Reason Quotes - Page 13

• Why is the awfulness of families such a popular reason for starting another?

  Peter De Vries

  Starting, Awfulness

  Peter De Vries (2012). “The Blood of the Lamb: A Novel”, p.36, University of Chicago Press

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• PUNK IS: the personal expression of uniqueness that comes from the experiences of growing up in touch with our human ability to reason and ask questions.

  Greg Graffin

  Growing Up, Expression, Punk

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• For some reason, the concept of writing with swing chords was intimidating.

  Suzy Bogguss

  Writing, Swings, Intimidating

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• I have tasted freedom. I will not give up that which I have tasted. I have a lot more to drink. For that reason, the political numbers game will be played. I know the rules of their game now and how to play it.

  Harvey Milk

  Giving Up, Games, Play

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• The only reason I've been so critical of hip-hop is because I've always been aware of the effect that it has, and the reflection that it gives of the African-American community.

  Saul Williams

  Reflection, Giving, Hip Hop

  "Hip-hop's poet laureate speaks out". Interview with Tyson Wheatley, www.cnn.com. January 17, 2005.

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• Really, it was difficult to determine which I had most reason to fear—dogs, alligators or men!

  Solomon Northup

  Dog, Men, Alligators

  Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe (2014). “Twelve Years A Slave: illustrated Original Edition With Bonus of Uncle Tom's Cabin”, p.74, Ageless Reads

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• For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids.

  Ken Jennings

  Kids, Devoted, Seems

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• There are people who are excitable by nature and allow themselves to become angry for the most trivial of reasons. Judo can help such people learn to control themselves. Through training, they quickly realize that anger is a waste of energy, that it has only negative effects on the self and others.

  Kano Jigoro

  Self, People, Training

  "Kodokan Judo : The Essential Guide to Judo by Its Fouder Jigoro Kano". Book by Kano Jigoro, p. 23, 1994.

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• I should have been an abortion. The only reason I wasn't was that my father was a Christian.

  Neko Case

  Christian, Father, Should Have

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• Obviously, I believe that to pursue the American Dream is not only futile but self-destructive because ultimately it destroys everything and everyone involved with it. By definition it must, because it nurtures everything except those things that are important: integrity, ethics, truth, our very heart and soul. Why? The reason is simple: because Life/life is giving, not getting.

  Hubert Selby, Jr.

  Dream, Integrity, Believe

  FaceBook post by Hubert Selby, Jr. from Feb 22, 2012

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• If you practice Yoga for small, selfish reasons, you will remain the same, bound by your beliefs about what you can and cannot do. Let go and offer your effort to limitless potential. Dedicate yourself to the happiness of all beings.

  Sharon Gannon

  Letting Go, Selfish, Yoga

  Sharon Gannon, David Life (2011). “Jivamukti Yoga: Practices for Liberating Body and Soul”, p.179, Ballantine Books

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• If a man doesn't have a dream, then he has nothing to work for. Nothing to get up in the morning. No reason, no purpose, to be

  Kai Greene

  Dream, Morning, Men

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• There is a quality of lightness, easiness, and in some sense blatant unseriousness that pervades Classical Christianity's dialogue with modernity. The Christian intellect has no reason to be intimidated in the presense of later-stage modernity. Christianity has seen too many 'modern eras' to be cowed by this one.

  Thomas Oden

  Christian, Quality, Eras

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• Commercial jobs are pretty easily adjustable because they only take a few hours to complete, which is one of the reasons they are a Godsend to the actor.

  Thayer David

  Jobs, Actors, Hours

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• Terror collided violently with reason.

  Anita Moorjani

  Terror

  Anita Moorjani (2012). “Dying to be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing”, p.44, Hay House, Inc

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• I started writing everything down.I wrote for the same reason someone lost sticks a message in a bottle.
  I’m here. Help. Please find me.

  Heather Sellers

  Writing, Bottles, Messages

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• Everyone happens for a reason, learn it and move on. Don't be bitter about what happened, be happy about what will

  Zayn Malik

  Moving, Bitter, Happened

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• The person who will give you unexplained happiness, will also be the reason for your unexplained sadness.

  Zayn Malik

  Sadness, Giving, Unexplained

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• I finally decided that I'm a creature of emotion as well as of reason. Emotionally, I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.

  Isaac

  Atheist, Atheism, Want

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• I decided a long time ago I would feed on the vultures until a dove came along. A pigeon. The kind of soul that didn't impede on anyone; just walked around worrying about its own business, trying to get through life without pulling everyone else down. With its own needs and selfish habits. Brave. A communicator. Intelligent. Beautiful. Soft-spoken. A creature that mates for life. Unattainable until she has a reason to trust you.

  Jamie McGuire

  Beautiful, Selfish, Intelligent

  Jamie McGuire (2013). “Walking Disaster Signed Limited Edition: A Novel”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps you have been ensnared by a sinful habit that you will not abandon, and your guilt is so overwhelming you are ashamed to approach Christ. Whatever the reason for your broken intimacy with God, there is good news. Jesus waits to embrace you now in the arms of unconditional, divine love.

  Charles Stanley

  Jesus, Broken, Waiting

  Charles F. Stanley (2001). “A Gift of Love: Reflections for the Tender Heart”, Thomas Nelson Publishers

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• We are all born free from all religious affiliations and only come to believe in such things after being introduced to it ― so, atheism is the default position. Although some children are not indoctrinated with a specific religion before the age of reason, there are many more who are.

  David G. McAfee

  Religious, Children, Believe

  David G McAfee (2012). “Mom, Dad, I'm an Atheist - The Guide to Coming Out as a Non-Believer”, p.108, Dangerous Little Books

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• Most people don’t question the practice of eating meat. Many of these people care about animals and the environment, some deeply. But for some reason-force of habit, cultural norms, resistance to change-there is a fundamental disconnect whereby these feelings don’t translate into changes of behavior.

  Brian Greene

  Animal, Practice, People

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• Because God is perfect, his handiwork functions in accord with immutable principles. By the full use of our God-given powers of reason and observation, it ought to be possible to discover these principles.
  
  These were the crucial ideas that explain why science arose in Christian Europe and no where else.

  Rodney Stark

  Christian, Europe, Ideas

  Rodney Stark (2007). “The Victory of Reason: How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success”, p.23, Random House

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• People compose for many reasons, to become immortal; because the piano happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the praise of friends; because they have looked into a pair of beautiful eyes; or for no reason whatsoever.

  Robert Schumann

  Beautiful, Eye, Piano

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