- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes Quotes
The exceptions that shape the rule.
"Sometimes" is the hinge word in this collection, softening bigger claims into honest exceptions — including a candid look at why people take jobs in law enforcement despite the risks. For quotes on feeling and mood, see Feel quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Circumstances
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- Nov 07, 2020
We all have them, those parts of us that are the greatest parts of us and the worst parts of us. Sometimes we're put in circumstances and bad choices are made.
- High School Students
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many high school students are under so much competitive pressure. They are sometimes taught that if they don't have a 4.0 GPA, score in the 99th percentile on admissions tests, and demonstrate leadership in sports and participate in clubs, they won't get into college anywhere. Even highly credentialed professionals get caught up in this.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes we misinterpret, sometimes we misunderstand, sometimes we make mistakes.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's a place for R&B in the U.K. industry - a huge market. I hope that 'Boo'd Up' can be a testament to the fact. Sometimes, it takes you moving outside the box to prove that it can be done.
- Obstacles
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would seriously question whether anybody is really foolish enough to really say what they mean. Sometimes I think that civilization as we know it would kind of break down if we all were completely honest.
- Face-To-Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't tweet. I prefer face-to-face communication and sometimes Instagram.
- Nov 07, 2020
It's just so hard sometimes to work out where people stand on these things. I mean, isn't the Pope a feminist?
- Passion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes people damage paintings or sculpture because they love it. They throw their arms around a statue in a fit of hysterical passion and it falls over.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I have a nervous breakdown over my suitcase - over socks - because your brain just goes, 'I just can't pack again. I can't.' You're looking at your suitcase going, 'I'm in five countries in two weeks, and it's four different seasons.' That's when my brain melts.
- Loved
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- Nov 07, 2020
When American poet Alice Notley was very young, she used to sit in front of the radio and just listen. When she got older, she began to hear words and songs in her head everywhere she went - songs she loved, like 'Begin the Beguine' by Cole Porter, and her own words that sometimes tumbled out into poems.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm getting stronger as a person, but sometimes I just need to get over myself!
- Biology
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- Nov 07, 2020
Biology sometimes reveals its fundamental principles through what may seem at first to be arcane and bizarre.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020