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Tag Name "Prefers" (104)

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If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation... to a continuance in union... I have no hesitation in saying, 'let us separate.
Thomas Jefferson
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Christian morality prefers remorse to precede lust, and then lust not to follow.
Karl Kraus
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. . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.
Vincent de Paul
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I believe art prefers rules. For some artists, the worst thing you can do is say 'Do whatever you want.' Such permission can be terrifying. I know it is for me. Often it's better if you impose rules or restrictions on a project. Requirements can force you to be creative in unusual ways.
Lisa Mangum
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If somebody prefers to work by means of sanctions, he is welcome to do so. But sanctions are a temporary measure. Firstly, they contradict the international law. Secondly, tell me where this policy of sanctions proved to be effective. The answer is nowhere.
Vladimir Putin
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He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant.
Maria Goretti
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God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.
Voltaire
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He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
Martial
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The world wisely prefers happiness to wisdom.
Will Durant
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The cross of Christ exists because mankind-loved by God, created by God, set in motion by God-betrayed God and prefers his stuff to him.
Matt Chandler
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The past is past, the future unformed. There is only the moment, and that is where he prefers to be.
William Gibson
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Nobody prefers to earn income any more, because that's taxable. Rich people prefer to make capital gains.
Michael Hudson
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Among the liberties of citizens that are guaranteed are ... the right to believe what one chooses, the right to differ from his neighbor, the right to pick and choose the political philosophy he likes best, the right to associate with whomever he chooses, the right to join groups he prefers.
William O. Douglas
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The unconscious works without your knowledge and that is the way it prefers.
Milton H. Erickson
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Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.
Paul Tillich
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Anyone who prefers owning part of your company to being paid in cash reveals a preference for the long term and a commitment to increasing your company's value in the future.
Peter Thiel
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In fact, I think [Donald Trump] welcomes the fact that he's got people in the room that may not agree with each other on everything, but he prefers to be presented opinions that are varying at the same time and then making an informed decision based on everyone's input before making decisions.
Reince Priebus
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There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.
Richard Le Gallienne
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Seneca the Younger
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He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.
Sheldon B. Kopp
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Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it's also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it's made. It left me feeling more fortified than drained. [Director Alfonso] Cuarón, the most openhearted of directors, prefers to give rather than take away.
Stephanie Zacharek
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Science is the special province of the ego. And magic and art are the special province of something else. I could name it, but I won't. It prefers to be unnamed
Terence McKenna
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The heart prefers to move against the grain of circumstance perversity is the souls very life.
John Updike
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Man ought always to have something that he prefers to life otherwise life itself will seem to him tiresome and void.
Johann Gottfried Seume
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