Reason Quotes
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But the point of using the number was to show that sex was a great part of my life as basketball was a great part of my life. That's the reason why I was single.
Wilt Chamberlain
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There is no such thing as a value-free concept of deviance; to say homosexuals are deviant because they are a statistical minority is, in practice, to stigmatize them. Nuns are rarely classed as deviants for the same reason, although if they obey their vows they clearly differ very significantly from the great majority of people.
Dennis Altman
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For some reason, the only Swedish I know how to say is, 'There is no toilet paper.'
Morfydd Clark
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Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?
Sargent Shriver
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I do believe I begin to grasp the nature of miracles! For would it be a miracle, if there was any reason for it? Miracles have nothing to do with reason. Miracles contradict reason, they strike clean across mere human deserts, and deliver and save where they will. If they made sense, they would not be miracles.
Ellis Peters
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I really felt we had all the elements to seriously make a run. On the other hand, in years past we had far more depth and could have withstood more things. At the beginning of the year I felt we were flexible enough to pull this off, and throughout the Big East season there was no reason we shouldn't have been able to at least get back to the Elite Eight level and be a Final Four team.
C. Vivian Stringer
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...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
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This I know for a fact: the reason African women have children is so that there's someone else to do the housework.
Ben Aaronovitch
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Most people, whether bull or bear, when they are right, are right for the wrong reason, in my opinion.
Jesse Livermore
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Of all the things that human beings did together, the sexual act was the one with the most various of reasons.
P. D. James
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable.
Bernard of Clairvaux
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If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out; and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.
Abraham Lincoln
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
Henry Ward Beecher
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I think you have to make concessions in life. One of the most frustrating things about getting older is [you realize] the reason you have a plan is so you can see everything that it isn't. The plan never works. Something happens and you adjust to it and you adapt to it and you accept it and you keep going, but that's not the plan.
Torquil Campbell Broken Social Scene
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I'm sure that inside your heart... you're trying with all your might to find it on your own... the reason you were born. Because... because really... there might not be anyone who was born with a reason. I think that everyone... everyone might have to find one on their own. [in her head] A reason for being born... A reason that it's okay to be alive... A reason to exist. [aloud] I think everyone might have to find it themselves... and decide it for themselves. It could be your dreams... your job... or a person... The reason you're looking for... might be vague, unclear... and uncertain. [in her head] And you might lose it. [aloud] But as long as you're alive... you have to keep searching for that reason.
Natsuki Takaya
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The reason humans experience so much more stress than other species isn't just because we think more, but also because we think differently.
Andrew Bernstein
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Few women are dumb enough to listen to reason.
William Feather
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Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.
Blaise Pascal
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Beginnings come at random but endings always have a reason.
Ayumi Hamasaki
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I think the main reason for staying positive is because if I walk out this door and get hit by a car and I have 10 seconds to live, in those 10 seconds, am I gonna sit there and regret being having been negative and bored my whole life?
John Newman
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I'm happy unless I'm not happy. And I think this is the thing with grief, there is no rhyme or reason to it and it's been completely different to how I thought it was going to be.
Andrew Strauss
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The only solution seems to be for government to toughen the vaccination laws and close the loopholes that allow people to opt out for philosophical and so-called religious reasons. The laws need to make clear: no shot, no school.
Emily Yoffe
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That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
Sallust
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Everything happens for a reason, and sometimes, that might be difficult to understand, especially when things don't go the way we plan or expect. If we choose to see things positively and trust in God, he will fulfill his purpose in our lives.
Betsy Landin