#admitting

There is a tendency to seek an objective account of everything before admitting its reality. ↗

— Thomas Nagel

#admitting #before #everything #objective #reality

I would never take part in one of those Eighties nostalgia tours, although I've been asked many times, because it's like admitting you have nothing new to offer. As long as I can keep making music I'm happy with, and people want to come to my gigs to hear it, I'll carry on. ↗

— Gary Numan

#although #asked #because #been #carry

You told me to tell the truth, and this is exactly why I didn’t want to. You want me to think I’m selfish.” “I want you to own your thoughts and actions, and not be afraid of them. Accepting your limitations is every bit as important as embracing your strengths. ↗

— Dawn Jayne

#courage #thoughts-and-actions #courage

I mean, I haven't been around very long. I can't expect everyone to have seen 'The House Bunny'. Oh God. I am having such waves of internal embarrassment, which now I'm admitting on a tape recorder. This is so one of the things I should keep in my head. ↗

— Emma Stone

#am #around #been #bunny #embarrassment

Admitting, however, for the sake of argument, that I am prime and sole minister in this country, am I, therefore, prime and sole minister of all Europe? Am I answerable for the conduct of other countries as well as for that of my own? ↗

— Robert Walpole

#am #answerable #argument #conduct #countries

The only tough thing is admitting to my wife how much a certain article of clothing costs. ↗

— Taye Diggs

#article #certain #clothing #costs #how

I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. ↗

— Ira Glass

#around #go #i #radio #speak

The scene was attempted a second time, up on top of the fort, and cameras didn't even roll. Michael, though he wasn't admitting it, wasn't sure how to shoot the scene. ↗

— Madeleine Stowe

#attempted #cameras #even #fort #how

Admitting weakness seems to be such a severe psychic threat for Bush that when he makes a mistake it's safer just to reinforce it. The strategy creates a perverse system of rewards and punishments. ↗

— Tina Brown

#bush #creates #just #makes #mistake

Singing is a form of admitting that I'm alive. ↗

— Alfredo Kraus

#alive #form #i #singing