- Comedy
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- 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
- Night
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes in the dark of night I begin to think. And I wonder if Lee started all this violence.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
An intellectual's weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We sometimes received - and I would read - 200 manuscripts a week. Some of them were wonderful, some were terrible; most were mediocre. It was like the gifts of the good and bad fairies.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am invariably late for appointments - sometimes as much as two hours. I've tried to change my ways but the things that make me late are too strong, and too pleasing.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think denial's fascinating. It's a jokey word, but it really happens, and sometimes in enormous ways.
- Conversational
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many nations use language simply to convey information, but it's different in Ireland. With most conversational exchanges you get an 'added extra' like the free little biscuit you sometimes get with a cappuccino in a fancy coffee place.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I feel my arm is like a swan's neck - so weak.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember when I used to go to coaches’ meetings and stuff like that and I would never say anything - I would just sit in a corner and sometimes coaches wouldn’t even shake my hand.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020