they don’t have food stamps.… — Michele Bachmann
Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into… — Condoleezza Rice
A superior pilot uses his superior judgment to avoid situations which require the use of his superior skill. — Frank Borman
After that, Kasparov stepped back from chess which is, and I want this to be clear, not good for chess in general at all. As… — Anatoly Karpov
The priority must be the unification of the world titles to straighten things out. But we should not wait that long anymore to change the… — Anatoly Karpov
I believe every chess player senses beauty, when he succeeds in creating situations, which contradict the expectations and the rules, and he succeeds in mastering… — Vladimir Kramnik
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or… — Brian Aldiss
And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very deeply… — Sandra Cisneros
When a character is born, he acquires at once such an independence, even of his own author, that he can be imagined by everybody even… — Luigi Pirandello
The mystery of life--its inexplicability, beauty, cruelty, tenderness, folly . . . has occupied the greater part of my waking thoughts; and in reverence or… — Theodore Dreiser
It isn't myself that's important in this transaction apparently; the individual doesn't count much in the situation...all of us are more or less pawns. We're… — Theodore Dreiser
We must point out that in what concerns its material the event is not a miracle. What I mean is that what composes an event… — Alain Badiou
I have not conceived my mission to be that of a knight-errant wandering everywhere to deliver people from difficult situations. My humble occupation has been… — Mahatma Gandhi
You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic. — Alan Furst

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