#refer

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do? What a waste, what a senseless waste! But what of those things which you actually didn't like, not because you were not supposed to like them, not because to dislike them was considered a mark of refinement and education - but because you actually found them distasteful? The very idea annoyed me. How could you know? It involved a problem of choice. I would have to weigh many things carefully before deciding and there would be some things that would cause quite a bit of trouble, simply because I had never formed a personal attitude toward so much. I had accepted the accepted attitudes and it had made life seem simple ... ↗

— Ralph Ellison

#choice #preferences #attitude

Creativity is the answer. I always prefer the creative solution to an expensive solution. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#answer #creative #creativity #expensive #i

I always prefer the big laugh. That is always the objective, especially with a film like Scary Movie 2. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#big #especially #film #i #i always

I prefer the smaller budget versus the bigger budget because the mentality that goes along with big budget filmmaking doesn't really suit me; the mind-set that money is the answer. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#answer #because #big #big budget #bigger

In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government. ↗

— Jerrry A. Webman

#banks #cases #convertible #get #give

We must prefer real hell to an imaginary paradise. ↗

— Simone Weil

#imaginary #must #paradise #prefer #real

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible. ↗

— Rachel Weisz

#celebrity #centre #far #i #possible

Government has a role as well in what is referred to as redistributive justice. ↗

— William Weld

#justice #referred #role #well

Most of us, I suspect, prefer our teachers to be of the Nice Guy variety. ↗

— Ken Wilber

#i #most #nice #nice guy #our

KISS Psycho Circus is my current favorite. I'm not ashamed to say that I prefer the mindless fun of blasting hordes of creatures to exploration or adventure games. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#ashamed #blasting #circus #creatures #current