Listen to the criticisms and preferences of your trusted "first readers". — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
Every library is a library of preferences, and every chosen category implies an exclusion. — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Truth-tellers are not always palatable. There is a preference for candy bars. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles. — John B. S. Haldane Copy Share Image
“I never had any preference for her, any more than I have a preference for breathing.” — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Our preferences for stability and security blind us to the opportunities for adventure when they present themselves. — Alan Hirsch Copy Share Image
My preference for clear structures is the result of my desire - perhaps illusory - to keep track of things and maintain… — Andreas Gursky Copy Share Image
No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not… — Gamaliel Bailey Copy Share Image
Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a… — Peter Thiel Copy Share Image
Men prefer the false due to habit, passion, will. Preference for truth is rare. Men are ruled by their fear of truth. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
We've moved away from being a culture of people who think about movies to one made up of people who believe that… — Stephanie Zacharek Copy Share Image
Whether you're a libertarian liberal or a more egalitarian liberal, the idea is that justice means being non-judgmental with respect to the… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image
We will never find joy in church membership when we are constantly seeking things our way. But paradoxically, we will find the… — Thom S. Rainer Copy Share Image
To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
By patriotism is meant, not only spontaneous, instinctive love for one's own nation, and preference for it above all other nations, but… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I am so territorial, that [from the start] I just felt like whatever I was gonna do I was gonna write it… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
What's more important is that we talk about movements; change happens through movements. The movement to end slavery, the movement to bring… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
Introverts prefer introversion; we tend to gain energy by reflecting and expend energy when interacting. Extroverts have the opposite preference; they tend… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Our souls yearn for connection with all souls. There are people we think we prefer and others we don’t, but half the… — Alexandra Katehakis Copy Share Image
Family farmers are victims of public policy that gives preference to feeding animals over feeding people. This has encouraged the cheap grain… — Howard Lyman Copy Share Image
It is a truism, of course, that in "democratic" states the populace must be encouraged to imagine that it makes important decisions… — Revilo P. Oliver Copy Share Image
The only difference between causation and the value is that the word "cause" implies absolute certainty whereas the implied meaning of "value"… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
To eat in a monastery refectory is an exercise in humility; daily, one is reminded to put communal necessity before individual preference.… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“[Photography] allows me to accede to an infra-knowledge; it supplies me with a collection of partial objects and can flatter a certain… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
I had thought joy to be rather synonymous with happiness, but it seems now to be far less vulnerable than happiness. Joy… — Rachel Naomi Remen Copy Share Image
Some people measure the worth of good actions only by their natural qualities or their difficulty, giving the preference solely to what… — Jean-Pierre Camus Copy Share Image
There is a connection between environment and stress on both ends, with excessive clutter and excessive attention to detail both holding the… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
The love of novels is the preference of sentiment to the senses. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I express preference for a chronological sequence of events which precludes a violence. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
My strong preference has always been to legislate when I can get legislation done. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Remember that a very good sardine is always preferable to a not that good lobster. — Ferran Adria Copy Share Image
Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“Not my place to give you hell over your preference. Tits are awesome, but whatever.” — Kele Moon Copy Share Image
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