#favor

The dog commends himself to our favor by affording play to our propensity for mastery. ↗

— Thorstein Veblen

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Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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I also pray for favor and His anointing on my life and ministry that I might have spiritual blessing when I minister to people. They're my principal prayers; I don't have a prayer list that I go down. ↗

— Pat Robertson

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Pitchers did me a favor when they knocked me down. It made me more determined. I wouldn't let that pitcher get me out. They say you can't hit if you're on your back, but I didn't hit on my back. I got up. ↗

— Frank Robinson

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The methods of peace propaganda which aim at establishing peace doctrine by argument and by creating a feeling favorable to peace in general seem to fall short of reaching the springs of human action and of dealing with the causes of the conduct which they seek to modify. ↗

— Elihu Root

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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. ↗

— George Washington

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Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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For the very first time, viewers will be able to watch their favorite shows before the rest of the world. ↗

— Peter Chernin

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My favorite work is The Full Monty because I got an Oscar for it. But it was really hard work at the time. Sometimes comedy is not a bundle of laughs to actually do. ↗

— Anne Dudley

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I want to make a policy statement. I am unabashedly in favor of women. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

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