#oft

They were often the first students in their family to go to college and the very idea of higher education was still foreign to them. They had to make a conscious and often difficult decision to come to college. ↗

— Michael N. Castle

#come #conscious #decision #difficult #education

God's angels often protect his servants from potential enemies. ↗

— Billy Graham

#god #his #often #potential #protect

I write a lot, and very often I write a couple of lines that are particularly revealing in some kind of way. And then as a few more lines get added and a piece gets added, eventually the song pretty much takes over and you can't really find a way to change those things. ↗

— Nick Cave

#change #couple #eventually #few #find

My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well. ↗

— Neil Cavuto

#big #big believer #dad #even #himself

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people. ↗

— Claude Chabrol

#because #ends #habits #i #interesting

As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for them. This group doesn't necessarily have a name. We've been called 'moderates,' but that term can be misleading. ↗

— Lincoln Chafee

#called #former #group #i #misleading

The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. ↗

— Marc Chagall

#also #artist #awake #continual #dignity

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang. ↗

— Richard Chamberlain

#better #boomerang #dangerous #everyone #feel

Composers dialogue - and obsessively, bitterly argue - with other composers, often over the span of several centuries. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#bitterly #centuries #composers #dialogue #obsessively

Gaiety is often the reckless ripple over depths of despair. ↗

— Edwin Hubbel Chapin

#despair #gaiety #often #over #reckless