It was always about the future of writers, and about the way writers are treated in the future, and I think that was really hurtful to a lot of people in my position who had 160 people who depended on them to get this over with. So there was a lot of pain in it, and in that sense it will never be worth it, but I do think it was important.
Most people who want to get ahead do it backward. They think, 'I'll get a bigger job, then I'll learn how to be a leader. ' But showing leadership skill is how you get the bigger job in the first place. Leadership isn't a position, it's a process.
Those who are seeking ways to tap into the potential of e-mail will find themselves in a position to capitalize on the pending explosion in Internet usage.
If you would know the political and moral condition of a people, ask as to the position of its women.
I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level.
I'd like to believe that achieving a leadership position is all about competency, capability and ambition, so I try not to distinguish between the sexes when it comes to giving career advice.
Whether or not you liked George W. Bush, there was no doubt about what position he was going to take, and that's what endeared him to a significant segment of American society.
You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.
They are very good reasons why voice acting in games can be so terrible. Writers are in a great position to be able to bridge this gap.
I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position.
We have a conservative government that only thinks in terms of efficiency. They are spending a lot of money on military expenses and less and less on culture. My position is that culture can actually be economically viable. When I make a film, the film costs $3 million. Now, in Quebec, it grossed $3. 5 million, which is a small film. It's not a comedy. There are no stars in it. And, it still grosses $3. 5 million. That's just in Quebec.
The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
Coming up in the African-American culture, we were taught that we belonged to the universe and society was wrong in the way it dealt with us. We had to learn to express and affirm values not from the winning position.
It is only when human beings see themselves simply as human beings, no longer as gods, that they are in a position to perceive the wholly other nature of God.
It is a high patriotic duty that we support and sustain the men who have been placed in position of difficulty, burden, responsibility, and even danger as the result of our suffrages.
The moment we use the term 'help', a kind of egocentric idea enters into us. If we help someone, that means we are in a superior position. When we help, we feel that we are one step ahead or one step higher than the ones that we are helping. But if we serve someone, then we offer our capacity with humility, on the strength of our loving concern and oneness. So let us use the proper term, 'service'.
If anything she was a shade too plump, but she knew the ninety-seven ways of making love that the Hindus are supposed to set much store by―though mind you, it is all nonsense, for the seventy-fourth position turns out to be the same as the seventy-third, but with your fingers crossed.
I want to be in a position where I feel comfortable selling an idea.
Brian Eno developed systems to keep himself on edge and to keep himself in a position where he's generating ideas.
I think it's very important to know what you want to do next versus just leave it up to chance, really position yourself in the right footings to get to where you want to be.