Same Reason Quotes

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I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like… — Bill Cosby
If what you do is being threatened as a profession, that could be scary. But that's the same reason why I walked out on stage… — Marilyn Manson
I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs. — H. L. Mencken
It's very hard for individual inventors to get paid. For the same reason that private equity is valuable - broadly, that's a good thing -… — Nathan Myhrvold
In large states public education will always be mediocre, for the same reason that in large kitchens the cooking is usually bad. — Friedrich Nietzsche
To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to children for much the same reason. These gods… — Rick Riordan
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and… — William Strunk, Jr.
'Paranormal 1' scared me because I didn't know if it was real or what. 'Blair Witch' was kind of scary for the same reason. It… — Marlon Wayans
I shook so that it was some time before I realized that he was shaking too, and for the same reason. I don't know how… — Diana Gabaldon
I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me. — Christian Bauman
I have had many successes and many failures in my life. My successes have always been for different reasons, but my failures have always been… — Moss Hart
Many poets are not poets for the same reason that many religious men are not saints: they never succeed in being themselves. They never get… — Thomas Merton
We couldn't get along without him. We needed Johnny as much as he needed the gang. And for the same reason. — S E Hinton
After another moment's silence she mumbled that I was peculiar, that that was probably why she loved me but that one day I might disgust… — Albert Camus
The souls of emperors and cobblers are cast in the same mold. The same reason that makes us wrangle with a neighbor creates a war… — Michel de Montaigne
Women's mutual understanding comes from the fact that they identify themselves with each other; but for the same reason each is against the others. — Simone de Beauvoir
People have a hard time accepting free-market economics for the same reason they have a hard time accepting evolution: it is counterintuitive. Life looks intelligently… — Michael Shermer
People cry at weddings for the same reason they cry at happy endings: because they so desperately want to believe in something they know is… — Margaret Atwood
He read it for the same reason an animal tears at a wounded foot: to hurt the pain. — Nathanael West
All I know about music is that not many people ever really hear it. And even then, on the rare occasions when something opens within,… — James A. Baldwin

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