#oft

I had found again and again that the most aberrant population of a species - often having reached species rank, and occasionally classified even as a separate genus - occurred at a peripheral location, indeed usually at the most isolated peripheral location. ↗

— Ernst Mayr

#classified #even #found #genus #had

Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs. ↗

— Karen McCarthy

#career #helping #i #my own #needs

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion. ↗

— James McGreevey

#being #best #closet #election #first

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

#been #bid #birth #country #death

When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats. ↗

— Charlie Melancon

#off #out #people #pulling #republicans

As the arteries grow hard, the heart grows soft. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#grow #grows #hard #heart #soft

Far too often we see attention paid to the firearm and not the criminal. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#criminal #far #often #paid #see

I just worry because I know I say a lot, often. It doesn't bother me, it's more about the people that get affected around me. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#affected #around #because #bother #get

I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#cameras #chasing #dark #down #fact

In my career as an actor, there is a catchphrase that Scofield always says often in regards to his brother, 'Have a little faith.' In my own career as an actor, there were times when I was the only one who believed in myself in the face of the odds. ↗

— Wentworth Miller

#always #believed #brother #career #face