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Depressive lucidity, usually described as a radical withdrawal from ordinary human concerns, generally manifests itself by a profound indifference to things which are genuinely of… — Michel Houellebecq
I usually try to make my images look like they just exist, like no effort was put into it. — Mario Testino
Seldom aware of the intricate connection between the patterns of their own lives and the course of world history, ordinary people do not usually know… — C. Wright Mills
Things worthwhile generally don’t just happen. Luck is a fact, but should not be a factor. Good luck is what is left over after intelligence… — Branch Rickey
We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses. — Richard Rohr
I have been seriously afraid at times but have used my fear as a stimulating factor rather than allowing it to paralyse me. My abilities… — Edmund Hillary
Relative income uses two variables: the dollar and time, usually hours. — Tim Ferriss
There is usually an inverse proportion between how much something is on your mind and how much it´s getting done! — David Allen
Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers. — Justin Theroux
Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before. — Shigeo Shingo
I think my work has to do with a sense that we are attempting, all the time, to create a logical, rational path through the… — Billy Collins
It is a melancholy experience for a professional mathematician to find himself writing about mathematics. The function of a mathematician is to do something, to… — G. H. Hardy
Since the State thrives on what it expropriates, the general decline in production that it induces by its avarice foretells its own doom. Its source… — Frank Chodorov
When we think about labor, we usually think about motivation and payment as the same thing, but the reality is that we should probably add… — Dan Ariely
The ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limits in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet is still readable. Trademarks are usually… — Saul Bass
To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction… — John Ciardi
When the wrong question is being asked, it usually turns out to be because the right question is too difficult. Scientists ask questions they can… — Richard Lewontin
If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too lazy to write — Tommy Shaw
Rational arguments don't usually work on religious people. Otherwise, there wouldn't be religious people. — Doris Egan
Placing 'amicable' and 'separation' together creates an oxymoron - we don't usually decide to end a partnership until the very sight of our soon-to-be ex… — Mariella Frostrup
I know it's not strictly sex that accounts for my straying the motive usually attributed to men. I think it's just too tempting to have… — Elisabeth Eaves
In my food world, there is no fear or guilt, only joy and balance. So no ingredient is ever off-limits. Rather, all of the recipes… — Ellie Krieger
People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much. — Nelson Bunker Hunt
It isn't surprising that many children consider their parents to be a little dim, and that they sometimes try to update them. The fact that… — Peg Bracken
We only make a dupe of the friend whose advice we ask, for we never tell him all; and it is usually what we have… — Diane de Poitiers

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