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A lot of times you see really good-looking guys on TV and you sort of assume that maybe there's some sort of vacuity behind them.
To be white in America is to assume, with total self-confidence and little afterthought, the personal ownership of public spaces.
For video clips, you can always assume that there is a creative component since you are literally dealing with production values.
It's the easiest thing in the world to assume that what seems so obvious at one moment in time is a hard, perpetual fact of life.
It slightly annoys me when people assume that I've never worked a day in my life. I've held many jobs, I've worked since I was 15.
I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about.
Don't assume your child is weak. If you, the parent, assume that they can't take anymore, what kind of signal are you sending them?
I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.
Because 9/11 was carried out by 19 foreign-born Arab hijackers, many assume that all terrorists who attack the West are foreigners.
As a number of people have stressed over the years, I think it would be premature to assume science itself will explain everything.
My naivety is to assume people will think there's compassion and solidarity in wanting to play someone even though we are not them.
During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker.
People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner.
It's so funny because people always think of me as being a little bit country or assume that I am from the South - I don't know why!
It's always so hard when people assume someone cheated or broke up a marriage, when the truth may actually be much more complicated.
I came from the NFL, so people didn't like that, or they just try to make assumptions, and I think when you assume, you look stupid.
The quality of artistry is the capacity to assume innocence at will, the quality of experiencing innocence as if for the first time.
The kind of films I do, people assume that I am not a fashionable person, but I am an urban girl, and I have always been fashionable.
You'd assume I was being bullied a tonne at school and it was horrible, but in reality, I really was getting bullied everywhere else.
People assume that actors working in films won't have the time to do theatre. But I make sure that whenever I'm free, I watch a play.
I have a Chicago personality, which means that just because I'm friends with one person, I don't assume I'm friends with his friends.
We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in.
The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour.
Never assume, no matter how strong the temptation, that other people are low-life lying manipulators without a shred of human decency.
I wasn't always confident; it took me awhile to kind of assume my role in fashion and feel attractive and be able to walk into a room.
With any modern relationship between a man and a woman, everyone - including their own friends - assume that they're going to hook up.
You can't always tell if someone's gay over Twitter, but when he's talking to you about 'Real Housewives,' it's probably OK to assume.
Partisanship is our great curse. We too readily assume that everything has two sides and that it is our duty to be on one or the other.
There is an unfortunate side effect of being a person of few words: Sometimes people will assume you are less intelligent than you are.
I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
If an organization values innovation, you can assume it's safe to speak up with new ideas, leaders will listen, and your voice matters.
I've studied martial arts, but of course I'm not anywhere near the level of my father. Still, people assume I'm a lethal weapon anyway!
Most people assume that my style is so outlandish and out there, but the reality is I like very classic pieces just rendered unusually.
Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?
People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
None of us is designed for the role we must assume in a revolutionary society, although Cubans had the privilege of Jose Marti's example.
It is a mistake to assume that everyone listens like you do: your listening is as unique as your fingerprints, and so is everyone else's.
I feel like people assume if a character is very different than you, that means it's difficult to get into their head or into their skin.
People assume that because I was brought up on Rolling Stones tours, and my father is who he is, I'm some kind of rock-and-roll bad girl.
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer.
I don't believe that I personally have been changed by the money. The bad thing is people assume you've changed because now you have money.
Sashi will assume the general counsel responsibilities formerly held by Paul Vance, who is leaving the franchise after 18 years of service.
Whenever you hear somebody else is auditioning for something, you sort of assume they're going to get it. You should try to just ignore it.
People assume that the smarter your home, the better your life, but in reality, technology so often gets in the way of leading a good life.
The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society - more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.
I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.
I never enjoyed being the star-man because as soon as you become the focal point of the team, you assume an extra burden of responsibility.
Most people assume that when you go to court and win your case that you are guaranteed to get your money. Sadly, this isn't always the case.