Assuming Quotes - Page 6

• I really don't have a lot in common with the people who attend the Comic Con. It's like assuming that all people who write prose are the same.

  Harvey Pekar

  Writing, People, Common

  Harvey Pekar, Michael Rhode (2008). “Harvey Pekar: Conversations”, p.124, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through.

  Adam Rickitt

  Believe, People, Promise

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• Well, my theory is this: war is such a terrible, such an atrocious, thing that no man, at least no Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of beginning it; but it belongs to government alone, when it becomes inevitable.

  Leo Tolstoy

  Christian, War, Responsibility

  "Anna Karenina".

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• Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

  Wendy Wasserstein

  Children, Mean, Responsibility

  Wendy Wasserstein (1991). “Bachelor Girls”, Vintage

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• I can only assume that your editorial writer tripped over the First Amendment and thought it was the office cat.

  E. B. White

  Cat, Office, Firsts

  E. B. White (1989). “The Letters of E. B. White”, Perennial

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• I am always shocked to discover how many people believe that hardships are a punishment from God! When people face tests or see others facing tests, they assume Allah must be angry with them. SubhannAllah! Remember which people were tested the most: The Prophets! And they were the closest to Allah. Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!

  Yasmin Mogahed

  Believe, Punishment, People

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• The dictator is also the scapegoat; in assuming absolute authority, he assumes absolute guilt; and the oppressed masses, groaning under the yoke, know themselves to be innocent as lambs, while they pray hypocritically for deliverance.

  Mary McCarthy

  Guilt, Yoke, Lambs

  Mary McCarthy (1975). “The company she keeps”, Not Avail

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• Always assume that a lucky hit will not be repeated.

  Mason Cooley

  Luck, Lucky

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• We arrogantly assume that the nervous system doesn't really need to be coaxed into romance. That romance comes from some other place.

  Marianne Williamson

  Romance, Needs, Nervous

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• I wouldn't necessarily want to be a big muscular guy. It's nice to be gorgeous whether you're male or female assuming you don't lose whatever else you have.

  Woody Allen

  Nice, Guy, Want

  CrankyCritic Interview, www.woodyallen.art.pl.

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• The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.

  Thomas Merton

  Long, Clear, Center Of The Universe

  Thomas Merton (2005). “No Man is an Island”, p.21, Shambhala Publications

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• These days I don't know who really likes me. I always assume most people are bullshitting me.

  Fiona Apple

  People

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Judgmentalism assumes that you have the right to change someone else. Well, you don't. You only have the right to choose how you will change and behave. Trust others to make their own choices. Put the accountability for another's actions where it belongs, on the other person's shoulders.

  Vince Poscente

  Life, Change, Accountability

  Vince Poscente (2002). “Invinceable Principles: Essential Tools for Life Mastery”, Invinceaility Series

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• In fact, many people, including some who practice yoga, assume that yoga is nothing more than a form of exercise, or they believe that only the physical aspects of yoga have relevance to their lives. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

  Rod Stryker

  Believe, Yoga, Exercise

  Rod Stryker (2011). “The Four Desires: Creating a Life of Purpose, Happiness, Prosperity, and Freedom”, p.9, Delacorte Press

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• There's so much impetus for change, there's so much desire to not have this oil economy continue, but it continues nonetheless. And people often assume that's because technology is not good enough, or there's no money being invested, or it's just not ready yet. It's none of that. It's actually a system of government and corporate behavior that work in collusion and lock step with one another to deflect any momentum toward true alternative energies.

  Josh Tickell

  Technology, Oil, Government

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• Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.

  William S. Burroughs

  Politician, Efficient

  Source: realitystudio.org

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• The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the status quo.

  Amy Richards

  Responsibility, Men, Goal

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• Give the benefit of the doubt; assume that your beloved's intentions are life-enhancing and positive.

  John Friend

  Giving, Doubt, Benefits

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• I spent a lifetime giving my power away, assuming that everybody knew better what was right for me than me. And then there comes a point in your life you go, Oh, wait a second! There's an a-ha moment when you realize that the only person that can delegate your future is you.

  Mariel Hemingway

  Giving, Waiting, Realizing

  "Mariel Hemingway and Bobby Williams". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it makes somebody else happy, it will make us happy.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Fun

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• Since a calorie is a measure of food energy, you may understandably assume that the more calories you consume, the more energy you'll have. I certainly believed that. Conventional sports nutrition books had me convinced of it. Yet, in practice, we see that clearly isn't the case.

  Brendan Brazier

  Sports, Book, Practice

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• I think it's dangerous to look at every Muslim woman the same and to assume that every experience within the religion is the same, meaning that there are going to be strong and assertive women that are Muslim. There's going to be a more passive woman who just so happens to be a Muslim. There may be a funny, big-personality woman and she's Muslim.

  Nia Long

  Strong, Thinking, Personality

  "The Root Interview: Nia Long on 'Mooz-lum' and Motherhood". Interview with Aisha I. Jefferson, www.theroot.com. February 18, 2011.

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• I changed my major to English literature, which was on the advice of my father. I finally said, "You know, Dad, to heck with it: I'm just going to be an actor. But I'm going to go to school." And he said, "Well, if you're going to go to school, then major in English literature. Those are the tools you are going to be working with as a man who's going to be acting in English, one would assume."

  Keith Carradine

  Dad, Father, School

  "Keith Carradine on 'Deadwood,' 'Fargo,' and Madonna". Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. July 20, 2016.

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• I met the former president of Iceland [Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir] once. I think she was president for, like, 16 years or something. She said she used to get letters from little boys saying, "Madam President, do you think it will ever be possible for a boy to be president?" Just like we assume that girls can't be politicians, they were assuming boys can't. That's what they thought. It's so crazy.

  Geena Davis

  Girl, Crazy, Thinking

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• You would assume that a filmmaker should know how to edit, but pretty much every filmmaker I've worked with doesn't know how to edit.

  Logan Lerman

  Should, Filmmaker, Know How

  "Logan Lerman on ‘Indignation’, His Intense Preparation, and Why Directing Is His Ultimate Goal". Interview with Adam Chitwood, collider.com. July 28, 2016.

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