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Esteem must be founded on preference: to hold everyone in high esteem is to esteem nothing.
I prefer to be remembered for what I have done for others, not what others have done for me.
I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.
As an artist, I will always give art more importance and preference than pure entertainment.
My only preference is to have a lot of variety and diversity in the material that I work on.
If I have a preference, I'd rather have a home-cooked meal than go out to the fanciest place.
Love has no nationality for me. I have a preference for dark skin but that's just superficial.
Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
And if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning.
People - whatever their race, religion, sexual preference - deserve to be treated as human beings.
A true gentleman doesn’t prefer blondes. A true gentleman doesn’t have any preferences whatsoever.
Certainly I had my preference, and I very much hoped that George W. Bush would be our next president.
There will come a time when very few will care about other people's sexual preference - or preferences.
When some drunken fool asked if she was a lesbian, she would say, 'In everything but sexual preference.
A poll will give you the most popular answer but not the answer that optimizes the preference of a group.
If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.
We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist.
When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.
I love to collaborate! That's totally my preference. And I feel like everything I do ends up being that way.
I would say there is no Prada woman. I'm interested in women in general. I don't have any kind of preference.
We will be a state that puts hardworking Georgians - no matter their ZIP code or political preference - first.
If you put a baseball and other toys in front of a baby, he'll pick up a baseball in preference to the others.
My preference is for people who come to rehearsal and get into the ring. I like a muscular actor who's playful.
In science, read by preference the newest works. In literature, read the oldest. The classics are always modern.
I choose the likely man in preference to the rich man; I want a man without money rather than money without a man.
Esteem must be founded on some sort of preference. Bestow it on everybody and it ceases to have any meaning at all.
Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves.
My family calls me Mitchell. But I have friends and teammates who call me Mitch, as well. I don't have a preference.
I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
To recognize that nature has neither a preference for our species nor a bias against it takes only a little courage.
I don't drink, and I don't smoke. It's a personal preference. My mom has never drunk or smoked. I look up to my mom.
When you put your preferences on the altar of your life and say: THIS. THIS is what compels me. The real you emerges.
Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.
In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
Michelle [Obama] never fully took to the scrutiny. I mean, she's thrived as a first lady, but it's not her preference.
Any religious organization should be allowed to hire based on their religious preference- but not with federal dollars.
Consuming less is the fastest way to eco-fashion redemption - particularly if your preference is for leather, not hemp.
What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.
Your being is real and it gets to have everything. It gets to have your preferences, your person, and all of your plans.
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
Prejudices and preferences exist and will continue to. When you learn how to market yourself, you become less of a victim.
Nature does not always conform to our predispositions and preferences, to what we deem comfortable and easy to understand.
Branding music as 'for the youth' is only an escapist tendency. Preference in music is only about restrictions of the mind.
Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
In terms of my religious preference, if a year goes by and I don't have a Seder or I don't light the menorah, I feel a loss.
My preference is for people who can do sketch comedy or situational comedy, where it's not a joke, but it's telling a story.
Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.
When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.
I am very troubled by the tendency to define introverts by what they lack. Introversion is a preference, not a fallback plan.