Tendency Quotes

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The human heart has a tiresome tendency to label as fate only what crushes it. But happiness likewise, in its way, is without reason, since… — Albert Camus
I am, of course, romanticizing; a chronic tendency of mine. — Tana French
If you have a belief and you come against an experience which the belief says is not possible, or, the experience is such that you… — Rajneesh
I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even… — Javier MarÃas
Connubial Because with alarming accuracy sheâ€™d been identifying patterns I was unaware ofâ€”this tic, that tendency, like the way I've mastered the language of intimacy… — Stephen Dunn
You do have a tendency to severe spinal cords." "Only for you. — Darynda Jones
There is an almost universal tendency, perhaps an inborn tendency, to suspect the good faith of a man who holds opinions that differ from our… — Karl Popper
Paradox is an overrated threat. There is...a quality similar to inertia at work. Once an event has occurred, there is an extremely strong tendency for… — Jim Butcher
I had a strong sudden instinct that I must be alone. I didnâ€™t want to see any people at all. I had seen so many… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly,… — Tony Robbins
Most of the time common stocks are subject to irrational and excessive price fluctuations in both directions as the consequence of the ingrained tendency of… — Benjamin Graham
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all costs. Be alert… — Gerard K. O'Neill
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal. — James F. Cooper
For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent… — Henri Bergson
There is nothing more innately human than the tendency to transmute what has become customary into what has been divinely ordained. — Suzanne La Follette
When any relationship is characterized by difference, particularly a disparity in power, there remains a tendency to model it on the parent-child-relationship. Even protectiveness and… — Mary Catherine Bateson
I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a… — John Sharp Williams
Culture's essential service to a religion is to destroy intellectual idolatry, the recurrent tendency in religion to replace the object of its worship with its… — Northrop Frye
There's a tendency on the part of Americans, all of us, to say, 'Hey, the Cold War is over, the Soviet Union is gone, we… — Russ Feingold
Almost all unhappiness in life comes from the tendency to blame someone else. — Brian Tracy

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