Acceptable Quotes
528 quotes by 486 authors
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When I was heavier, I danced and I jumped out of planes. I've always rejected the idea that there's a certain look or size that…
— Kathy Najimy
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I had a great time investigating the pigments of different mutant fruit flies by following experimental protocols published in Scientific American, and I also remember…
— Paul Nurse
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...Jabotinsky insisted that all energies be expended to force the Congress to join the boycott movement. Nothing less than a 'merciless fight' would be acceptable,…
— Ze'ev Jabotinsky
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I think more things are becoming socially acceptable. I think that just by having more media, whether that's TV or Internet, we're able to see…
— Brie Larson
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The big ideas always come in flashes. I don't really craft stories that much. I genuinely don't know where these people come from, and I've…
— Taiye Selasi
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I do not yet know if I will find a Romney presidency more acceptable on foreign policy. But I do know that I must oppose…
— Rand Paul
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It's horrible how money and fame can make you acceptable while, if you're not famous or rich, you're not acceptable.
— Bruno Tonioli
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It is indeed acceptable practice to sometimes split an infinitive. If infinitive-splitting makes available just the shade of meaning you desire or if avoiding the…
— Richard Lederer
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It is not our business to make the message acceptable, but to make it available. We are not to see that they like it, but…
— Vance Havner
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I think, as written, 'Assassins' simply acknowledges the very human need to be acknowledged. As director, I've got to put aside any particular biases or…
— Joe Mantello
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Based on observations of the policies of my own government, I viewed this action as an acceptable option.
— Timothy McVeigh
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Whatever it is probably won't go away, so we might as well live and laugh through it. When we double over laughing, we're bending so…
— Barbara Johnson
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Lift up your hearts to Him, sometimes even at your meals, and when you are in company; the least little remembrance will always be acceptable…
— Brother Lawrence
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Prayer is always acceptable to God when dictated by the heart, for the intention is everything in his sight; and the prayer of the heart…
— Allan Kardec
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Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my mother has told me that it was fortunate…
— Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
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The select group of people who do make realistic cinema, who do make cinema perhaps a little more acceptable to the Western audience, is a…
— Amitabh Bachchan
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I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because…
— Jan Brewer
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like…
— Lake Bell
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Even the National Bank of Romania doesn't have the huge resources needed to intervene in the market and keep the leu at an acceptable level,…
— Traian Basescu
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I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as…
— Ana Castillo
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