I think the Russians are trying to figure out what to do. I don't think they know what to do with our president Donald Trump. I don't think they know what to do with the situation. They've been isolated when it comes to Syria and they're trying to figure out what their place in the world is going to be.
I knew being accepted was going to be hard, but I knew I was involved in a situation that was going to bring opportunities to other blacks.
It's not about having luck; it's about putting yourself in a position of luck. Meaning, get into a situation where you are with like-minded people who are just as passionate about something as you are, and then work really, really hard.
When you find yourself in a new situation, everything that requires healing is going to rush to the surface.
I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.
We just lost our electricity. You want to tell me what’s so funny about that?” “It’s not exactly funny. It’s more of a good newsbad news situation. ” “In that case, hit me with the good news first. ” “They’re both sort of rolled up into one. ” “Stop stalling. ” “All right. Now don’t get mad, but. . . ” Smothered laughter drifted toward him. “Cal. . . I’m naked.
For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
But most of all, what really attracted me to her was her manner. She laughed a lot, and it's easy to fall for someone who can find humor in any situation. She was also intelligent, well read, and well spoken, willing to listen and confident in her beliefs. And most of all, she was warm.
Theoretically, the human is supposed to be the smart one. Well, if we are, then we need to be able to adjust to fit the situation rather than just think "Well this is how you work with horses. I've done this on 500 just like you. "
I have found, without a doubt, that when I manage to get outside myself and not make myself the center, I'm always taken care of in whatever situation I'm in, even if I'm slow to recognize it. It's counterintuitive thinking on some level and not consistently easy to do.
That's just my disposition - to create a situation where you have to come up with something.
The body can do amazing things in a situation when it is really called for.
The capitalist can only make a whole people go to war. . . by capturing the popular will. The only prophylactic against that situation is to make the public aware of the way in which it is being misled.
Listen, Harriet. I do unterstand. I know you don't want either to give or to take. . . You don't want ever again to have to depend for happiness on another person. " "That's true. That's the truest thing you ever said. " "All right. I can respect that. Only you've got to play the game. Don't force an emotional situation and then blame me for it. " "But I don't want any situation. I want to be left in peace.
But, right now, the situation is that almost all of my writing is out of print.
I don't know what the future holds. It seems to be going in a really bad, bad place really quickly, and I don't have the answers and I don't have the solutions and I don't know what's gonna happen to change it. But the continued apathy will only lead to a worse situation for everybody.
We certainly have at present the dismal situation that the most imaginative men are directed by a group, the top managers, who are among the least.
Hopeless situations are never hopeless to God.
I think that if you're serving yourself before you're serving a story then that's where you end up being not funny. It's not about being funny, it's about telling a story and then the comedy comes out of the situation, I think.
I find myself in situations a lot where I have to say to someone, "This can be better," and it's hard to say that.