Usually Quotes
4349 Usually quotes by 2960 unique authors
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A married couple are well suited when both partners usually feel the need for a quarrel at the same time.
— Jean Rostand
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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the…
— Jean Rostand
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I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on…
— Mickey Rourke
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Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.
— Mickey Rourke
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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be…
— Helen Rowland
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When a man makes a woman his wife, it's the highest compliment he can pay her, and it's usually the last.
— Helen Rowland
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They usually have two tellers in my local bank, except when it's very busy, when they have one.
— Rita Rudner
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There's a lot of conflict and darkness inside everybody's family. We all pretend to outsiders that it's not so, but behind locked doors, there are…
— Salman Rushdie
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The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously,…
— Salman Rushdie
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I don't read my books, I write them. Once I've finished the many years it usually takes me to write them, I can't bear to…
— Salman Rushdie
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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race.
— Bertrand Russell
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday…
— Cameron Russell
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The wisest rule in investment is: when others are selling, buy. When others are buying, sell. Usually, of course, we do the opposite. When everyone…
— Jonathan Sacks
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Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a…
— Jonathan Sacks
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People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is…
— Zoe Saldana
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Art usually only makes the news in America when the subject is money.
— Jerry Saltz
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When the purse strings tighten up at museums, the institutions usually cut back and cancel shows. That's exactly the wrong reaction. In fact, now is…
— Jerry Saltz
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I'm usually trying to react to what the actors are coming up with. And then the environment, and then the story.
— Gus Van Sant
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Newspapers are the second hand of history. This hand, however, is usually not only of inferior metal to the other hands, it also seldom works…
— Arthur Schopenhauer
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I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.
— Martin Scorsese
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Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort…
— Martin Scorsese
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My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.
— Amy Sedaris
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From time to time, as if heaven-sent to annoy, someone will ask me if I'm self-disciplined when it comes to my work. I usually look…
— Will Self
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Political activists of all stripes are usually a wacky bunch, and never more so than in a system like Britain's, where power is effected via…
— Will Self
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