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The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives.
I might be a touch of a sadist and a little bit jejune... but at least I'm not a victim, not any longer. I hope. I hope, therefore I am.
I would never filibuster any President’s judicial nominee, period. I might vote against them, but I will always see they came to a vote.
The desire that is satisfied is not a great desire, nor has the shoulder used all its might that an unbreakable gate has never strained.
I think the acquisition of consumers might be on the verge of being mapped. The battlefield is going to be retention and lifetime value.
I might lose because I wasn't tall enough; I might lose because I wasn't fast enough. But I wasn't going to lose because I wasn't ready.
I just like to play anything that's competitive. If I'm not competing against somebody, then I might as well play something I can enjoy.
One of the first things which a physician says to his patient is, ~Let me see your tongue.~ A spiritual advisor might often do the same.
We might question God's actions, decisions, or declarations. But we can never, ever question his zany, stunning, unquenchable affection.
I was so grateful that Lemony Snicket wasn't the worst movie ever made that I overlooked many things that might have otherwise upset me.
If you aren't focused on what's right here in front of you, if you're daydreaming about what might be, you really aren't focused at all.
Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?
Some people will like me and some won't. So I might as well be myself, and then at least I'll know that the people who like me, like me.
One might accept death reasoningly, with every aspect of the conscious mind, but the body was a brute beast that knew nothing of reason.
I never thought there might be one like you out there. Unaware, untrained. Unbelievable. You have no idea what you are, do you?” “Crazy?
O! that a man might know The end of this day's business, ere it come; But it sufficeth that the day will end, And then the end is known.
One of the earliest lessons I learned as a child was that if you looked away from something, it might not be there when you looked back.
These predators loved with wild fury, but they were also darkly possessive, crossing the boundary into what humans might term obsession.
They were never scared of the kids who might die, or the empty spaces they would leave behind. They were afraid of us-the ones who lived.
Children are like a mirror. They help you see yourself and all the flaws that you and your partner might have avoided looking at earlier.
The God worth worshipping is the one who pays us the compliment of self - regulation, and we might return it by minding our own business.
I got to try things that I might've been uncomfortable doing if I had been in a larger setting with a studio and producers looking at me.
Slavery is theft - theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne.
He who has money, lives long: he who has authority, can do no wrong: he who has might, establishes right. Such is history! Ecce historia!
Photographers represented occasions once. You dressed for them as you might for church; they cost money, they recorded important moments.
There might be a fact of the greatest significance reported by Thucydides which will only be recognized as such a hundred years from now.
She looks like the type that might freak out. It's something in the eyes, Frannie. It says if you shoot my sacred cows, I'll shoot yours.
You just have to realize that no matter how delectable that meal looks, there's a chance that you might not get to eat it while it's hot.
If faculty would relax their emphasis on grades, this might serve not to lower standards but to encourage an orientation toward learning.
Bluntly put, there's no chance that your doctor, dentist, or attorney is a high-school dropout. Your stockbroker, however, just might be.
What any true painting touches is an absence - an absence of which without the painting, we might be unaware. And that would be our loss.
Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it.
He was, she reflected, almost rudely like a tortoise; and she was glad her friend kept none as pets or they might have suspected mockery.
I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.
Don't discount the power of your words. The thought that they might cause unnecessary hurt or discomfort should inform every conversation.
Novels tell us the most truth about life: what it is, how we live it, what it might be for, how we enjoy and value it, and how we lose it.
The same fact that Boccaccio offers in support of religion might be adduced in behalf of a republic: "It exists in spite of its ministers.
We mapped out the whole movie, and then worked backwards from that to do these shows. It might not be a movie. It might be something else.
I think it's quite difficult to understand what kind of life a writer leads. They might be millionaires, or they might be starving people.
Why wouldn't you write to escape yourself as much as you might write to express yourself? It's far more interesting to write about others.
I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.
I understand that people might be poor if they don't have any work, but I don't accept that someone is poor if they've worked really hard.
I wish... I wish he wasn't quite so ashamed of me. And if he could stop feeling so ashamed of himself, then maybe we might stand a chance.
I'm not afraid of taking big shots and things like that. It's a 50-50 chance. It might go in, it might not, but I'm not scared to take it.
For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.
Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.
Leave each one his touch of folly; it helps to lighten life's burden which, if he could see himself as he is, might be too heavy to carry.
Don't aim too high, but set yourself a goal which is a little bit out of your reach. You might achieve it and then you can set a new goal.
I've never wanted to be anything but a gymnast. Maybe it is dangerous-but when you start thinking about danger, you might as well give up.
I've spent much of my life being attuned to watching for an image or a phrase that can trigger what might be a poem - could become a poem.