I don't THINK any PROFESSIONAL accepts DEFEAT.

I think self-criticism is SORT of a GIVEN when you're an actor. It's also about being CURIOUS and not being flippant. Anyone who accepts being in this noble PROFESSION is automatically self-critical.

A FELLA who accepts himself and is RELAXED into who he is - that APPEALS to PEOPLE.

I agree with Ru that it'll never be mainstream, because mainstream MEANS everybody knows it, everybody LOVES it, everybody accepts it. That's never gonna happen with drag, but it's definitely become more mainstreamed for people that never knew ANYTHING about it, being opened up to it as a form of ART.

I don't care to belong to a club that accepts PEOPLE like me as MEMBERS.

It's about TIME that SOCIETY accepts PEOPLE for who they are.

I'm not SOMEBODY who just accepts his SITUATION. I don't GIVE up EASILY.

Sometimes leaders slide from the role of freedom fighter into the presidency, which they MAY be unsuited for, but EVERYONE accepts it until they HIT the bump in the ROAD.

One MUST pass through the NETWORK of influence. One is obligated to be influenced, and one accepts this influence very naturally. From the start, one doesn't realize this. The FIRST thing to KNOW: one doesn't realize one is influenced. One thinks he is already liberated, and one is far from it!

If one accepts Hezbollah's self-description as a RESISTANCE movement, in which CASE one must, in light of the fact that Hezbollah never ceases to provoke, view ISRAEL's mere existence as a continuing ACT of aggression, then Hezbollah has indeed shown that it can initiate conflict, resist, and survive.

A SYSTEM of THOUGHT that accepts no inconsistencies is a frightful THING.

Northeastern conservatism is moderate, accepts the modern welfare state, and dislikes mixing religion with POLITICS. WESTERN conservatism is hawkish, hates government, and embraces individual FREEDOM. Southern conservatism is populist, draws on evangelical CHRISTIANITY, and plays upon racial resentments.

Society understands the ARCHITECTURE of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in DIFFERENT FIELDS, and the media accepts the IDEA of specialisations and accords greater respect to those with greater expertise. With one exception: CLIMATE science.