The creative individual has the capacity to free himself from the web of social pressures in which the rest of us are caught. He is capable of questioning the assumptions that the rest of us accept.
First ask yourself: What is the worst that can happen? Then prepare to accept it. Then proceed to improve on the worst.
How is it that you profess love for God but can't accept another human being?
The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
Christmas is, for those who wish to follow the way of Jesus, an invitation to accept into our comfortable and safe lives those who come to us from far away, who seem ragged, marginal, in transition.
It's a rare moment when we take a break from the tribulations of the daily rat race to reflect on assumptions and values that we casually accept as gospel.
During the campaign for re-election, Barack Obama at least made vague references to a willingness to accept $3 trillion of reduced spending in exchange for a $1 trillion dollar tax increase.
I sing to the realists; people who accept it like it is.
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
Everyone has to be receptive to the decisions of the ANC because that is the political center. You have got to accept the decisions, and you also have to accept the direction that you are given by the ANC.
I am delighted to accept the chairmanship of Vote Leave, to help ensure that the organisation is fully prepared for the start of the referendum campaign.
Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
My actions were intended solely to secure the repayment of funds, which I considered to be in the public interest, and I accept sole responsibility. I did not advise the prime minister of the means by which Sen. Duffy's expenses were repaid, either before or after the fact.
If I look like a six-pack replete warrior in 'Tanu Weds Manu,' viewers are not going accept me.
Mr. Obama said that he personally told Mr. Putin to knock it off and vows to retaliate. But the Obama presidency is coming to an end, and his successor still won't accept that Russia is guilty of tampering with U.S. elections.
I'm not philosophically opposed to raising the retirement age... I accept the fact that I may have to raise my retirement age for that.
We can all accept criticism of creative work, but to be publicly ridiculed for it is incredibly difficult to deal with.
I think I just knew in my head there was something special about 'My Church,' and getting to accept a Grammy for it was just proof that I made the right decision.
In the future, financial firms of any type whose failure would pose a systemic risk must accept especially close regulatory scrutiny of their risk-taking.
The thing about the South is we accept our history. We don't push it under the rug.
