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In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about nation, state, world

The video directors, they're all good, I guess. But they tend... they tend to be real control freaks because they want every shot perfect and they want your performance perfect and they want to give you every line reading.

Quote by Anthony Hopkins about perfection, real estate, good, good luck, contentment

Neophyte writers tend to believe that there is something magical about ideas and that if they can just get a hold of a good one, then their futures are ensured.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writers, faith, good, good luck

Those things tend not to get reprinted. It's nice to be...

Those things tend not to get reprinted. It's nice to be able to give them another chance at life by putting them on the web.

Quote by Michael Chabon about chance, things, life

In our struggle to restrain the violence and contain the damage, we tend to forget that the human capacity for aggression is more than a monstrous defect, that it is also a crucial survival tool.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about survival, tools, fight, violence, human imperfections

There's a tendency to fall into certain habits, but if you tell yourself not to do that and if you don't stay there too long - I think if you start staying for too long, you tend to fall into certain bad habits, and I tried not to do that.

Quote by Josh Duhamel about habits, fall, contentment, bad luck, bad

I find it easier when I'm working because I have more on my plate and I can organize it better than when I'm just free. If I have no calendar, I tend to get much more messed up.

Quote by Melanie Griffith

Families, particularly, tend to be the ones that you take the most for granted. They seem to slip under the radar, all those important things - it almost becomes second nature to do so.

Quote by Adam Garcia about family, nature, things, contentment

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's...

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

Quote by Mick Jagger about past

At a certain point, when everybody has had their way with you, as it were... you tend to become a little more spiritually minded about this sort of thing..that's not me that they're talking about - that's somebody else.

Quote by Don Johnson about talking, things, contentment

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bad luck, bad, things

Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.

Enough research will tend to support whatever theory.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about research

Don’t ever kiss another cowboys horse, he will not like...

Don’t ever kiss another cowboys horse, he will not like it and they tend to kick.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, kiss

Cross draw holsters tend to make a cowboy a switch hitter...

Cross draw holsters tend to make a cowboy a switch hitter or a good Broadway dancer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, good, good luck

Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side.

Facings tend to be sewn to the wrong side.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bad

Moral beliefs tend to be like laws in crowded places.

Moral beliefs tend to be like laws in crowded places.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about moral

I read mostly fiction and some poetry. I don't tend to...

I read mostly fiction and some poetry. I don't tend to read nonfiction unless I'm doing research for my own writing.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about science, fiction, research, poetry, writing

I'm totally convinced that some people have met me on a bad day and gone away thinking I'm a miserable sod, so I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Quote by Michael Parkinson about people, doubt, thinking, bad luck, bad, day

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale about day, wish, state, happiness, mind, contentment

We tend to get what we expect.

We tend to get what we expect.

Quote by Norman Vincent Peale

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