They Often Quotes
146 They Often quotes by 141 unique authors
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I believe there are more films that involve love and forgiveness than violence, but they often seem fake and are almost embarrassing to watch.
— Park Chan-wook
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I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one…
— Willem Dafoe
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False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views, if supported by some evidence, do little…
— Charles Darwin
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As a child I found railroad stations exciting, mysterious, and even beautiful, as indeed they often were.
— Paul Johnson
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I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel…
— Yousuf Karsh
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When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark…
— Haniel Long
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When an attacker fails with one person, they often go to another person. The key is to report the attack to other departments. Workers should…
— Kevin Mitnick
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That's not to say that women's priorities are better than men's. Rather, when women are empowered, when they can speak from the experience of their…
— Dee Dee Myers
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People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often don't elect politicians, so the politicians who are supporting them…
— Joyce Carol Oates
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I'm an anarchist. I'm implacably opposed to heirarchical systems of power and control. I also mistrust crowds, as they often operate according to their lowest…
— Will Self
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Speculators get a bad rap. In the popular imagination they're greedy, heedless, and amoral, adept at price manipulations and dirty tricks. In reality, they often…
— James Surowiecki
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Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.
— David Suzuki
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Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.
— Linus Torvalds
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Sleephackers go to bed with sensors on their wrists and foreheads and maintain detailed electronic sleep diaries, which they often share online. To shift between…
— Evgeny Morozov
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As it was, things went from bad to worse, as they often will when amateurs are involved in an activity that they perform in bad…
— John Irving
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When things go wrong, you'll find they usually go on getting worse for some time; but when things once start going right they often go…
— C.S. Lewis
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Men passionately desire to live after death, but they often pass away without noticing the fact that the memory of a really good person always…
— Peter Kropotkin
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In general, librarians enjoyed special requests. A reference librarian is someone who likes the chase. When librarians read for pleasure, they often pick a good…
— Karen Joy Fowler
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There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of a hurricane, sometimes they barely fan…
— Nicholas Sparks
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Bishops move diagonally. That's why they often turn up where the kings don't expect them to be.
— Terry Pratchett
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When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.
— John Grisham
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With the passing of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the colour of blood…
— Jose Saramago
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As Carl Jung once said, 'When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.' When our boys become adults, we become…
— Michael Gurian
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Appearances are not reality; but they often can be a convincing alternative to it. You can control appearances most of the time, but facts are…
— Dean Koontz
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Erik Erikson has commented: Potentially creative men like (Bernard) Shaw build the personal fundament of their work during a self-decreed moratorium, during which they often…
— Lewis Hyde
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