Tendencies Quotes

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Its always been my tendency to lie to doctors, as if good health consisted only of the ability to fool them. — Denis Johnson
Whether in a suit or in a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another. They seem incapable of advancing beyond the violent… — Jhonen Vasquez
Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to… — Edith Wharton
Ransom thought her girly tendencies the funniest thing ever, constantly teased her over them, but the last time he'd opened his big mouth, she'd gotten… — Nalini Singh
Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assume the absolute worst about people and… — Cassandra Clare
People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the… — Cassandra Clare
A great deal has been said about love at first sight; I am perfectly aware of love's retrospective tendency to make a legend of itself,… — Milan Kundera
As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing across premieval swamps… — P.G. Wodehouse
Post-adolescent Expert Syndrome The tendency of young people around the age of eighteen, males especially, to become altruistic experts on everything, a state of mind… — Douglas Coupland
I'm glad you're still upright, Charles, and the only reason you are is because she didn't have any silver. She'd have staked you right and… — Jeaniene Frost
When you close that door to nowhere throw away the key, we have a tendency to look back and regret — Paulo Coelho
Did I have a heart to be contented? Well, no, not particularly. I had a tendency to be discontented: ambitious, dissatisfied, fretful, and tough to… — Gretchen Rubin
My tendency to make up stories and lie compulsively for the sake of my own amusement takes up a good portion of my day and… — Chelsea Handler
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if… — Jeannette Walls
I need to worship because without it I can forget that I have a Big God beside me and live in fear. I need to… — John Ortberg
I have observed that whenever you try to hit somebody, there is a tendency for them to try to hit you back. — Charles M. Schulz
No one asks how to motivate a baby. A baby naturally explores everything it can get at, unless restraining forces have already been at work.… — B.F. Skinner
He said you were on the scene when that Laurel Canyon homicide went down.â€ â€œIâ€™m lucky that way,â€ I said. â€œSo are you two square… — Josh Lanyon
You have a tendency, Hastings, to prefer the least likely. That, no doubt, is from reading too many detective stories. — Agatha Christie
Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, heâ€™s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the… — Cecelia Ahern

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