Assuming Quotes

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I consider it an extremely dangerous doctrine, because the more likely we are to assume that the solution comes from the outside, the less likely… — Carl Sagan
In short, Europeâ€™s colonization of Africa had nothing to do with differences between European and African peoples themselves, as white racists assume. Rather, it was… — Jared Diamond
She, too, had worn a mask in assuming a contempt for him, whilst, as a matter of fact, she completely misunderstood him — Baroness Orczy
in addition to the conditions under which life is given to man on earth, and partly out of them, men constantly create their own, self-made… — Hannah Arendt
What is perceptible to oneâ€™s mistrust is the cut-and-dried way that life is divided up and the ready-made form it assumes, the ever-recurring sameness of… — Robert Musil
I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them… — Anne Lamott
Everyone has a moment in history which belongs particularly to him. It is the moment when his emotions achieve their most powerful sway over him,… — John Knowles
The most spiritual human beings, assuming they are the most courageous, also experience by far the most painful tragedies: but it is precisely for this… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think all happiness depends on the energy to assume the mask of some other life, on a re-birth as something not one's self. — William Butler Yeats
It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in… — Ian Mcewan
Every individual has to assume responsibility for his or her own actions, even the poor and the young. A social system that decrees otherwise is… — Tom Robbins
I have a history of making decisions very quickly about men. I have always fallen in love fast and without measuring risks. I have a… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat, Of habits devil, is angel yet in this, That… — William Shakespeare
if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our… — John Stuart Mill
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living… — Trevanian
As you sow in your subconscious mind, so shall you reap in your body and environment. Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be… — Jane Roberts
We must assume every event has significance and contains a message that pertains to our questions...this especially applies to what we used to call bad… — James Redfield
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it;… — Flannery O'Connor
When someone tells you theyâ€™ve just bought a house, they might as well tell you they no longer have a personality. You can immediately assume… — Douglas Coupland
One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me;… — Wilma Mankiller

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