Supposed Quotes
2979 Supposed quotes by 2039 unique authors
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God has his plans and his reasons. Sometimes we are supposed to go through things so that we learn lessons.
— Dolly Parton
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Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.
— Noam Chomsky
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Before the 1970s, banks were banks. They did what banks were supposed to do in a state capitalist economy: they took unused funds from your…
— Noam Chomsky
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In the late 1960s, the masses were supposed to be passive, not entering into the public arena and having their voices heard.
— Noam Chomsky
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Good food is healthy food. Food is supposed to sustain you so you can live better, not so you can eat more. Some people eat…
— Yolanda Adams
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Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit. If they come…
— Eleanor Catton
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Here is a fundamental conflict in educated society: We are not supposed to value beauty so highly, and yet who can defend against its sheer…
— Russell Smith
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The Elgin Marbles were supposed to be on the Parthenon. For many works of art, a museum is an artificial setting - a zoo, not…
— Virginia Postrel
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Lofts were never supposed to be homes. They were vacant old factories and warehouses, taken over by artists looking for cheap space and good light.
— Virginia Postrel
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Religion, art, and science flourish best in a free society. True, freedom does not afford much opportunity for grand gestures. It has little room for…
— Virginia Postrel
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My #1 job as a thriller author is to give readers the best white-knuckle thrill ride I am capable of. I am first and foremost…
— Brad Thor
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Waco was supposed to be a way for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and the Clinton administration to prove the need for a…
— Steve Stockman
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I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had never known that…
— Caroline Leavitt
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Housewives of the 1950s were supposed to create show-stopping meals every night for their hard-working husbands.
— Caroline Leavitt
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I was always going to church with my mom, dad and sister. I was literally raised under the godly influence both at home and church.…
— Bobby Bowden
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Under the deluge of minute-to-minute text conversations, emails, relentless exchange of media channels and passwords and apps and reminders and tweets and tags, we lose…
— Ariel Garten
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Tiger Woods was a month away from 34 years of age when his debutantes began turning up in the news. He was a grown man…
— Dan Jenkins
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What am I supposed to haul my dogs around in, a Rolls-Royce?
— Sam Walton
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I always choose music based on whatever the scene calls for, or whatever my mood is supposed to be.
— Sinqua Walls
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
— Dan Maffei
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I can remember hearing the theme tune to Dallas when I was supposed to be in bed. I would sneak down and try to watch…
— Ashley Madekwe
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According to my parents, I was supposed to have been a nice, churchgoing Swiss housewife. Instead I ended up an opinionated psychiatrist, author and lecturer…
— Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Growing up in the 1950s, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, boys were supposed to be athletic.
— Chris Van Allsburg
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While markets are supposed to ensure transparency by showing orders to everyone simultaneously, flash orders are currently allowed because of a loophole in securities regulations…
— Charles Duhigg
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Under a decades-old agreement, Palestinian refugee camps are supposed to administer and police themselves. Lebanese troops are technically not allowed to enter them.
— Richard Engel
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