#situations

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way. ↗

— Tom Waits

#almost #any #constant #constant state #create

My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force. ↗

— Lech Walesa

#complex #country #desire #dialogue #even

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#character #comedy #diversified #even #great

Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake. ↗

— J. Donald Walters

#friendship #getting #happiness #mere #more

In Iraq, embedding allows us to put reporters in situations that would otherwise be too dangerous for them. ↗

— Jim Walton

#dangerous #iraq #otherwise #put #reporters

All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#acutely #awfulness #character #conceive #earnestly

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. ↗

— Adam Weishaupt

#executed #exertions #government #greater #had

Families homeschool for different reasons, in unique situations, using a variety of methods. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

#different reasons #families #methods #reasons #situations

Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can. ↗

— Serena Williams

#champions #day #decided #get #helped

I fall in love every day. Not with people but with situations. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#every #every day #fall #i #love