Generally Quotes

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One doesn't generally look into mirrors when one is especially angry; one has better things to do, like pace the floor or throw things. — Robin McKinley
In the past the need for a hierarchal form of society has been the doctrine specifically of the High. It had been preached by kings… — George Orwell
We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation. — Jim Rohn
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment for any book. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You get a good review, and itâ€™s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally… — Alexandra Bracken
Patriotism, red hot, is compatible with the existence of a neglect of national interests, a dishonesty, a cold indifference to the suffering of millions. Patriotism… — Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I knew immediately that this was not going to work out. Hunter is the kind of guy who dates women who wear high heels and… — Lisa Lutz
The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is… — Karl Marx
It is quite easy to see why a legend is treated, and ought to be treated, more respectfully than a book of history. The legend… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages."… — E. Lockhart
It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted. — E. M. Forster
I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt… — E. Lockhart
In some ways, I donâ€™t feel as if I had a choice. Looking back at my childhood, even before I could read and write, I… — Shannon Hale
That's something that tends to happen with new technologies generally: The most interesting applications turn up on a battlefield, or in a gallery. — William Gibson
I generally find subtlety a waste of time. — Cindy Gerard
But it was only hot outside, and generally I only walked outside between one air-conditioned place to another. — John Green
Iâ€™d like to know more about this undercover agent who posed as my daughterâ€™s date. The ubiquitous Tall, Dark, and Smoldering.' Nick put on his… — Julie James
Every one knew he could foretell wars and famines, though that was not so hard, for there was always a war, and generally a famine… — Mark Twain
Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure. — Fanny Burney
I believe it was the great ogre philosopher Gary who observed that complexity is, generally speaking, an illusion of conscious desire. All things exist in… — A. Lee Martinez

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