Quotes with --because

Quotes 1561 till 1580 of 2303.

  • Bell Hooks Sometimes people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power - not because they don't see it, but because they see it and they don't want it to exist.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Aaron Stanford Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.
    Aaron Stanford
    American actor (1976 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau Sometimes we are inclined to class those who are once-and-a-half witted with the half-witted, because we appreciate only a third part of their wit.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Berenice Bejo Sometimes we had to improvise. I hate to improvise because I felt like I couldn't find words.
    Berenice Bejo
    French-Argentine actress (1976 - )
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  • Betsy Beers Sometimes, I cry because I'm sad, and sometimes, I cry just because it's just emotional and it's super awesome.
    Betsy Beers
    American television and film producer (1957 - )
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  • Stevie Wonder Sometimes, I feel I am really blessed to be blind because I probably would not last a minute if I were able to see things.
    Stevie Wonder
    American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer (1950 - )
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  • Benjamin Watson Sometimes, we feel like we don't want to offend people, but there are times that we need to express ourselves without fear that somebody is going to shut us down simply because we have differing opinions. That's how we grow.
    Benjamin Watson
    American football player (1980 - )
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  • Eleanor Roosevelt Somewhere along the line of development we discover what we really are, and then we make our real decision for which we are responsible. Make that decision primarily for yourself because you can never really live anyone else's life, not even your own child's.
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    American "First Lady" and columnist (1884 - 1962)
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  • Bernadette Peters Sondheim writes the music and lyrics, and because he's so smart and goes so deep with his feelings, there's a lot to explore, get involved with and learn about.
    Bernadette Peters
    American actress, singer, and author (1948 - )
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  • Carl Gustav Jung Space flights are merely an escape, a fleeing away from oneself, because it is easier to go to Mars or to the moon than it is to penetrate one's own being.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Lewis Carroll Speak roughly to your little boy, and beat him when he sneezes: he only does it to annoy, because he knows it teases.
    Lewis Carroll
    British Writer, Mathematician (1832 - 1898)
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  • Ouida Sport inevitably creates deadness of feeling. No one could take pleasure in it who was sensitive to suffering; and therefore its pursuit by women is much more to be regretted than its pursuit by men, because women pursue much more violently and recklessly what they pursue at all.
    Ouida
    English novelist, pseudonym of Maria Louise Ramé (1839 - 1908)
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  • Bill Burr Stand up comedy is this thing you get to do, so you have to treat it with respect. You can't just be like, 'Alright, I got my hour down, people are coming to see me now. Now, I'm going to lean on the mike stand.' No, you gotta work even harder now. You got to top what you already did. Because they'll find someone else.
    Bill Burr
    American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster (1968 - )
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  • Brock Lesnar Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train also, because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter - don't just be good at one thing; be good at everything.
    Brock Lesnar
    American professional wrestler (1977 - )
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  • Carol P. Christ Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful.
    Carol P. Christ
    American feminist historian and author (1945 - )
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  • Donald Rumsfeld Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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  • Albert Gray Successful people are successful because they form the habits of doing those things that failures don't like to do.
    Albert Gray
     
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  • Booth Tarkington Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower lip grown permanently projected beyond the upper, so that he can't get it back, and must go through life looking like the King of Spain.
    Booth Tarkington
    American novelist and dramatist (1869 - 1946)
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  • Beau Bridges Sure, I have a lot of friends that are actors. Just because I guess I run into a lot of actors in my work.
    Beau Bridges
    American actor and director (1941 - )
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  • Ben Bradlee Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they're lazy and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.
    Ben Bradlee
    American journalist (1921 - 2014)
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