Overly Quotes
183 quotes by 175 authors
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All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what…
— Monique Truong
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Brian Walker and David Salt have written a thoughtful and powerful book to help resource users and managers put resilience thinking into practice and aim…
— Elinor Ostrom
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Analysts have always been overly optimistic.
— David Dreman
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As Latinas, we tend to be overly partial considering stereotypes. I'm interested in being naughty and edgy.
— Judy Reyes
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If we do not allow for a rhythm of rest in our overly busy lives, illness becomes our Sabbath— our pneumonia, our cancer, our heart…
— Wayne Muller
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Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggressive, competitive, or boastful. Good girls please others. But what good girls are…
— Susan Jane Gilman
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Don't be overly concerned about your heirs. Usually, unearned funds do them more harm than good.
— Gerald M. Loeb
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I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I try to simplify it.…
— Neko Case
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The tragedy of a species becoming unfit for life by over-evolving one ability is not confined to humankind. Thus it is thought, for instance, that…
— Peter Wessel Zapffe
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We all have a limited amount and that it's a privilege to grow old. That's something that I think a lot of people have forgotten…
— Laura Linney
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Women should not be penalized for being women. Equally, men should not be penalized for being men. I fear that in overly politically correct western…
— Robert Black
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Hope differs from optimism. Hope does not arise from being told to "think positively," or from hearing an overly rosy forecast. Hope, unlike optimism, is…
— Jerome Groopman
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I'm someone who can fall in love at the drop of the hat. My parents raised me to be very accepting of other people, so…
— Josh Hutcherson
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Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus.
— Robert Herjavec
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Be brave and clear. Follow your heart and don't be overly influenced by outside factors. Be true to yourself.
— Shirley Temple
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In a perfect world we don't want to be overly dependent on any single asset or be so dependent on the cycle or where one…
— James Packer
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I'm really interested in social justice, and if an artist has a certain power of being heard and voicing something important, it's right to do…
— Shirin Neshat
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When the poet's sentiments are overly visible, the audience may become uncomfortable. Japanese ritual is the opposite. By writing simply and only about what is…
— Naoto Fukasawa
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I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're…
— Amanda Bynes
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One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality.
— Michael O'Leary
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