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• Theoretically the human is supposed to be the smart one so as you get acquainted with the horse, you explore what it's going to take for him to understand what you would like him do, with as little trouble as possible. You're trying to avoid conflict, not trying to create it.

  Buck Brannaman

  Horse, Smart, Trying

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• Revolution ain't nothing but an extent of evolution; Evolution is a fact of nature. So when old folks tell me that they don't understand hip hop and the music is too loud, well I guess it means you're not supposed to be in there.

  Dick Gregory

  Mean, Hip Hop, Revolution

  "Thesource.Com Interview With Dick Gregory". Interview with Walford Guillaume, thesource.com. January 16, 2012.

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• corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

  Arianna Huffington

  Business, America, Government

  Arianna Huffington (2009). “Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption Are Undermining America”, p.3, Crown

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• Economists have put themselves in a position where what they are doing is supposed to be impossible to understand for outsiders, so they dont even talk - sometimes not even with their girlfriend or boyfriend or friends - about what they are doing.

  Thomas Piketty

  Girlfriend, Outsiders, Impossible

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• If you wanna be an artist carry sketch pad with you, and sketch everything you see. Get so you can draw anything and it looks like what it's supposed to be. It's a lot of work, but if you really have it in you, it's not like work. It becomes fun.

  Stan Lee

  Fun, Artist, Looks

  "A Chat With Stan Lee, `Godfather' Of Marvel Comics". Interview with Chip & Jonathan Carter, January 19, 1996.

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• Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Fashion, Light, Trying

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• Do-gooders are easily overlooked. We're supposed to be soft, touchy-feely types, who wear Birkenstocks, compost everything, and write poetry by candlelight.

  Nancy Lublin

  Writing, Type, Birkenstocks

  "Leadership to the Rescue" by Nancy Lublin, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 13, 2010.

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• You don't have to go out there and fit the mold of what a quarterback is supposed to be. Make your own mold and do the best at each role. If you can run with the best and throw with the best, you can be the best quarterback in your own version of the position.

  Robert Griffin III

  Running, Mold, Roles

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• Genres do exist because frequent users of any large bookstore can instantly tell what any piece of fiction is supposed to be about by its title, its cover and its location in the shop.

  John Clute

  Location, Titles, Bookstores

  "In defense of science fiction" by John Clute, www.cnn.com. May 26, 1999.

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• My problem with the traditional acting method was that I never understood what you were supposed to be thinking about when you're onstage.

  Tina Fey

  Thinking, Acting, Problem

  The BELIEVER Magazine Interview, www.believermag.com. November, 2003.

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• If we parents accept that problems are an essential part of life's challenges, rather than reacting to every problem as if something has gone wrong with the universe that's supposed to be perfect, we can demonstrate serenity and confidence in problem solving for our kids.By telling them that we know they have a problem and we know they can solve it, we can pass on a realistic attitude as well as empower our children with self-confidence and a sense of their own worth.

  Barbara Coloroso

  Children, Attitude, Kids

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• Acting like the person I'm supposed to be has always been the easiest thing for me.

  Harvey Martin

  Acting, Persons

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• The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

  James Hansen

  Talking, Vote, Process

  "Leading climate scientist: 'democratic process isn't working'" by David Adam, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2009.

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• A majority of the successful women on the pop scene conform to what a woman is supposed to be. Some have tried to get things moving. They have tried to modify the image. But sometimes the image has a hard time changing the eye - to change the relationship between the image and the eye takes longer.

  Orlan

  Moving, Eye, Successful

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• Polygamy has an ancient history and is legal in many parts of the world. I find the rules of polygamy to be damaging and it's potentially dangerous to young girls and terrible for "excess" boys. But polyamory is supposed to be a more equal arrangement among agreeing adults.

  Emily Yoffe

  Girl, Boys, Excess

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Pretty early on in making the first movie I realized that this is what I wanted to do. I felt like by that time I just found my niche, like this is what I was supposed to be doing. So I completely submerged myself into the world of watching movies, making my own movies, buying video cameras and lights. When I wasn't making a movie, I was making my own movies. When I wasn't making movies, I was watching movies. I was going back and studying film and looking back at guys that were perceived as great guys that I can identify with. It just became my life.

  Mark Wahlberg

  Light, Guy, Cameras

  "Mark Wahlberg Talks THE GAMBLER, Shedding Sixty Pounds For The Role, THE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN, DEEPWATER HORIZON, and More". Interview, collider.com. December 23, 2014.

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• When you find yourself on the Internet when you're supposed to be writing, you've already lost. It's even beyond procrastination when you end up on the Internet.

  Noah Baumbach

  Writing, Procrastination, Finding Yourself

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• I'm not as cool as I'm supposed to be.

  Joe Mauer

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• Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

  Leos Carax

  Cinema, Territory, Way

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• As I go on in standup, I keep being described as cleaner and cleaner as I do each hour, they're like, 'It's unbelievable how clean,' 'He's the cleanest person in the world.' And then I'll do shows and people will be like, 'You're supposed to be so clean, but you're talking about cancer.'

  Jim Gaffigan

  Cancer, Talking, People

  "Interview: Jim Gaffigan Talks Family, Food And Dad Is Fat". Interview with Samantha Abernethy, chicagoist.com. May 10, 2013.

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• The Macintosh was supposed to be the computer for people that just wanted to use a computer without having to learn how to use one.

  Steve Jobs

  People, Use, Computer

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• People say, 'Why is he bored with her?' Because he's a human being, that's why; same way his wife is bored with him. That is marriage - anything that's supposed to be forever, your going to get bored with it. And there is nothing wrong with it, so don't take it personal; if you are with somebody for ten years and they are not bored with you? Then something is wrong with them.

  Chris Rock

  Years, People, Wife

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• I grew up in Detroit. I grew up in an environment where you were supposed to be Democrat, where they told you that Republicans were evil people and that they were racist.

  Benjamin Carson

  Evil People, Racist, Detroit

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• Music is supposed to be entertaining and if it touches you emotionally, so much the better. Sometimes you do it to save your own life, not anybody else's. That's why I write. I'm not trying to change anybody else's life or the world, I'm trying to keep from blowing my own brains out. That's the real point.

  Guy Clark

  Real, Writing, Brain

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• Anyone who had ever read a novel knew that governesses were supposed to be meek and downtrodden.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Meek, Novel, Downtrodden

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Married by Morning”, p.1, St. Martin's Press

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