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“It does say something about a society when those who sue physicians and hospitals make as much or more money than those who heal disease. It says something about a society when it glorifies and rewards those who litigate while it demonizes and punishes those who produce the drugs and devices that keep it citizens alive and well.”
“It does seem like between the groundbreaking writing of Edmund White's generation and the work of younger gay writers in their twenties and thirties there is a kind of gap.”
“It does seem like if you're an interesting person and you have endless amounts of money to indulge your fantasies, then those fantasies will be plagued with guilt about that level of indulgence. It really becomes a self-defeating exercise in pursuing hedonistic desires in any sort of normal or guiltless fashion.”
“It does seem pleasant to be quiet, and not have company manners on all the time. Home is a nice place, though it isn't splendid.”
Source: Little Women
“It does seem quite ironic to me that the very people who clearly have made no attempt to think for themselves are always the most vocal in demanding respect for their "ideas".”
“It does seem simple, doesn't it?' she said, with a final bitter attempt at flippancy, 'when you want to kill a chicken...you take hold of it...then you wring its neck...it's only the chicken who does not find it quite so simple. Now you hold a knife at my throat, and a hostage for my obedience...You find it simple...I don't”
Source: The Scarlet Pimpernel
“It does seem so pleasant to talk with an old acquaintance who knows what you know. I see so many new folks nowadays who seem to have neither past nor future. Conversation has got to have some root in the past, or else you have got to explain every remark you make, and it wears a person out.”
“It does seem that a fantasy, working out in its own terms, stretching you beyond the normal concerns of your own life, gains you a peculiar charge of energy which inexplicably enriches you. At least, this is my ideal of a fantasy, and I am always trying to write it.”
“It does seem that the sea ice is returning to 'average' after the record lows of 2007 and 2008. There has been a definite recovery trend since then, so far from being a progression towards ice free summers it seems that it was a temporary dip. The recent observations do make the 2007 projections that the region would be ice free by 2013 look very unrealistic. Given what is happening only the foolish would look many years into the future and predict ice free summers now.”
“it does seem
the more we drink
the better the words
go.”
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“It does seem to me that at least some of us have made an idol of exhaustion. The only time we know we have done enough is when we are running on empty and when the ones we love most are the ones we see the least.”
“It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare virtue of interior spaciousness. Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter's, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.”
Source: Moby Dick
“It does seem to me, though, that the countries that gained most from World Summit on the Information Society are those that saw it as an opportunity to engage in more diverse discussion about the issues internally and to seek to raise the quality of debate (both in terms of information and understanding).”
“It does seem to me, though, that there is a difference between the Mormon Church saying, "We don't accept gay people within the Church; we don't accept gay marriage within the Church; we don't accept people who act on their homosexual desires within the Church;" and trying to interfere with what happens outside of the Church. That seemed to me to be an abomination.”
“It does seem true that a lot of people will do anything, however humiliating, for fame.”
Source: Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2013: 25th Anniversary Edition
“It does seem true that a young woman may sometimes behave in a way that can be called titillating, and that men take such behavior as being directed entirely at them. [...]
I've often seen blushing young men with shining eyes behave in the same way, but no one says of them that they want to be raped. If, after taking a few steps forward, they then decide to retreat, no one accuses them of being cunt teasers. In fact, the disappointed woman probably thinks it's all her fault.”
Source: The Women's Room
“It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.”
“It does so happen to be the case that if the freedom of the people of this country - and especially the rights of trade unionists - if those precious things in the past had been left to the good sense and fairmindedness of judges, we would have precious few freedoms in this country.”
“It does sound like a science fiction story and I may sound like one of these guys who walks up and down with a sandwich board saying the end of the world is nigh, but the end is nigh.”
“It does surprise me that intelligent people in the 21st century could claim that if you respond to the terrorists with force, you spawn terrorism, but if you appease them, you somehow tame them. This argument, as I said, is very interesting, and very surprising.”
“It does't matter what you have, what matters is what you do with what you have.”
“It does take a great hunger to be successful at anything.”
“It does take a little work to be a vegetarian but it's so worth it, oh it's so worth it!”
“It does take a long time and a lot of paint to become our own artist.”
“It does take a special something. Whatever that 'something' is, I'm reliably told I have it in spades..." -Rodimus”
Source: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye (2011-2016) #44
“It does take an exceptional mind and a still more exceptional integrity to remain untouched by the brain-destroying influences of the world doctrines, the accumulated evil of centuries-- to remain _human_, since the human is the rational”
Source: Atlas Shrugged
“It does take great maturity to understand that the opinion we are arguing for is merely the hypothesis we favor, necessarily imperfect, probably transitory, which only very limited minds can declare to be a certainty or a truth.”
“It does the heart good to look at you.”
Source: The Painted Veil
“It does the sheep no good to preach the goodness of a diet of grass, if the wolves are of a different mind.”
Source: Stone of Tears
“It does the things we're also most concerned about. It tries very hard to stay alive. It's motivated to reproduce. It gets hungry and goes to look for food. It gets frightened. Compared to other things in the universe, we and the albatrosses are almost identical.”
“It does. This is how it should have been anyway.' I caught my breath as he kissed my neck, teeth grating my skin. 'And I'll take back what's mine.”
“It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.”
“It does'nt matter who forgives you, if you're the one who can't forget.”
“It does, Tennyson, because there’s a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There’s a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you’re on the wrong side of both lines.”
Source: Bruiser
“It doesn' matter what happens to you, just what you do with what happens to you!”
“It doesn't affect the way I feel about you, but is it wrong that I want you to experience the joy I've found in books?”
Source: Then He Kissed Me
“It doesn’t always have to be that way, however. Later friendships can offer a second chance to finally get those old needs met. I often ask adults in therapy how they managed to cope with the terrible traumas they endured. The ones who coped best, even ones with horrendous histories of abuse and neglect, were those who found a friend or supporter. Somehow, even through the betrayals and abandonments, these individuals managed to connect with someone, usually a very special person who saw through the child’s surface layer of aggressiveness, withdrawal, or fear and persisted in offering a helping hand. For some survivors of abuse, this connection came from a peer, perhaps someone whose own suffering made them especially empathic. Others were supported by an adult, someone who didn’t abuse or neglect them, but treated them with respect and dignity. Still others were shut out of human connection but managed to find a friend by connecting with a pet, a doll, a character in a favorite book or an imaginary friend.”
Source: Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the Social Lives of Children
“It doesn't always help us to love the world, but it does prevent us from hating the world.”
Source: Shantaram
“It doesn't always work, but I do my best. See what happens. Go on in any case living.”
Source: Intermezzo
“It doesn’t begin inside my head like I expected. Instead a delicious warmth spreads through my body, expanding from my heart outward, and my bones and muscles and skin dissolve in the warmth that spreads out from me, until the warmth overcomes the Earth and the boundaries of the universe. The warmth is everywhere and everything. My body and everything outside my body belongs to it. Then I feel him; he is in the warmth, too, and there’s no separation between us, no spot where I end and he begins, and I open up like a flower to the rain, achingly slow and dizzyingly fast, dissolving in the warmth, dissolving in him and there’s nothing to see, that’s just the convenient word he used because there is no word to describe him, he just is.
And I open to him, a flower to the rain.”
“It doesn't bother you that because of your credit you can't get a real job?' Sargam said. 'You a politician?' another man said. 'This is the greatest country in the world, or it was until the politicians and media ruined it, made it hard for business.' 'Hard for business?' Sargam said. 'Do you really think it's hard for business in America? How much are you getting an hour? Five dollars? Five fifty?' There were murmurs of assent from around the hillside. 'You're barely making enough to eat on and pay for the gas to get you to the next day's work.”
Source: The Subprimes
“It doesn’t cause me to doubt God’s existence, but it does force me to admit there’s a lot about God I don’t understand.”
Source: The Gospel of Ruth: Loving God Enough to Break the Rules
“It doesn't change that I still want him, I still want to be with him, I still feel like the fucking air has been sucked out of the room when he walks in and I still think about him all the time.”
Source: The Interludes
“It doesn’t change what we are to each other. It’s like there’s always been a piece of my soul missing, and it’s inside you, Clary.”
“It doesn't cost anything to pay attention.”
Source: Red Asphalt
“It doesn’t cost more to strive for excellence, but if you settle for mediocrity, it’ll cost you dearly.”
Source: Listen to Your Conscience: That's Why You Have One
“It doesn’t cost much to be shallow,
but it costs you everything to be learned.
It doesn’t cost much to be dull,
but it costs you everything to be bright.
It doesn’t cost much to be uncultured,
but it costs you everything to be educated.
It doesn’t cost much to be mindless,
but it costs you everything to be wise.
It doesn’t cost much to be loud,
but it costs you everything to be silent.
It doesn’t cost much to be rude,
but it costs you everything to be polite.
It doesn’t cost much to be simple,
but it costs you everything to be sophisticated.
It doesn’t cost much to be careless,
but it costs you everything to be cautious.
It doesn’t cost much to be weak,
but it costs you everything to be strong.
It doesn’t cost much to be mediocre,
but it costs you everything to be great.
It doesn’t cost much to be obscure,
but it costs you everything to be famous.
It doesn’t cost much to be inferior,
but it costs you everything to be superior.
It doesn’t cost much to be relaxed,
but it costs you everything to be focused.
It doesn’t cost much to be lazy,
but it costs you everything to be determined.
It doesn’t cost much to be incompetant,
but it costs you everything to be diligent.
It doesn’t cost much to be defeated,
but it costs you everything to be victorious.
It doesn’t cost much to be narrow,
but it costs you everything to be open.
It doesn’t cost much to be shameful,
but it costs you everything to be honorable.
It doesn’t cost much to be uncouth,
but it costs you everything to be uncultured.
It doesn’t cost much to be sinful,
but it costs you everything to be virtuous.
It doesn’t cost much to be sad,
but it costs you everything to be happy.
It doesn’t cost much to be cruel,
but it costs you everything to be kind.
It doesn’t cost much to be gentle,
but it costs you everything to be firm.
It doesn’t cost much to be hasty,
but it costs you everything to be patient.
It doesn’t cost much to be backward,
but it costs you everything to be forward.
It doesn’t cost much to be down,
but it costs you everything to be up.
It doesn’t cost much to be low,
but it costs you everything to be high.”
“It doesn’t cost much to copy, but it costs you everything to create.
It doesn’t cost much to break, but it costs you everything to mend.
It doesn’t cost much to kill, but it costs you everything to heal.
It doesn’t cost much to shame, but it costs you everything to encourage.
It doesn’t cost much to defame, but it costs you everything to honor.
It doesn’t cost much to despise, but it costs you everything to appreciate.
It doesn’t cost much to defend, but it costs you everything to attack.
It doesn’t cost much to hear, but it costs you everything to understand.
It doesn’t cost much to listen, but it costs you everything to learn.
It doesn’t cost much to beg, but it costs you everything to earn.
It doesn’t cost much to learn, but it costs you everything to teach.
It doesn’t cost much to hoard, but it costs you everything to share.
It doesn’t cost much to quit, but it costs you everything to press on.
It doesn’t cost much to control, but it costs you everything to let go.
It doesn’t cost much to sink, but it costs you everything to float.
It doesn’t cost much to drown, but it costs you everything to swim.
It doesn’t cost much to shrink, but it costs you everything to expand.
It doesn’t cost much to lose, but it costs you everything to gain.
It doesn’t cost much to fail, but it costs you everything to succeed.”
“It doesn’t cost much to hate,
but it costs you everything to love.
It doesn’t cost much to fall,
but it costs you everything to rise.
It doesn’t cost much to doubt,
but it costs you everything to believe.
It doesn’t cost much to forget,
but it costs you everything to remember.
It doesn’t cost much to take,
but it costs you everything to give.
It doesn’t cost much to create,
but it costs you everything to destroy.
It doesn’t cost much to seek,
but it costs you everything to find.
It doesn’t cost much to command,
but it costs you everything to obey.
It doesn’t cost much to destroy,
but it costs you everything to build.
It doesn’t cost much to hinder,
but it costs you everything to help.
It doesn’t cost much to harm,
but it costs you everything to heal.
It doesn’t cost much to revenge,
but it costs you everything to forgive.
It doesn’t cost much to condenm,
but it costs you everything to sympathize.
It doesn’t cost much to assume,
but it costs you everything to prove.
It doesn’t cost much to ignore,
but it costs you everything to understand.
It doesn’t cost much to despise,
but it costs you everything to honor.
It doesn’t cost much to blame,
but it costs you everything to praise.
It doesn’t cost much to denounce,
but it costs you everything to appluad.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to surrender,
but it costs you everything to conquer.
It doesn’t cost much to lose,
but it costs you everything to win.
It doesn’t cost much to fail,
but it costs you everything to succeed.
It doesn’t cost much to rest,
but it costs you everything to work.
It doesn’t cost much to die,
but it costs you everything to live.
It doesn’t cost much to sit,
but it costs you everything to stand.
It doesn’t cost much to walk,
but it costs you everything to run.
It doesn’t cost much to jog,
but it costs you everything to soar.
It doesn’t cost much to follow,
but it costs you everything to lead.
It doesn’t cost much to give up,
but it costs you everything to persevere.”
“It doesn't cost much to show love, but it cost a fortune not to. Lack of love is the root cause of pandemonium and unrest in this world.”