#favor

Ancestor worship, or filial piety so characteristic of Asian cultures, for example, does not really resonate with Americans who favor children, not grandparents. ↗

— Alan Dundes

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But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents. ↗

— Joseph Heller

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I'm very strongly in favor of the auteur theory. ↗

— George Hickenlooper

#i #strongly #theory #very

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

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There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word. ↗

— Brett Hull

#i #many #mean #unbelievable #word

Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification. ↗

— Kim Jong Il

#developed #favor #national #north #overall

My favorite day was Monday, September the 25th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana, site of the Superdome. I watched our people who had suffered so grievously through Hurricane Katrina fill a stadium hours before a game and stay hours after the game. ↗

— Michael Irvin

#before #day #favorite #fill #game

With Hitchcock I had little relationship. I was called to replace Bernard Herrmann, his favorite composer, in Torn Curtain, after the bitter fight between them. ↗

— Maurice Jarre

#bernard #between #bitter #called #composer

Fortune, that favors fools. ↗

— Ben Jonson

#fools #fortune

My favorite country is America. I love going there! I go in the local lake near where I work on Sundays. It's called Berry Hill. ↗

— Tom Felton

#berry #called #country #favorite #go