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Last updated on November 6, 2024.
For example, Americans seem reluctant to take on Shakespeare because you don't think you're very good at it - which is rubbish. You're missing out here.
Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.
It often happens that a player is so fond of his advantageous position that he is reluctant to transpose to a winning endgame.
But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
There's a virtue,' Felix said, 'to listening to a reluctant storyteller. You know that he is in fact diving deep for the salvageable truth.
I was reluctant to start the company that would become Lytro, primarily due to my academic background.
Kate [DiCamillo] tends to be more reluctant about change. I convinced her to give it a try and she came over.
The reason why [the medical community] is reluctant to talk about it is because there's such a huge business in pharmaceuticals.
I was a reluctant convert, and I am by no means a zealot. But the evidence is compelling: to write off wind-power is either ill-informed or dishonest.
Everyone in daily life carries such a heavy mixed burden on his own conscience that he is reluctant to penalize those who have been caught.
...this is a hard world to be ludicrous in, with so many human beings so reluctant to laugh, so incapable of thought, so eager to believe and snarl and hate.
You tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.
It may sound corny, but what's wrong with wanting to fight for your country. Why are people reluctant to use the word patriotism?
Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves.
Almost all war making states borrow extensively, raise taxes, and seize the means of combat - including men - from reluctant citizens.
The Chinese are generally speaking much more reluctant than Westerners to killing as a means to the rescue of lives.
I believe that these extra-terrestrial vehicles and their crews are visiting this planet from other planets. Most astronauts were reluctant to discuss UFOs.
I was always a bit reluctant with anything like fame and the limelight and it didn't sit very well with me, although I love singing and writing.
The love of fame is a love that even the wisest of men are reluctant to forgo.
Learning is by nature curiosity... prying into everything, reluctant to leave anything, material or immaterial, unexplained.
We are reluctant to do these bigger acquisitions that are then integrated, especially if they are committed to a certain product that they want to build that we can't guarantee we will keep evolving.
How gracious are the gods in bestowing high positions; and how reluctant are they to insure them when given.
A list songwriters and producers are reluctant to give Kesha their songs because of her weight.
As much as I have done collaborations over the years, I am actually kind of a reluctant partner.
My parents were extremely reluctant. When my father was clearly dying, my mother refused to acknowledge it.
The ego relies on the familiar. It is reluctant to experience the unknown, which is they very essence of life.
I was reluctant to join Twitter. My biggest concern was, I don't want these thoughts that pop into my brain to be immediately broadcast. There's a danger in that. And also - who cares?
I suppose I am reluctant about being any sort of 'star' and I didn't particularly want to be portrayed as one.
We are reluctant to live outside tribal rules because we are afraid of getting kicked out of the tribe.
While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.
As a batsman, when you know a guy can hit you in the head, you're pretty reluctant to think about any other ball.
Have a similar outlook as a monarch. A ruler is not reluctant to come up short. Disappointment is an alternate steppingstone to significance.
The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.
Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.
Things happen in a way that surprises. That's why I'm reluctant to predict. You cannot predict.
If a Canadian novel hasn't been a box-office success, say, 'The Republic of Love,' then producers are reluctant to try again.
Inertia is comforting, and Americans will be extremely reluctant to make any change that might affect their high standard of living.
Since Gamergate, many women I know are reluctant to speak publicly on gender issues, because they fear - rightly - that they will be targeted and harassed.
As a writer, you should care about reluctant readers. You want these kids to feel like books are amazing and cool and that they're an escape.
Our ability to make a decision about the declaration is hampered by the British government being reluctant to give us the clarification which we require.
I have been a bit of a reluctant actress since the get-go, since the beginning of 'Lost.'
I was into writing and directing. I was a bit of a reluctant actor. I would always ask friends to shoot or direct their movies, but then they'd want me to be in them.
A soul that is reluctant to share does not as a rule have much of its own. Miserliness is here a symptom of meagerness.
So many, though reluctant to admit it. Shun clever men, and rather suffer fools.
The best criticism is the sort that tells you what you already know but had been reluctant to accuse yourself of.
People are very reluctant to talk about their private lives but then you go to the internet and they're much more open.
With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes.
Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels.
I was not reluctant to become a singer. Singing has been an activity I've done my whole life, without thought.
Have McNab take the edge if you need one. Can he handle bad cop?" "He does it really well during personal role-playing games when I'm the reluctant witness.
I neglected my health, and I was reluctant to have medical check-ups. It was a fundamental mistake for a revolutionary, to the Venezuelan people and the international public opinion.
Our temptation is to look eagerly for the minimum that will be accepted. We are in fact very like honest but reluctant taxpayers.
[Ted Denson] is sort of a reluctant leader. He didn't try to flex his influence. He's just eminently followable.
I think NBC got a little reluctant to get behind single-camera shows after 'Scrubs' didn't do what they thought it was going to do following 'Friends.'
Members of Congress are somewhat reluctant to tangle with a president who seems to have the backing of the American people.
In 1995, I was thrust into the role of reluctant, flag-waving feminist and emotionally-focused artist/advocate.
Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred.
The mind is reluctant to embrace deep change, and will play devious games to maintain the status quo.
Networks are reluctant to take a chance. They put on shows that they know will work on some level, but to get the innovative show, it's very difficult.
