Tendencies Quotes

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We have the tendency to condemn what we don't understand. — Mercedes Ruehl
Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind. — Octavia Spencer
Probably my mother's life was prolonged beyond that of a long-lived family by her coming to Australia in middle life; and if I ever had… — Catherine Helen Spence
I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy.… — Patrick Rothfuss
If someone else runs faster than you or makes more money than you or is more adept at anything, that doesn't mean you have lost.… — Frederick Lenz
I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the… — Jerry Spinelli
Human nature is not amenable to prediction based on the trends or tendencies prevailing at the time. It is amenable to startling creativity of the… — Maurice Saatchi
I've been misquoted a lot, and there's this tendency for people to put on to you how they think you should be or what they… — Maura Tierney
Now Speaker Gingrich says interesting and insightful things. He can explain them well. On many occasions he also says outrageous things that come from nowhere… — Jim Talent
There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan. — Malcolm Turnbull
I don't have sociopathic tendencies! — Emily VanCamp
They had the same fears that you have, the same aggressive tendencies and the same attachments, but they were freed in time because they believed. — Frederick Lenz
I understand your higher and lower tendencies. There is something beyond all of this nonsense. There is a wonderful glitter that you can follow in… — Frederick Lenz
On the stage . . . masks are assumed with some regard to procedure; in everyday life, the participants act their parts without consideration either… — Anthony Powell
My tendency is to be very experimental. — Sean Lennon
I love working with male actors, and I think there's a tendency to write really interesting characters that would work solely alongside men where they… — Elisabeth Moss
I wouldn't tell anyone to study werewolves - I studied wolves, how they moved, their tendencies and sensibilities. — Joe Manganiello
When we think of war, the tendency is to picture young soldiers only in their military roles. To a large extent this dehumanizes the soldiers… — Walter Dean Myers
I learned how to be a learner. When you get in a job, the tendency is to say, 'I've got to know it. I've got… — Anne M. Mulcahy
There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the… — Peter Welch

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