Usually Quotes
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The people who are always hankering loudest for some golden yesteryear usually drive new cars.
— Russell Baker
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If a nonnegative quantity was so small that it is smaller than any given one, then it certainly could not be anything but zero. To…
— Leonhard Euler
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The primary limitation in life is our low expectations for ourselves and others. When we expect minimum results, that's usually what we get.
— John C. Maxwell
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Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
— Tom Peters
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The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.
— George Gaylord Simpson
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Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.
— Robert C. Solomon
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In elections, the undecided vote is usually the deciding factor.
— Evan Esar
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Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins…
— William Magee
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Most fears cannot withstand the test of careful scrutiny and analysis. When we expose our fears to the light of thoughtful examination they usually just…
— Jack Canfield
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I love decorating my home. I'm a gardener too, so that's usually something I have to play catch up with
— Suzy Bogguss
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Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as…
— Jeffery Deaver
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Fears, indecision, and frustration feed on words. Without words they usually stop. . . . Words are at times good for looking back, but they…
— Hugh Prather
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It's funny how social activists usually protest against the only things that have a credible chance of achieving the activists' goals.
— Craig Reucassel
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What I tend to do is to wake about five in the morning-this happens quite often-think about the invention, and then image it in my…
— James Lovelock
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There is usually only a limited amount of damage that can be done by dull or stupid people. For creating a truly monumental disaster, you…
— Thomas Sowell
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The idea that a reporter has to be 'fair and balanced' is ridiculous. The fact is, the truth usually is not fair and it's not…
— Lou Dobbs
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When someone uses the word 'cult,' it usually says more about them than the group
— J. Gordon Melton
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When adults first become conscious of something new, they usually either attack or try to escape from it ... Attack includes such mild forms as…
— William Ian Beardmore Beveridge
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Those who have prophesied dreadful consequences as a result of the greater sexual freedom which the young assert - unwanted babies, venereal disease and so…
— Colin Ward
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. . . gastronomical perfection can be reached in these combinations: one person dining alone, usually upon a couch or a hill side; two people,…
— M.F.K. Fisher
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