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• A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry--even if he is at a convenient height for it.

  Lois McMaster Bujold

  Doe, Height, Faces

  Lois McMaster Bujold, Bujold (1997). “Young Miles”, Baen Books

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• No story has a beginning, and no story has an end. Beginnings and endings may be conceived to serve a purpose, to serve a momentary and transient intent, but they are, in their fundamental nature, arbitrary and exist solely as a convenient construct in the minds of man. Lives are messy, and when we set out to relate them, or parts of them, we cannot ever discern precise and objective moments when any given event began. All beginnings are arbitrary.

  Caitlín R. Kiernan

  Men, Mind, Events

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• Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Moral, Easy, Ifs

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2012). “Kiss the Dead: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.73, Penguin

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• The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient.

  Edward Abbey

  Government, Political, Purpose

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.18, RosettaBooks

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• At a certain point we need to grow up; we need to look inside ourselves for our inner guidance. There are things most human beings know; they just don't want to know them. They know deep down that certain things in their lives are working or aren't working, that certain parts of their lives are functional and others are dysfunctional. But sometimes, as human beings, we don't want to know what's not convenient. So we pretend not to know.

  Adyashanti

  Growing Up, Needs, Looks

  Adyashanti (2009). “The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment”, p.175, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Love is a rare and valuable thing, and you don't get to choose its object. You just go around getting hung up on all the least convenient things-and if the only obstacle in your way is a little extra work, then that's the wonderful gift right there.

  Elif Batuman

  Love Is, Littles, Way

  Elif Batuman (2011). “The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them”, p.79, Granta Books

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• People do what seems easy and convenient, not what is best for them.

  John Spence

  Thinking, People, Easy

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• The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want. And really, if you think about it from the point of view of the customer, you want everything: a wide assortment of good quality merchandise; the lowest possible prices; guaranteed satisfaction with what you buy; friendly, knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant shopping experience.

  Sam Walton

  Successful, Thinking, Views

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• I believe that everyone has expertise to sell and that people want to purchase that knowledge in a convenient way. Just as Airbnb made people realize that an extra room in their home or apartment can be a source of income, the new Learning Annex provides a platform for people to monetize their knowledge. It’s an exciting time for online adult education and our new platform is the way to unify an otherwise fragmented market.

  Bill Zanker

  Believe, Home, People

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• But while capitalism may be a convenient scapegoat, it did not cause any of these problems. Indeed, whatever one wishes to call the unruly mixture of freedom and government controls that made up our economic and political system during the last three decades, one cannot call it capitalism.

  Yaron Brook

  Government, Political, Wish

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• The reality is that the NBA was in worse shape in the '70s and early '80s. People have convenient memories.

  Mike Thibault

  Memories, Reality, Nba

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• So when somebody asks me to make a decision about a situation, I don't offer a solution, I ask a question: What are our options? Give me the good, give me the bad, give me the pretty, give me the ugly, give me the impossible, give me the possible, give me the convenient, give me the inconvenient. Give me the options. All I want are options. And once I have all the options before me, then I comfortably and confidently make my decision.

  Jim Rohn

  Giving, Decision, Ugly

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• Design is a field of concern, response, and enquiry as often as decision and consequence... it is convenient to group design into three simple categories, though the distinctions are in no way absolute, nor are they always so described: product design (things), environment design (places) and communication design (messages).

  Norman Potter

  Communication, Simple, Design

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• The most important moments rarely come at a convenient time

  Erwin McManus

  Important, Moments, Important Moments

  Erwin Raphael McManus (2006). “Chasing Daylight: Seize the Power of Every Moment”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The shortcoming of hanging pawns is that they present a convenient target for attack. As the exchange of men proceeds, their potential strength lessens and during the endgame they turn out, as a rule, to be weak.

  Boris Spassky

  Men, Target, Chess

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• God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction.

  Peter Straub

  Views, Evil, Fiction

  Peter Straub (2015). “Shadowland”, p.249, Penguin

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• It's always convenient for certain people to heap accusations on Israel.

  Yasser Arafat

  Israel, People, Accusation

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The habit of calling a finished product a Design is convenient but wrong. Design is what you do, not what you've done.

  L. Bruce Archer

  Design, Calling, Done

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• It is convenient for Hillary Clinton and Tony Blair to say the rise of the Islamic State has nothing to do with the Iraq War because that takes the culpability off their shoulders. The Islamic State is a product of the Iraq War. It took about a 100 years to build the Iraqi state, and the Americans and the British destroyed it in an afternoon.

  Vijay Prashad

  War, Islamic, Years

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• In the end, to ski is to travel fast and free – free over untouched snow country. To be bound to one slope, even one mountain, by a lift may be convenient but it robs us of the greatest pleasure that skiing can give, that is to travel through the wide wintery country; to follow the lure of peaks which tempt on the horizon and to be alone for a few days or even hours in clear, mysterious surroundings.

  Hans Gmoser

  Country, Giving, Snow

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• I just prefer wood. I like the smell. To me, it's a lot cheaper than electric or gas, and it's more convenient. It's just a better heat to me.

  Junior Johnson

  Smell, Woods, Heat

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• Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and blame ourselves. Though introverts may also externalize and see others as the problem, it's more convenient to keep the problem "in house." Internalizers tend to be reliable and responsible, but we can also be very hard on ourselves.

  Laurie Helgoe

  House, May, Blame

  Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.194, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• The shortcomings of economics are not original error but uncorrected obsolescence. The obsolescence has occurred because what is convenient has become sacrosanct. Anyone who attacks such ideas must seem to be a trifle self-confident and even aggressive. The man who makes his entry by leaning against an infirm door gets an unjustified reputation for violence. Something is to be attributed to the poor state of the door.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Men, Errors, Doors

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1969). “The affluent society”, Hamish Hamilton

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• Absolute space, that is to say, the mark to which it would be necessary to refer the earth to know whether it really moves, has no objective existence.... The two propositions: "The earth turns round" and "it is more convenient to suppose the earth turns round" have the same meaning; there is nothing more in the one than in the other.

  Henri Poincare

  Moving, Math, Two

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• It is highly convenient to believe in the infinite mercy of God when you feel the need of mercy, but remember also his infinite justice.

  Benjamin Haydon

  Believe, Mercy Of God, Justice

  Benjamin Robert Haydon (1876). “Benjamin Robert Haydon: Correspondence and Table-talk”, p.268

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