Assuming Quotes

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People assume that 'The Expendables' is old school, but it's only old school because that's the way I know how to make an action film.… — Sylvester Stallone
It's incorrect to assume you can be a fashion editor because you blog, if you don't have experience to look at fashion in a professional… — Andre Leon Talley
We assume that good-looking people are smarter and more effective than they really are, and that homely people are the reverse. — James Surowiecki
We know we cannot underestimate the importance of emergency planning in our region, nor can we assume we'll have ample warning time. If an earthquake… — Ellen Tauscher
Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand. — Kristin Scott Thomas
War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of… — Leo Tolstoy
We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. — Gabrielle Union
Do you not see with your own eyes the chrysalis fact assume by degrees the wings of fiction? — Alfred de Vigny
Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents. — Wendy Wasserstein
Liberals worry that what's best for the individual might not be better for the public at large. But that philosophy assumes something vicious about each… — Allen West
I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat. — Elwyn Brooks White
People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play… — Olivia Wilde
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But… — Olivia Wilde
I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party… — James Wolcott
This is an important book, the critic assumes, because it deals with war. This is an insignificant book because it deals with the feelings of… — Virginia Woolf
I have always said that human beings are multidimensional beings. Their happiness comes from many sources, not, as our current economic framework assumes, just from… — Muhammad Yunus
A responsible choice is a choice that creates consequences that you are willing to assume responsibility for. — Gary Zukav
True respect means taking other people's beliefs seriously and assuming they are adult and intelligent enough to be able to cope with it if you… — Julian Baggini
Nowadays, most women just assume they have a right to be in the workplace, and any kind of discrimination they suffer is sort of more… — Romola Garai
Like most modern Americans, I assume individuality is not only a fundamental value, but a goal in life, an art form. — Howard Rheingold

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