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"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted."
Samuel Smiles
"The reason why so little is done, is generally because so little is attempted."
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"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice."
Titus Maccius Plautus
"If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice."
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"I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going."
Courtney Love
"I'm driven. I am. I'm driven for some reason. But I don't know where I'm going."
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"There's a reason screens are only this thick."
John Malkovich
"There's a reason screens are only this thick."
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"The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to."
Sparky Anderson
"The only reason I'm coming out here tomorrow is the schedule says I have to."
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"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason."
Clare Boothe Luce
"It is matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason."
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"Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years."
Bobby Rahal
"Obviously it's critical that the three cars are able to contribute to the program. I think that certainly has given much of the reason as to why we did so well at Indy over the last several years."
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"Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like to get one thing that's all of those combined."
Joan Severance
"Every part I've done has been for one reason or another-money, or the part, or the director, or the location. I'd like to get one thing that's all of those combined."
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"The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt."
Maimonides
"The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt."
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"Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies."
Johann G. Hamann
"Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies."
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"The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason."
Navjot Singh Sidhu
"The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for the same reason."
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"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."
Salma Hayek
"I know the only reason that I haven't gotten many good parts is because I am Latin - and they tell it to my face a lot of times."
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"There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top."
Tom Hicks
"There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top."
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"If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist."
Annie Leibovitz
"If I didn't have my camera to remind me constantly, I am here to do this, I would eventually have slipped away, I think. I would have forgotten my reason to exist."
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"I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say."
Elizabeth Gaskell
"I'll not listen to reason... reason always means what someone else has got to say."
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"There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect."
Ann Beattie
"There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect."
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"The more you reason the less you create."
Raymond Chandler
"The more you reason the less you create."
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"I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason."
Kevin Spacey
"I've been on sets where things weren't relaxed because someone was creating tension for no reason."
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"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."
Carl Jung
"The word "belief" is a difficult thing for me. I don't believe. I must have a reason for a certain hypothesis. Either I know a thing, and then I know it - I don't need to believe it."
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"Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper."
Pete Rose
"Sliding headfirst is the safest way to get to the next base, I think, and the fastest. You don't lose your momentum, and there's one more important reason I slide headfirst, it gets my picture in the paper."
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"For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me."
Alison Bechdel
"For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me."
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"The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing."
Garth Hudson
"The reason I dislike talking about the creative process is that I do have a creative process that is a winner and it's a sure thing."
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"I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept."
James M. Cain
"I write of the wish that comes true - for some reason, a terrifying concept."
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"The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it."
Daniel Keys Moran
"The reason Ronald Reagan gets slammed for having so badly exacerbated the problem of deficit spending is that he so plainly deserves it."
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"A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason."
Margaret Atwood
"A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason."
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"I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't."
Dana Hill
"I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't."
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"Do you have to have a reason for loving?"
Brigitte Bardot
"Do you have to have a reason for loving?"
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"The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move."
Abraham Pais
"The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move."
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"The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out."
Michael Shermer
"The reason is that in a group, individual errors on either side of the true figure cancel each other out."
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"But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically."
Edie Brickell
"But who cares? I can honestly look back and realize that everything happened for a reason. Everything that fell apart has fallen back into place beautifully and magically."
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"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."
Ayn Rand
"Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone."
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"The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself."
Johann G. Hamann
"The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself."
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"That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world."
Jeff Ament
"That's probably half the reason I wanted to be in a band - I wanted to see the world."
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"That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it."
Joe Pantoliano
"That's another reason I did Daredevil: I didn't get killed off in it."
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"There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic."
Jean-Marie Le Pen
"There was no reason to label us as anti-Semitic."
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"I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely."
Ava Gardner
"I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely."
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"If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose."
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
"If some things don't make you lose your sense of reason, then you have none to lose."
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"In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and off camera."
Harry Shearer
"In the year and a half I was on SNL, I never saw anybody ad lib anything. For a very good reason - the director cut according to the script. So, if you ad libbed, you'd be off mike and off camera."
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"You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way."
Martin Landau
"You can have immediate regrets, but if you look at stuff and say, 'Things happen for a reason', there's a fatalistic thing about it. Something will happen that will justify it in some way."
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"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
Erma Bombeck
"The only reason I would take up jogging is so that I could hear heavy breathing again."
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"We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so."
Heinrich Himmler
"We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so."
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"The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing."
Phyllis Diller
"The reason the pro tells you to keep your head down is so you can't see him laughing."
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"I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything."
John Elway
"I always believe there's a reason why you go through everything."
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"My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself."
Emo Philips
"My classmates would copulate with anything that moved, but I never saw any reason to limit myself."
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"Nobody does anything for one reason."
Russell Banks
"Nobody does anything for one reason."
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"You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to."
Robert H. Schuller
"You will suddenly realize that the reason you never changed before was because you didn't want to."
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"Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint."
Val Kilmer
"Warner Bros offered me the next Batman, and the only reason that I didn't do it was because of The Saint."
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"Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best."
Jerry Pournelle
"Asimov was the reason why we changed some rules in the SFWA, and I'm not convinced we changed it for the best."
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"Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!"
Jeff Smith
"Please understand the reason why Chinese vegetables taste so good. It is simple. The Chinese do not cook them, they just threaten them!"
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"All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation."
Charles Baudelaire
"All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation."
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