#habit

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. ↗

— Mark Twain

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Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table. ↗

— Patrick White

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Never permit failure to become a habit. ↗

— William Frederick Book

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Friendship is a strong and habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of one another. ↗

— Eustace Budgell

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The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The time at our disposal each day is elastic; the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it. ↗

— Marcel Proust

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I've directed a couple of times in the theater, but I wouldn't make a habit of it because it's too consuming. ↗

— Brian Cox

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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office. ↗

— Anita Diament

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In the power of fixing the attention lies the most precious of the intellectual habits. ↗

— Robert Hall

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