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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.
The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.
I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.
When I think of those who have influenced my life the most, I think not of the great but of the good.
Who would want to do a bad film? It's just that not all films work in my favour, and I'm fine with it.
In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.
It is assumed that the skeptic has no bias; whereas he has a very obvious bias in favour of skepticism.
Being trendy is dangerous. I've never been trendy, which is why I've never really fallen out of favour.
I tended to favour the piano over the guitar because it stays in one place, which is what I like to do.
I tend to favour films that have multiple plot and story lines, multiple characters and ensemble pieces.
One must never forget that life is unfair. But sometimes, with a bit of luck, this works in your favour.
I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care.
In a society rigged in favour of landlords over tenants, to rent privately is to be deprived of security.
To the inexperienced it is a pleasant thing to court the favour of the great; an experienced man fears it.
Anything I do, I learn about first. I am not in favour of improvisation; I believe in work and in learning
In Britain, polls show large majorities in favour of mansion taxes and higher taxes on the finance sector.
If the batsmen can give the bowlers a day and half of rest then that is going to work in the team's favour.
Demographers affirm that choosing to have a second child is already a potential choice in favour of a third.
I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.
I believe that there has to be an ideal and I favour an ethical anarchism which can be cohered into an ideal.
I'm in favour of a multi-polar world. I believe that every country has the right to defend its own interests.
Television is one of the most fickle businesses that there are, you are in favour one minute and out the next.
I'm not a good flyer. Because I do it so much, I think the odds of something going wrong are not in my favour.
I have made comments in favour of British people getting jobs over and above those from southern eastern Europe.
Casino games such as roulette, blackjack, baccarat, slot machines and so on, are stacked in favour of the house.
In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are.
Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.
Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.
Every woman goes through a lot of agony before she decides in favour of her own happiness or that of her children.
We have, in the E.U., a market rigged in favour of the rich and stacked against the poor, and I think that's wrong.
I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
Anyone who opposes methods to control the birth rate, is automatically voting in favour having the death rate go up.
I am very in favour of children having a nap after lunch because then they're not whiney and grizzly by six o'clock.
When Elizabeth II was crowned - the sixth female monarch since the Norman conquest - the world lit up in her favour.
I view everything in the context of Lord Krishna's will, and for me, it is fine if things go in my favour or against.
I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.
I was sad to leave 'Downton,' but I will always remember it fondly, as they did me a lot of favours. I owe them a lot.
An actor can never plan. You never know what can work in your favour or not and then maybe the whole dynamics can change.
If a favour is asked of you, grant it if you can. If not, refuse it in such a manner as that one denial may be sufficient.
You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.
I believe in diplomacy; I don't believe in talking to... that talking to Iran somehow constitutes a concession or a favour.
It's too easy to criticize a man when he's out of favour, and to make him shoulder the blame for everybody else's mistakes.
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last.
At the end of my life, I was told to vote for it for pensioners; I' m not in favour of means tests for pensioners or anybody.
Our objectives are socialist. That means an irreversible shift in the balance of power and wealth in favour of working people.
I'm in favour of more democracy - let the British public decide what the future of the monarchy is and what shape it should be.
Idiots are always in favour of inequality of income (their only chance of eminence), and the really great in favour of equality.
For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.
When I look at offers, I think about the entire package and how it is going to work in my favour or how it's going to project me.
Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come; make her laugh at that.