Acceptable Quotes
528 quotes by 486 authors
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His voice was soft and sweet as molasses; but my mother once told me that you had to trust that the first thing out of…
— Patricia Briggs
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The will of God is sweet tonight, altogether ‘good and acceptable and perfect.’ The considerate love of the Lord Jesus for us seems such a…
— Jim Elliot
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The will of God is always a bigger thing than we bargain for, but we must believe that whatever it involves, it is good, acceptable…
— Jim Elliot
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does a society exist where it's become acceptable to wear 'helmets' enclosing one's entire head when in public to preempt social interaction
— Tao Lin
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She doesn’t know,†Cate said. “Kellen is a secret. I didn’t think my mother would approve.†“Why wouldn’t your mother approve?†Pugg asked. “It’s my…
— Janet Evanovich
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He'll be delivered from madness. What then? He'll feel himself acceptable! What then? Do you think feelings like his can be simply re-attached, like plasters?…
— Peter Shaffer
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Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.
— Michael Jordan
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Maybe if I didn't say anything about what happened, we could get back to the way we were. Ignoring a problem was a perfectly acceptable…
— Kim Harrison
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So after E, it’s A for ‘Acceptable,’ and that’s the last pass grade, isn’t it?†“Yep,†said Fred, dunking an entire roll in his soup,…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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... in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level…
— Judith Lewis Herman
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The only words I'll allow from your mouth are, 'Oh, Gareth,' and 'Yes, Gareth.'" "What about 'More, Gareth'?" "He almost kept a straith face. "That…
— Julia Quinn
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He had learned from experience that what he succeeded in putting down on paper was only ever a pale reflection of what he had imagined,…
— Félix J. Palma
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So what are you suggesting?" Grandfather asked. "We find a more acceptable group of people, then bring the Sacrifice to them? How do you propose…
— Hilary Duff
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There,†she said triumphantly. “Like that.†He began to wonder if they were speaking the same language. “Like what?†“That! What you just said.†He…
— Julia Quinn
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The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the…
— Andrei Tarkovsky
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The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that…
— Noam Chomsky
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Being vegan is easy. Are there social pressures that encourage you to continue to eat, wear, and use animal products? Of course there are. But…
— Gary L. Francione
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I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.
— Alastair Reynolds
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Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were all but unaffordable,…
— Jasper Fforde
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The root of all virtue and grace, of all faith and acceptable worship, is that we know that we have nothing but what we receive,…
— Andrew Murray
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