#often

Scratch a pessimist and you find often a defender of privilege. ↗

— William Beveridge

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Man can and must prevent the tragedy of famine in the future instead of merely trying with pious regret to salvage the human wreckage of the famine, as he has so often done in the past. ↗

— Norman Borlaug

#famine #future #human #in the past #instead

Intimacies between women often go backwards, beginning in revelations and ending in small talk. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#backwards #beginning #between #ending #go

To be in the right is often an expensive business. ↗

— Phyllis Bottome

#expensive #often #right

Often when I finish a film I'll have that feeling inside me: 'I never want to do this ever again. I don't want to pretend anymore. I want to be myself and do that.' And then, thank God, that feeling goes away after a month or so and I'm raring to go again. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#again #anymore #away #ever #feeling

Genius is a word too often tossed around in musical circles. ↗

— Stanley Jordan

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I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#get #go #i #often #swimming

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect. ↗

— Periander

#makes #misquoted #often #perfect #practice

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please. ↗

— Robert Chambers

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I often try to tell kids to think about all the people who love you, don't cry over the one person who doesn't. ↗

— Bill Cosby

#cry #i #kids #love #love you