1227 Present Quotes for You to Enjoy

For any character, male or female, I think it's important to have... it's cliche to say a flawed character, but to really think about the good and the bad and make sure that both are present, and it doesn't just become a glossed over icon of perfection. Jane Jensen

You could say that any book that takes a position is not fair, unless you keep saying, 'On the one hand, on the other...' and take a great deal of trouble to present both sides. That kind of journalism tends not to be very interesting. Janet Malcolm

Saying Great You Book Great Deal Trouble Other Sides Unless Say Kind Both Both Sides Could Tends Take Takes Journalism Fair Deal Hand Very Any Not Fair Interesting Keep Present Position

If you present good government, then elections look after themselves. Jay Weatherill

Government Good You Look After Themselves Then Elections Present Good Government

We can go through our five senses in about a minute's time to become grounded in the present; and we can do this anytime we find ourselves in worry or speculation. Becoming grounded in our present makes us available to happiness. Jeff Kober

The opposite of speculation is to be present to the world simply as it is. Jeff Kober

World Simply Opposite Present Speculation

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light. Jen Lancaster

Best Myself Light Humor Writer Always Present

I don't think Roger Dodger is really about men. I think it is more about relationships and about how you present yourself, not only to the opposite sex, but to yourself. What lies are you going to tell yourself in order to get through the day? Jennifer Beals

Happy is the person who cherishes the precious lessons of the past and lives vigorously in the present. Jerome Hines

Happy Past Precious Person Who Lessons Lives Present

The very paradigm of revolution, of right versus wrong, good versus bad, is a relic with no bearing on the present. Yet artists, exhibitions, and curators valorize the sixties. People who wrote about these artists 30 years ago still write about them in the same ways, often for the same magazines. Jerry Saltz

Good People Revolution Ways Paradigm Relic Bad Magazines About Bearing Write Wrong Wrote Still Exhibitions Years Years Ago Versus Very Same Often Artists Sixties Them Who Right Present

I recently read a collection of stories called 'Boondock Kollage,' by Regina Bradley. The stories follow multiple characters through the South, through the past and present. I loved reading that book: the first time I read the opening story, I was breathless and incoherent. Jesmyn Ward

I see writing and acting as different parts of the same continuum. Writing is better for intense emotion. If you're very angry about something, you shouldn't present it as strongly when you're acting. But if you're really angry and writing about it, that's the best way to get it out and across. Jesse Eisenberg

Best Angry You Writing Better Way Out Best Way See About Strongly Something Emotion Parts Continuum Very Get Intense Same Different Really Across Different Parts Acting Present

I feel like I'd invested so much in the physical side of my life: running marathons - I brought a SEAL into my house - I have a trainer. But I've invested very little on the inner work, and in a world of distractions, I felt like to have the whole picture, I really had to spend a little time alone and work on being present. Jesse Itzler

Life Work Alone Time World My Life Picture Side Spend Distractions Running Physical Brought Invested Had Feel Like House Felt Very Trainer Being Little Much Really Seal Little Time Whole Present Inner

I used to live in New York, and I know a number of people who have friends who work at galleries. I spent time hanging out with them, going to openings. It was a good way to do research, to hang out and to look at the art that was present. Jesse Kellerman

Work Art Time Good People Research Live Way Spent Out Good Way New Openings Know Look Friends York Hang Going Hanging New York Them Galleries Used Who Present Number

'The Merchant of Venice' is a straightforward, clear story, while 'The Winter's Tale,' as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot. Jesse L. Martin

Winter Rule Plot General General Rule Merchant Clear Tale Venice Because Story While Straightforward Much Hard Present

Funny how defined we are by how we present ourselves to the world. Jessica Chastain

Funny World Defined Ourselves How Present

I'm English and love England. Whenever I'm there, I'm always seeing the present but feeling its past. Jez Butterworth

Love Feeling Past Seeing Always Whenever England English Present

Theories of history used to be supernatural: the divine ruled time; the hand of God, a special providence, lay behind the fall of each sparrow. If the present differed from the past, it was usually worse: supernatural theories of history tend to involve decline, a fall from grace, the loss of God's favor, corruption. Jill Lepore

God Time History Corruption Grace Fall Past Worse Ruled Favor Supernatural Lay Tend Divine Involve Loss Providence Hand Behind Decline Sparrow Used Theories Special Each Present

I personally developed the Academy training program. All our training is based on solid educational principles. We present the material in four training formats: lecture, demonstration, drill, and implementation. Jim Evans

Training Our Solid Drill Developed Implementation Academy Principles Material Demonstration Educational Lecture Formats Personally Based Four Present Program

I thank God tonight for freedom - those who bought and paid for it with their lives in the past - those who will protect it in the present and defend it in the future. Jim Gibbons

Future God Freedom Thank God Will Past Those Bought Protect Thank In The Past Paid Who Lives Present Defend Tonight

I like stories. I like to figure out how history ties to the present. Jim Nantz

History Out Like Ties How Stories Figure Present

'Phantom' was for me an interesting technique of telling the story. You have one voice that it is in the present telling what is happening, and then there's one voice from the past that's also driving the story forward. And you know that the two story lines will meet eventually. Jo Nesbo

Common sense as well as common values all lead us. Our future depends upon it and our present is going to be vastly better when we get back to these basics. Joan Blades

Future Better Values Sense Back Our Vastly Lead Well Get Going Common Depends Common Sense Common Values Us Present Basics

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