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Better Off Quotes
Weighing what genuinely leaves people better off.
Whether it is a child suited to a particular kind of schooling or a society better served by informed journalism, these quotes turn on the idea that some paths leave people measurably better off than others. Related reading continues on Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're better off betting on a horse than betting on a man. A horse may not be able to hold you tight, but he doesn't wanna wander from the stable at night.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always loved science, but I was never going to make much of a contribution. I'm better off having science as a hobby.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have lots of clothes that I don't wear because I'm bad for impulse buying. They sit in my cupboard looking forlorn, but if I haven't worn something for a couple of months, I usually realise that it would be much better off in one of my friends' wardrobes.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more you control where your food comes from instead of relying on restaurants, fast food joints, convenience stores and other processed sources, the better off you're going to be.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say that, in the future, the book will be reserved for things that function best as a book. So, if I need a textbook that's going to be out of date because of new technological inventions, you're better off having it where you can download the supplements or the update.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
I had a great childhood. I think writers are always better off when they have more twisted childhoods, but I didn't.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many people don't know, but American Girl Scouts get to travel the world, and that's a very good thing, as the more we can expose our young people to other cultures, the better off we'll be in this increasingly globalized environment.
- Displace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Are we better off if we displace jobs and investments to other countries and global emissions go up? I say no. Let's bring that production here and have less emissions globally because we can make things more efficiently and cleaner.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
At the end of the day, I think the more online educators there are, I think the better off the whole world is.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Embracing cultural distance, cultural distance nationalism, means in effect taking the position that our country will be better off with more whites than non-whites.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
The more consistent a father can be or a mentor can be in the person's life and teach them principles of real solid manhood, character, integrity and leadership, the more consistent you can be in the person's life and teach them those things at a younger age, and then the better off they'll be.
- Daughter
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I got pregnant with my daughter, both my husband and I were freelancers, and we didn't have that much security. We had savings. We were better off than many people, but we didn't have, you know, pensions and all the things that people used to have.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The reality is that race in the United States operates on a spectrum from black to white. Doesn't mean that people who are in between don't experience racism, but it means that the closer you are to white on that spectrum, the better off you are. And the closer to black that you are on that spectrum, the worse off your are.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
The environment would be better off and everyone would be healthier if we stopped eating meat.
- First Step
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was a younger actor, I would try to keep it serious all day. But I have found, later on, that the lighter I am about things when I'm going to do a big scene that's dramatic and takes a lot out of you, the better off I am when I come to it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020