Often Hear Quotes
29 quotes by 28 authors
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We often hear that mathematics consists mainly of "proving theorems." Is a writer's job mainly that of "writing sentences?"
— Gian-Carlo Rota
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Evangelicalism is like my religious mother tongue. I revert to it whenever I’m angry or excited or surrounded by other people who understand what I’m…
— Rachel Held Evans
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We often hear Islamists declare, 'We love death as much as you people in the west love life.' Well, if we're going to now celebrate…
— Irshad Manji
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I don't pay attention to target audiences and therefore I often hear that I am a ratings killer, somebody who fundamentally doesn't care whether one…
— Alexander Kluge
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Potential does not always ensure success. The greatest players have not always been the most endowed. In athletics, we often hear the phrase, "He has…
— LaVell Edwards
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When you make the claim that something on the Internet is going to be good for democracy, you often [hear], 'Are you talking about the…
— Clay Shirky
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Everyone that I've talked to who's been to space has thoroughly enjoyed the experience, and what you often hear them say is: It was great,…
— Laurel Clark
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Although we often hear that data speak for themselves, their voices can be soft and sly
— Frederick Mosteller
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I often hear people say that a person suffering from Alzheimer's is not the person they knew. I wonder to myself - Who are they…
— Bob DeMarco
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We often hear the terms 'positional' and 'tactical' used as opposites. But this is as wrong as to consider a painting's composition unrelated to its…
— Samuel Reshevsky
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Among the aimless, unsuccessful or worthless, you often hear talk about 'killing time.' The man who is always killing time is really killing his own…
— Arthur Brisbane
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I see myself as quite feminine. But many people seem to think differently about that; sometimes people mistake me for a man. In Paris I…
— Saskia de Brauw
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If I were to envy any persons on this planet, it would be mountain hermits. You often hear old platitudes such as, 'Speak out. Be…
— Criss Jami
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You don't often hear people say, 'Oh, since he's been taking them drugs, he's such a nice person! He's really come out of his shell,…
— Jarvis Cocker
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In Germany, we often hear the absurd complaint that museums don't have the money to buy paintings. Of course, I'm not talking about me and…
— Georg Baselitz
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We often hear about stepping outside ourselves, but rarely about stepping outside our generation.
— Criss Jami
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We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.
— John Lubbock
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I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why…
— Benjamin Netanyahu
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I often hear people say that they read to escape reality, but I believe that what they’re really doing is reading to find reason for…
— Terry Goodkind
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In times of war, you often hear leaders—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim—saying, ‘God is on our side.’ But that isn’t true. In war, God is on…
— Greg Mortenson
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