- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Great Majority Quotes
When most people agree, and what that agreement means.
This collection uses "the great majority" as a lens for describing widely shared attitudes, from personal accountability for health choices to views on marriage. It connects naturally with Consensus quotes about how shared opinion forms.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
- Determination
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great majority of the nobility and gentry of England clung to the doctrine and ceremonies of the ancient church, and yet were united in determination to oppose the papal claims.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everybody in the league knew I had trouble with the inside pitch. I got away with it only because the great majority of pitchers were afraid of making a mistake in that spot. The threat of power is one of the best weapons you have in the batter's box.
- Calm
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.
- Good People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The great majority of Scientologists I know are good people who are genuinely interested in improving conditions on this planet and helping others.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like me, the great majority of Americans wish both to preserve the traditional definition of marriage and to oppose bias and intolerance directed towards gays and lesbians.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't see why it should be remarkable that you can acquire a reputation for fairness and decency. Those are qualities shared by so many people. And the great majority of people I meet are decent people, just trying to navigate their way through the world without causing too much trouble.
- Desert
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- Nov 07, 2020
Except when war is waged in a desert, noncombatants, also known as civilians or 'the people,' constitute the great majority of those affected.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Move beyond the educated elite, and the great majority in most countries outside Europe don't speak English.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think everybody, or the great majority of human beings, have this aspiration to become other: to live a different identity, at least for a while.
- Applauded
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- Nov 07, 2020
My guess is the great majority of teachers would welcome a system where innovation is embraced, where their hard work and their students' achievement are applauded and rewarded.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Instead of comparing our lot with that of those who are more fortunate than we are, we should compare it with the lot of the great majority of our fellow men. It then appears that we are among the privileged.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the great majority of white Americans, the Negro problem has distinctly negative connotations. It suggests something difficult to settle and equally difficult to leave alone. It is embarrassing. It makes for moral uneasiness.
- Dietary
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- Nov 07, 2020
Rarely, Type 2 diabetes develops without any readily identifiable predisposing factor. But in the great majority of cases, it is brought on by lifestyle activities, including, and clearly most importantly, dietary choices.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Scientists have established huge numbers of links between particular diseases and snippets of DNA, but in the great majority of cases, this has not yet been translated into treatments that can help cure patients. These treatments will come - tomorrow, or the day after.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020