We Actually Quotes

187 quotes by 170 authors

We live in a world of frightful givens. It is given that you will behave like this, given that you will care about that. No… — Michael Crichton
We are very cruelly trapped between what we would like to be and what we actually are. And we cannot possibly become what we would… — James A. Baldwin
You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were… — J. Michael Straczynski
Most of us cherish freedom, but when we actually get the opportunity to make our own way it can be terrifying. — Tom Butler-Bowdon
Because it all derived from Superman. I mean, I love all the characters, but Superman is just this perfect human pop-culture distillation of a really… — Grant Morrison
If you asked me what makes the world go round, I would say self-deception. Self-deception allows us to create a consistent narrative for ourselves that… — Errol Morris
We don't recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. If we actually realized this, if we were able to become aware… — Muriel Barbery
We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are. More than our parents/children/teachers think we are. We fear that we actually possess… — Steven Pressfield
The more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness… — Alan Watts
He came third in the state for woodwork,â€ Francesca explains. â€œWe actually had to be proud of him for a whole week. Tough times. — Melina Marchetta
If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and… — David Levithan
We're all working hard, but so far away from what we actually want to be doing. We're all peering in at the window of a… — Lauren Graham
When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work. — Derrick Jensen
Five per cent vision is better than no vision at all. Five per cent hearing is better than no hearing at all. Five per cent… — Richard Dawkins
Our humble service attitude in our life is what determines what effect chanting will have on our consciousness. Otherwise we can be chanting for millions… — Radhanath Swami
We actually have 10 times as many cells of microbes on us as we have human cells... We are literally a teeming ecosystem of microorganisms. — Jonathan Eisen
I think the adoption rate with respect to social media and how companies leverage that varies by the company. Cisco is probably a leader in… — Padmasree Warrior
Classics are books which, the more we think we know them through hearsay, the more original, unexpected, and innovative we find them when we actually… — Italo Calvino
If loneliness is part of our essence, that is, our essential nature, that is only because of the way, in practical terms, we actually exist;… — Brendan Myers
In 1999, I got fired as coach of New England. In three years in New England, we actually did better than most people think. We… — Pete Carroll

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