#often

I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#babies #chance #close #dad #family

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. ↗

— Peter Singer

#behave #better #citizens #could #dark

Most publishers seem very reluctant to publish short story collections at all; they bring them out in paperback, often disguised as novels. ↗

— John Sladek

#collections #disguised #most #novels #often

Often doctors didn't even tell you what was wrong with you. They just treated you, and sent you home. ↗

— Rebecca Skloot

#even #home #just #often #sent

All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#behaviour #breakdown #case #classic #containing

You know in my own area of Waltham Forest, we've had many murders as a result of the gang violence and often innocent bystanders get caught up in it. ↗

— Iain Duncan Smith

#caught #forest #gang #gang violence #get

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. ↗

— Kate Smith

#best #best interests #defeat #employer #interests

It is always right to detect a fraud, and to perceive a folly; but it is very often wrong to expose either. A man of business should always have his eyes open, but must often seem to have them shut. ↗

— Philip Stanhope

#business #detect #either #expose #eyes

When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#call #courage #god #his #oftentimes

Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#face #feel #forgive #look #make