Tendencies Quotes

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I think I have a tendency to look at things subjectively rather than objectively when I reflect on my experience. — Ricky Williams
Above all, it behooves us to repress, and if possible to extinguish once and for all, our inveterate tendency to judge others by the extent… — George F. Kennan
When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then.… — Allison Pearson
A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait. — Edith Hamilton
Critics of American colleges typically attribute the failings of undergraduate education to a tendency on the part of professors to neglect their teaching to concentrate… — Derek Bok
Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back,… — Pierce Brosnan
The historical religions have the tendency to become ends in themselves, and, as it were, to put themselves in God's place, and, in fact, there… — Martin Buber
"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." Blessed are those who have preserved internal sanctity of soul; who are conscious of… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
With the exception of very few who have gained higher spiritual tendencies in prior lives, Self-realization is not possible for anyone without the blessings of… — Mata Amritanandamayi
A premature attempt to explain something that thrills you will destroy your perceptivity rather than increase it, because your tendency will be to explain away… — Edwin Land
[The proposed establishment] will have a . . . tendency to banish our Citizens. . . . To superadd a fresh motive to emigration by… — James Madison
It is not new for the older generation to bewail the indolence of the young, and there is a tendency for the latter to maintain… — David Riesman
I think there is a tendency in science to measure what is measurable and to decide that what you cannot measure must be uninteresting. — Donald A. Norman
The truth is everybody does it from time to time. People dial telephone numbers and they get a wrong number only to find that they've… — Bruce Jenner
Anyone who draws attention to himself as an individual, is viewed with suspicion. We acquired this tendency, of course, from America, and we must resist… — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
What concerns me, is the general social tendency to enforce a level, above which nothing rises and stands out. — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I… — Tracy Pollan
Often, we are quick to find blame with others but yet are unable to give constructive responses. There seems to be a tendency to doubt… — Pratibha Patil
My tendency as an actor is, when there's a certain energy, I feel a challenge to match it, to come up to that plate and… — Carla Gugino
My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me… — Liu Xiaobo

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