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It is what it is. It, meaning terrorism. Terrorism is what it is.
Sep 10, 2025
The ultimate freedom depends on knowing the ultimate Truth. Truth is not what people say it is, it is what it is. And Truth, quite remarkably, sets one free, just like philosophers have said down the ages.
I'm not mad at anybody. I'm not being forced out. It is what it is. I have no reason to lie.
When you go out to Hollywood, it's like, "Here's the book. It is what it is. It'll always stay the same."
It is what it is. But you have the power to turn it into an isn't so bad.
We need to realize that the economic situation between Mexico and the United States is not just one in which we trade with one another. We make things together. We have shared production platforms. Cross-border trade is part of a single production process, and while apparently the Trump administration will seek to re-examine elements of that production platform, it is what it is and won't be easily dismantled.
I dropped out of college, started playing music. I was going to do what I was going to do and it is what it is.
I believe for freedom. I believe that people should express themselves the way they want, except as it does in the way that's not nice, but it is what it is.
It's not necessarily what a family is typically supposed to look like. But it is what it is. It's about a connection and bond that everyone can identify with.
The roster that we have today may change tomorrow. It is what it is for right now.
Beauty is not the cause of something, it is what it is.
Your truth really can't be twisted. It is what it is. That doesn't mean that a person can't develop and change and reinterpret their life.
The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged, it is what it is.
A lily or a rose never pretends, and its beauty is that it is what it is.
I'm in a position to work on good things. I've worked on shitty projects, in the past. But, it is what it is. I'm just taking it as it comes.
It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about.
It is what it is. You are what you it. There are no mistakes.
Truth is not what you want it to be; it is what it is, and you must bend to its power or live a lie.
It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delivered.
It is what it is, it is what you make it.
It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope.
It is what it is. Either walk on, or accept.
It is what it is. But, it will be what you make it.
I understand that my son loves me and I love him, and everything just really got blown out of proportion, and I'm OK with that. I'm still here. My son is around me all the time. At the end of the day he still loves me and I love him, so it is what it is.
I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's the football going? How's training going?' But it is what it is. And I just wish you guys would see me as Michael Sam the football player instead of Michael Sam the gay football player.
You can never really justify wages in the entertainment business, but it is what it is.
People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
Generally the reason they fail in the job is, you made some mistake in the hiring process in that you didn't match... them to the needs of your company accurately enough. That's the #1 reason this fails. And that's generally a good place to start: Here's where we are and here's what I didn't recognize about us and about you when I made the decision, and now it is what it is.
One of the illusions of life is that the present hour is not the critical, decisive one.
The image is not a medium for which we have to find the proper use. It is what it is and it is beyond all our moral considerations. It is by its essence immoral, and the world's becoming-image is an immoral process.
I think the promise of fame and what it holds to you as a child and dreaming of it is not what it is. What it is, I'm not complaining about, but it's just different than the reality you dreamed.
They're {Marvel] the ones who have went out and bought the comic book whenever it came out. They're the real investors. They serve them. Having a chance to be part of that Marvel Universe is just - well, it is what it is. It's just fantastic.
We haven't been on the same page in years. It is what it is. Sometimes that match burns out. So, no, I don't feel bad about it. It's good. I'm grateful for everything we have done throughout our careers and if there's nothing else to put out, then there's nothing to put out. I'm constantly writing and working. It doesn't stop there.
I bow to all the seekers of truth. At the very outset, I have to say that truth is what it is. We cannot change it, we cannot transform it. We cannot compromise with it. It is what it is, it has been what it has been, and it will be what it has been. So it doesn't change. What is needed is that we have to change. So, what is the truth? Truth is that you are not this body, this mind; you are not these emotions, intellect or conditionings. Nor you are ego. So what are you ? You are the pure Spirit.
I learned that you really don't have any control as a writer. Waah, waah, waah. Big deal. Unless you're the director on the movie, or putting up the money for the movie, you really don't have a lot of control. As someone who's just writing scripts, you just kind of have to shrug. I have no problems or issues with screenwriting in general. It is what it is.
Everything's viewed with a political lens in Washington, and that's just the nature of the beast, and it is what it is.
Everybody gets all worked up about trash talk but it is what it is - it's talk... You ask any player, honestly, if trash talk's gonna affect how hard they play, because if a little trash talk affects how hard they can play, it just lets us know that they were holding back or weren't playing harder or as hard as they could.
All my friends seem to be smart arses. Don't ask me why. Like many things, it is what it is.
No matter how much proponents of 'intelligent design' try to clothe their views in the apparel of science, it is what it is: religion. Whose intelligence? Whose design?
When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is.
All the best bands have a language, and what they say within that language makes it is what it is.
Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.