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• I hate when models say 'Oh, plastic surgery is just a wrong thing. What are you talking about? You won the genetic lottery. You look like this specimen that's making people everywhere feel insecure and you're going to ridicule someone for getting plastic surgery?

  Tyra Banks

  Hate, Insecure, Talking

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• Chandler's the guy everybody thinks will do well with women, but he thinks too much and says the wrong thing.

  Matthew Perry

  Thinking, Guy, Too Much

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• Success is a beast. And it actually puts the emphasis on the wrong thing. You get away with more instead of looking within.

  Brad Pitt

  Beast, Emphasis, Get Away

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• So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Inspirational Life, Life Lesson, Thinking

  "Tuesdays with Morrie". Book by Mitch Albom, 1997.

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• Mothers and children are human beings, and they will sometimes do the wrong thing.

  Maurice Sendak

  Mother, Children, Sometimes

  "Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait Of Maurice Sendak" by Noel Murray, tv.avclub.com. October 19, 2009.

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• We must do what we conceive to be the right thing, and not bother our heads or burden our souls with whether we are going to be successful. Because if we don't do the right thing, we'll be doing the wrong thing, and we will just be part of the disease, and not a part of the cure.

  E. F. Schumacher

  Success, Integrity, Soul

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• some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.

  Kate Klise

  Wish, Sometimes, Wishes Come True

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• There is no right way to do a wrong thing.

  Harold S. Kushner

  Way, Right Way

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• Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you in forever.

  Po Bronson

  Inspirational, Life, Successful

  Po Bronson (2013). “What Should I Do With My Life?”, p.131, Random House

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• But the Church cannot be, in any political sense, either conservative or liberal, or revolutionary. Conservatism is too often conservation of the wrong things: liberalism a relaxation of discipline; revolution a denial of the permanent things.

  T. S. Eliot

  Discipline, Political, Relaxation

  T. S. Eliot (2014). “Christianity and Culture”, p.84, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To be given dominion over another is a hard thing; to wrest dominion over another is a wrong thing; to give dominion of yourself to another is a wicked thing.

  Toni Morrison

  Giving, Wicked, Dominion

  "A Mercy". Book by Toni Morrison, November 11, 2008.

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• It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just where you are. That's what it means to be an American. That's the miracle of America. Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

  Neil Gaiman

  Believe, Mean, Winning

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• But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

  Jim Butcher

  Way, Cowardice, Inaction

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.1714, Penguin

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• It isn't necessarily easier if you know what it is you're meant to do-- but at least you don't waste time in questioning or doubting. If you're honest--well, that isn't necessarily easier, either. Though I suppose if you're honest with yourself and know what you are, at least you're less likely to feel that you've wasted your life, doing the wrong thing.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Doubt, Waste, Wasting Time

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.1529, Dell

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• The right thing isn't always real obvious. Sometimes the right thing for one person is the wrong thing for someone else. So...good luck figuring that out.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Real, Twilight, Good Luck

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• We put our values in the wrong things. And it leads to very disillusioned lives.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Disillusioned, Values

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• When you can make it this simple, though, just do the right thing. Even if you could get away with less. Even when other people are doing the wrong thing. Even though the wrong thing seems like no big deal.

  Price Pritchett

  Simple, People, Justice

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• So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

  Brad Meltzer

  Pain, World, Harm

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• People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right.

  James O'Barr

  Sadness, Land, People

  "The Crow". www.imdb.com. 1994.

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• It seems to me, that if people only knew how hard it was for me to endure life, they would find it easier to forgive me for all the wrong things I’ve done and all the good things that I have failed to do. And they would still find a little compassion within them to pity me.

  Ivo Andric

  Compassion, People, Forgive Me

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• His gaze travelled down me, then zipped back to my face. "Sorry." "Focus, Rafe." "I am. Just on the wrong thing.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Sorry, Focus, Faces

  Kelley Armstrong (2014). “Darkness Rising Trilogy, 3-book bundle: The Gathering, The Calling, The Rising”, p.302, Penguin

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• I'd swear to God, if I were a piano player or an actor or something and all those dopes thought I was terrific, I'd hate it. I wouldn't even want them to clap for me. People always clap for the wrong things. If I were a piano player, I'd play it in the goddam closet.

  J. D. Salinger

  Hate, Player, Dope

  J. D. SALINGER (1951). “THE CATCHER IN THE RYE”

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• Just because something is good doesn't mean we should pursue it right now. We have to remember that the right thing at the wrong time is the wrong thing.

  Joshua Harris

  Christian, Mean, Remember

  Joshua Harris (2012). “I Kissed Dating Goodbye: A New Attitude Toward Relationships and Romance”, p.82, Multnomah

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• I knew a man once who told me that I smiled at the wrong things." "Do you? "Only by the light of those who smile at nothing.

  George R. R. Martin

  Men, Light

  George R. R. Martin (2012). “George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons”, p.994, Bantam

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• Maybe I've been wanting the wrong things.

  Adam Gidwitz

  Adam Gidwitz (2012). “In a Glass Grimmly”, p.87, Penguin

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