We Assume Quotes
78 quotes by 76 authors
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I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid…
— Amy Adams
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iPod liberalism [is] where we assume that every single Iranian or Chinese who happens to have and love his iPod will also love liberal democracy.
— Evgeny Morozov
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We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.
— Shirley Jones
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Our problem is that we assume prayer is something to master the way we master algebra or auto mechanics. But when praying, we come "underneath,"…
— Richard J. Foster
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On entering a temple we assume all signs of reverence. How much more reverent then should we be before the heavenly bodies, the stars, the…
— Seneca the Younger
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[I]f we assume a liberty interest but nevertheless say that, even assuming a liberty interest, a state can prohibit it entirely, that would be rather…
— William Rehnquist
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The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed. What…
— Anthony Kennedy
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If we assume that the purpose of the economy is to serve and improve the welfare of the entire body of citizens, the U.S. model…
— Edward S. Herman
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We must remember that all these things, the nuances, the anomalies, the subtleties, which we assume only accessorize our days are in fact here for…
— Emma Thompson
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Sometimes,because we use the same words,we assume we mean the same thing
— Ahdaf Soueif
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The most important point to remember in developing self-confidence is to take responsibility for who we are. This empowers us. We can change anything, do…
— Rachael Bermingham
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We have a limit, a very discouraging, humiliating limit: death. That's why we like all the things that we assume have no limits and, therefore,…
— Umberto Eco
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We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has…
— Paul Hawken
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Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves. The Gestapo is treating them very roughly and transporting them in cattle cars…
— Anne Frank
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Energy follows thought; we move toward, but not beyond, what we can imagine. What we assume, expect, or believe creates and colors our experience. By…
— Dan Millman
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We all make basic assumptions about things in life, but sometimes those assumptions are WRONG. We must never trust in what we assume, only in…
— Darren Shan
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[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat…
— Thandie Newton
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Now if democracy will not work for the Russians, a white Christian people, can we assume that it will naturally work with Asians?
— Lee Kuan Yew
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The person of old had the same brilliance of mind that we assume we have now. But that which made a thing become manifest for…
— Louis Kahn
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If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to…
— Evelyn Glennie
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