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- Nov 07, 2020
Confused Quotes
Lines about mixing up ideas that only look alike.
These quotes point out common mix-ups, including a sharp line arguing that equal opportunity has been confused with equal outcome. Another draws a careful historical distinction, noting that global influence after a major shift in world power should not be mistaken for total, unchecked control. Related reading appears on the Being quotes page.
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- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up, I was confused about my identity: I felt like I wasn't black enough to be black, but not white enough to be white.
- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
In these confused times, the role of classical music is at the very core of the struggle to reassert cultural and ethical values that have always characterized our country and for which we have traditionally been honored and respected outside our shores.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't know what I have said. I have answered so many questions and I am so confused I don't know one thing from another. I am telling you just as nearly as I know.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
A society that feels itself to be flourishing is likely to interpret everything that happens to its own advantage and in its own image. By contrast, a society that feels confused or in decline often converts any event - however innocuous - into a weapon of self-laceration.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every time a bit of information is erased, we know it doesn't disappear. It goes out into the environment. It may be horribly scrambled and confused, but it never really gets lost. It's just converted into a different form.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
Puerto Rican culture is very different from Mexican culture. Part of the Mexican psychology is the idea of being an immigrant or being illegal or being confused with that. That doesn't happen with Puerto Ricans, because you're a commonwealth.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed by too much of it, which explains why the introvert is ready to leave a party after an hour and the extravert gains steam as the night goes on.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was starstruck and completely confused; making a film of this story hadn't even occurred to me, and I hadn't written a single line of the book yet. I had no idea how this man knew anything about my book proposal.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was young I felt really overwhelmed and confused by the desire not to end up in an office, doing something I didn't believe in.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In TV, you're always confused because you legitimately don't know what you're doing the next week.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was very confused with where my life was heading, but I knew that whatever I did, music was going to be involved.
- Nov 07, 2020
This league has great players, and it has great images. Sometimes those two things get confused.
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was another Judy Garland movie on TV, and it wasn't 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I was so confused. I was like, 'Wait a second, what is Dorothy doing in this movie?' And that's when I became fascinated. I didn't realize there were actors.
- Personal
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- Nov 07, 2020