There is no effort to acknowledge some equivalent accountability by associating "terrorism" with all violence that is deliberately aimed at civilians, either directly or as foreseeable effects of violent acts, whether the actor is a non-state individual or group or the state.
If the thought of lack -whether it be money, recognition, or love has become part of who you think you are, you will always experience lack. Rather than acknowledge the good that is already in your life, all you see is lack.
Much of life is about failure, whether we acknowledge it or not, and your destiny is profoundly shaped by how effectively you learn from and adapt to failure.
I have learned to acknowledge and appreciate the 98% that I have achieved instead of the 2% that I didn't.
I hadn’t seen any novel make the statement that entering the workforce was like entering the grave. That from then on, nothing happens and you have to pretend to be interested in your work. And, furthermore, that some people have a sex life and others don’t just because some are more attractive than others. I wanted to acknowledge that if people don’t have a sex life, it’s not for some moral reason, it’s just because they’re ugly. Once you’ve said it, it sounds obvious, but I wanted to say it.
Always acknowledge your position in the food chain. . . They eat because you grow the food.
We are storytelling animals, and cannot bear to acknowledge the ordinariness of our daily lives.
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; Yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; Yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
We understand and acknowledge that the Resurrection has placed a glorious crown upon all of Christ's sufferings!
Sometimes on the basketball court or on the football field, you enter this place called 'The Zone. ' You're not supposed to acknowledge when you're in 'The Zone,' but when you are, you simply cannot be stopped.
There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives
You can't change what you don't acknowledge.
Were I more conversant with literature and its great names, I could go on quoting them ad infinitum and acknowledge my debt for the merit you have been generous enough to find in my work
We're living in a time when the sheer amount of language has exponentially increased. As writers, if we wish to be contemporary, I think we need to acknowledge that the very nature of the materials that we're working with - the landscape of language - is very different than it was a few decades ago.
There's something undeniable about the posture of a person trying not to acknowledge your existance
Americans acknowledge that liberty is a gift of God, not an indulgence of government.
Confronting our feelings and giving them appropriate expression always takes strength, not weakness. It takes strength to acknowledge our anger, and sometimes more strength yet to curb the aggressive urges anger may bring and to channel them into nonviolent outlets. It takes strength to face our sadness and to grieve and to let our grief and our anger flow in tears when they need to. It takes strength to talk about our feelings and to reach out for help and comfort when we need it.
Everyone has motives. Let's acknowledge that and get on with the interesting part.
Pardoning Snowden would be a powerful way for the president to acknowledge that the government did wrong, kept us in the dark, acted unconstitutionally. And but for the actions of Edward Snowden, we would still be in a very dark place.
Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.