Tendencies Quotes

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During all these years there existed within me a tendency to follow Nature in her walks. — John James Audubon
To revolt is a natural tendency of life. Even a worm turns against the foot that crushes it. In general, the vitality and relative dignity… — Mikhail Bakunin
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself. — Jane Addams
Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil,… — Pope Benedict XVI
I think that many things that go on in an art school have a tendency to undermine confidence, and that shouldn't be part of the… — Lewis Black
The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is… — Allan Bloom
I do say no to lots of things, actually! I know it doesn't look like it. But I have a tendency to a) be rubbish… — Jo Brand
Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes… — Jo Brand
I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater. — Candace Bushnell
Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God… — Lord Byron
There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better… — Benjamin Carson
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant. — Jimmy Carter
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often… — Marc Chagall
None speak of the bravery, the might, or the intellect of Jesus; but the devil is always imagined as a being of acute intellect, political… — Lydia M. Child
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. — Agatha Christie
Tiger parenting is all about raising independent, creative, courageous kids. In America today, there's a dangerous tendency to romanticize creativity in a way that may… — Amy Chua
I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the… — Fiona Apple
In any dark time, there is a tendency to veer toward fainting over how much is wrong or unmended in the world. Do not focus… — Clarissa Pinkola Estes
The tendency of mans nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downward. — Mencius
The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of… — William Cobbett

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