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• The holy land was supposed to be spotless, a serious equivalent of Disneyland in which not a single candy wrapper is to stay on the ground for more than a few minutes.

  Marvin Olasky

  Land, Serious, Holy

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• We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard. No, we are the sons of Cain, and with violence can be associated the attacks on sound, stone, wood and metal that produced civilization.

  Anthony Burgess

  Children, Son, Civilization

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• All British castles and old country homes are supposed to be haunted. It's in the lease.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Country, Humorous

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• The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys get together, get angry and that's really how it starts, and it's all this energy.

  Peter Frampton

  Mistake, Rocks, Rock And Roll

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

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• I am six feet tall. I am not supposed to be afraid.

  Keith Miller

  Feet, Six, Tall

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• A Tribe Called Quest was one of those things where it was supposed to be about growth. When I say 'growth,' I don't just mean with our sound or our product, but Tribe was supposed to grow as individuals.

  Phife Dawg

  Mean, Growth, Sound

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• Social Security was always supposed to be basically, in theory, an insurance program where you pay in and then you get out.

  Judd Gregg

  Pay, Social, Program

  "Gregg: U.S Needs To Find The Path To Fiscal Responsibility". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. November 16, 2010.

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• When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal.

  Robert Hass

  School, Trios, Buttons

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• Disneyland is supposed to be the happiest place on Earth and I have to say when I'm riding around in that crazy Space Mountain ride I'm happy.

  Famke Janssen

  Crazy, Space, Mountain

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• I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation.

  Sienna Miller

  Reputation, Slappers

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• I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in.

  Janet Napolitano

  Running, Together, Steps

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• I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

  Michael Newdow

  Believe, Government, Atheism

  "Litigant explains why he brought Pledge suit". "Talkback Live" with Arthel Neville, www.cnn.com. June 26, 2002.

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• This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God's will for your life.

  Coretta Scott King

  Blessing, God's Will

  "Congressional Gold Medal". The Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. June 12, 2004.

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• Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation.

  Barry Levinson

  Actors, Found, Difficult

  Interview with Adrian Wootton at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. September 7, 2000.

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• Imagine filling a college with the first 1,000 students to get perfect SATs. Whatever the racial composition of that class would be, the notion seems absurd because we know that college in America is supposed to be about creating citizens and leaders in a diverse nation.

  Eric Liu

  College, Class, Creating

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• People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders.

  George Papandreou

  Strong, Order, Ties

  "'Go ahead George, change it all': George Papandreou interviewed". openDemocracy Interview, www.opendemocracy.net. October 5, 2009.

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• I was supposed to be a romancer, either wooing the leading lady or competing with the leading man for her.

  Cesar Romero

  Men, Leading Ladies, Competing

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• I tend to play in a way that feels natural to me. To me that's authentic for myself. I play by where I'm led by some sense of where I feel I'm supposed to be.

  David Sanborn

  Play, Way, Natural

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• Men are not supposed to be mysterious. That's what you say about women. But I think men can have a little of it, too.

  Hedi Slimane

  Men, Thinking, Littles

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• If someone else is supposed to be in your life, they will be in your life - you can't stop them from coming if its the will of eternity.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Eternity, Sexuality

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• I can lick my elbow. I know that's supposed to be impossible, but I can do it!

  Kate Voegele

  Elbows, Impossible, Knows

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• The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be.

  George Weah

  Country, Believe, Rights

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• I remember when the Titanic sank in 1912, it was the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable. The only thing it ever did was sink. When it took off from England, all kinds of passengers were aboard - millionaires, celebrities, people of moderate means, and poor folks down in the steerage. But a few hours later when they put the list in the Cunard office in New York, it carried only two categories - lost and saved. Grim tragedy had leveled all distinctions.

  Vance Havner

  Christian, New York, Mean

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• If you've attended the Cordon Bleu, you would know that no woman is supposed to be a chef - only men.

  Sandra Lee

  Men, Chef, Knows

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• Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.

  Simon Le Bon

  Language Barriers, Generations, Music Is

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