I Preferred Quotes
65 I Preferred quotes by 62 unique authors
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Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.
— Winston Churchill
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I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than…
— Peter Abelard
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with…
— Ian Anderson
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Much as I admired the elegance of physical theories, which at that time geology wholly lacked, I preferred a life in the woods to one…
— John Tuzo Wilson
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In my first publication I might have claimed that I had come to the conclusion, as a result of serious study of the literature and…
— Alexander Fleming
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At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out…
— James Weldon Johnson
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Me? I was lost for long time. I didn’t make any friends for few years. You can say I made friends with two trees, two…
— Rabih Alameddine
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I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First…
— Shimon Peres
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If you're playing for five hours you don't want to score goals all the time and I loved dribbling. I could score a goal, but…
— Ronaldinho
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I preferred measuring deer tracks to tape - that I liked the wild liberty of the Red men better then the tyranny of my brothers.
— Sam Houston
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The farm was a great place to grow up, but I preferred the Hollywood Hills. My aunt looked like Lucille Ball and everything she touched…
— Sandra Lerner
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I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream.
— Chrissie Hynde
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I often thought men stank of rage; it is why I preferred women, and homosexuals.
— Harold Brodkey
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I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.
— Giulio Andreotti
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I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.
— Philip Emeagwali
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Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was…
— Amy Plum
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I preferred to read than talk with the others.
— Hannah Kent
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My mom said I was an escapist at heart.... that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one
— Amy Plum
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When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I…
— Paul Hirsch
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It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead.…
— Julian Barnes
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I started out pursuing an acting career out of college when I lived in Los Angeles. When I got an entry into broadcasting, I preferred…
— Eleanor Mondale
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I first came up with the idea for the colour-chart pictures back in 1966, and my preoccupation with the topic culminated in 1974 with a…
— Gerhard Richter
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I stupidly ignored education completely. I found it dull and I preferred to cause chaos and have fun. I regret this massively now.
— Dominic Cooper
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Once, in an interview with 'V' magazine, I said that I preferred Fitzgerald to Hemingway. I think that Hemingway is an amazing writer, but by…
— Dree Hemingway
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I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to all…
— Jacques Lipchitz
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