#prefer

To be civilized is to be potentially master of all possible ideas, and that means that one has got beyond being shocked, although one preserves one's own moral aesthetic preferences. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If it were not for the presents, an elopement would be preferable. ↗

— George Ade

#preferable #presents #were #would

Up until 'Bridesmaids,' the general consensus was that women preferred comedy a bit softer. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#comedy #consensus #general #preferred #softer

Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier. ↗

— Daisy Berkowitz

#amplifier #direct #guitars #i #likes

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information. ↗

— Henry A. Wallace

#channels #fascist #his #information #method

When it comes to the British monarchy, I prefer to be seduced by an image than presented with a real person. It's kind of a Warhol thing. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#comes #i #image #kind #monarchy

If I was going to make a broad generalisation, I'd say that I prefer the company of women. People know now that I live with Mike Figgis, but I prefer not to talk about it. On one level, privacy is important, but on another level I have no desire to deny certain things. ↗

— Saffron Burrows

#another #broad #certain #certain things #company

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#classic #literature #modern #newest #oldest

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#inclusion #judgment #national #national security #obama

Christ preferred the poor; ever since I have been converted so have I. ↗

— John Nelson Darby

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