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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
You can never overlook a guy.
Winning, you can overlook so many things.
You can't overlook anybody in this sport.
You can sometimes get the big head and overlook things.
See everything, overlook a great deal, correct a little.
What I cannot love, I overlook. Is that real friendship?
People can overlook any shortcoming, but they will not tolerate arrogance.
The people who would call me an obstructionist overlook some inconvenient facts.
It's very easy for people to overlook how important a good goalkeeper is in a team.
Maybe people overlook me because of the way I talk or the way I look. I don't know.
When you love somebody, or something, it's amazing how willing you are to overlook the flaws.
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct.
Women do so much aesthetically to attract men that they sometimes overlook the simple things, like cooking.
The function of parliament is to hold the executive to account. We should never overlook the primacy of parliament.
I'll always learn something new, usually the small things that people overlook, those small nuances that can make you great.
I am someone who doesn't pay so much attention to how I am looking. I get so involved in what I am doing, so I overlook that.
Most companies overlook the most basic of all training functions: the onboarding of new employees into their corporate culture.
As women, we always crave for family and a loving partner and in our quest to find that happy space we overlook a lot of things.
After all, one knows one's weak points so well, that it's rather bewildering to have the critics overlook them and invent others.
God chooses to arrive among the poor and the insignificant and the politically awkward, so what are we missing when we overlook them?
Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.
The World Cup is like the Overlook Hotel: the identities of individual meat puppets might change, but the structure continues endlessly.
It's not easy to make the playoffs, and I think a lot of people overlook that. They think it's a piece of cake, but it's definitely not.
Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities.
Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together.
The most interesting lessons often lie in the mundane - those aspects of everyday life that locals take for granted and tourists tend to overlook.
It's important for me to just be myself - in fashion. A lot of people overlook that side of me because they're scared of it, but that's just who I am.
I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the political motifs we encounter in forms of religious fanaticism.
People's ability to forget what they do not want to know, to overlook what is before their eyes, was seldom put to the test better than in Germany at that time.
You don't want to take the world over with a whole hamper full of dirty clothes. That's the main thing people overlook. And take a shower, take a bath every day.
I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.
Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.
I think anytime you have expectations for your team and for yourself and you have goals that you want to accomplish you can't overlook the small stuff and the baby steps.
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
Romantic love is a trap designed to get two people to overlook each other's faults long enough to get some babymaking done. It generally only lasts for a few years at most.
Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.
Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.
A major one which no one can overlook is technological and based on inventions and discoveries which have altered the whole basis of production and deeply affected social relations.
If Yucca Mountain had not been designated as a dumpsite for radioactive waste in 1987, it might easily have become a scenic overlook on the long drive between Tonopah and Las Vegas.
My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.
I think there is this whole part of America that people overlook. I think they know it's there, but they tend to overlook it, become ignorant to it, and refuse to see it for what it is.
One tends to overlook the fact that all during the 30's and actually during the late 40's I was a highly successful writer and a great many properties accumulated during that period of time.
The secret story is the one we'll never know, although we're living it from day to day, thinking we're alive, thinking we've got it all under control and the stuff we overlook doesn't matter.
I really was a fan of his and always have been - his writing especially, you know? I think people a lot of times overlook that part, because he kind of got into that party character so heavy.
The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
Considerations of plot do a great deal of heavy lifting when it comes to long-form narrative - readers will overlook the most ham-fisted prose if only a writer can make them long to know what happens next.
