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Winning Nobel imposed on me a lifestyle to which I am not used and which I would not have preferred. — Naguib Mahfouz
Uncle Scrooge preferred to let the poor die "and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge may not have had God on his side, but his arithmetic… — Roger Rosenblatt
To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and… — T. Boone Pickens
I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather than sending to… — Camille Claudel
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
I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium. — Mackenzie Crook
Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer. — Judd Apatow
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
(On being asked if he preferred to be a rock god or sex god) I am neither. My favourite role is father. — Lenny Kravitz
Neocons do not feel that kind of alarm or anxiety about the growth of the state in the past century, seeing it as natural, indeed… — Irving Kristol
I have no preferred team, but everyone wants to go No. 1 in the draft. Even the guy who gets picked last in the draft… — Robert Griffin III
When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means… — Henry David Thoreau
Society has been able to create refuges of every sort, for since it preferred to take love-life as an amusement, it also had to give… — Rainer Maria Rilke
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred… — Henri Matisse
I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf — Tug McGraw
Being a celebrity made me so uncomfortable that I would have preferred standing behind the amplifiers. — Linda Ronstadt
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
Only my current situation has enabled me to accomplish the expensive task of demonstrating that the preferred sustenance of painting is painting. — Asger Jorn
Billions of dollars have been lost to the Negro race within the last fifty years through disloyalty on the part of successful Negroes, who have… — Marcus Garvey
I know not whether, in the eyes of the world, a brilliant death is not preferred to an obscure life of rectitude. Most men are… — Davy Crockett
We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. — Crazy Horse
... I gave as an offering my all to Him Who had won me and saved me, my property, my fame, my health, my very… — Gregory of Nazianzus
I loved being on the other side of the camera and interacting with the crew. When you are an actor, you have to stay inside… — Angelina Jolie
You get funky things in Goa, so I like shopping there. Paris and Milan are also my preferred shopping destinations. — Karisma Kapoor
Because of his compassion Owen was always in trouble with his partners. They would have much preferred a tough, down-to-earth manager who would get a… — John Kenneth Galbraith

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