#preferred

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

I've always preferred writing in longhand. I've always written first drafts in longhand. ↗

— John Irving

#drafts #first #i #preferred #writing

Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish. ↗

— Ben Shahn

#begin #came #department #i #i came

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. ↗

— Herbert Simon

#action #aimed #changing #courses #designs

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

#many #preferred #requirement #states #transition

When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me. ↗

— Paul Hirsch

#could #feel #felt #film #films

Well, I would have much preferred to have had a normal childhood. I would have loved it if my greatest dilemma, at 14, was whether to go to Benetton for my pullovers. I would have preferred not to have cried all the tears I have cried. ↗

— Marjane Satrapi

#cried #dilemma #go #greatest #had

I started out pursuing an acting career out of college when I lived in Los Angeles. When I got an entry into broadcasting, I preferred it. I liked being me, rather than dressing up to be someone else. Now I'm 30 and doing a career of my own and have been in this career for eight years. ↗

— Eleanor Mondale

#angeles #been #being #broadcasting #career

I did decide that you have to put your name about a bit, and so, although I would have preferred to have never done publicity or an interview or a fashion shoot for a magazine or a chat show. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

#although #bit #chat #decide #did

We continue to recognize the greater ability of some to earn more than others. But we do assert that the ambition of the individual to obtain for him a proper security is an ambition to be preferred to the appetite for great wealth and great power. ↗

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

#ambition #appetite #assert #continue #earn