O Quotes
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“Obviously my last two years in the NFL were not much fun at all.”
“Obviously my mind is not what it was, she said.
Most of my facts have disappeared, but certain
underlying principles have been in consequence
exposed with surprising clarity.”
Source: Winter Recipes from the Collective
“Obviously my own work comes from a conceptual art tradition, but I love the graffiti artists, and I feel spiritually closer to them than to most contemporary art; they make the city a free space of diverse voices and we shouldn't get all cynical about them just because Banksy made some money. I collaborate sometimes with Krae, who is an old school east London graffiti writer.”
“Obviously, my spanking fantasies go back a long way. I can hardly remember having any sexual fantasies at all that didn't include some form of spanking. And even today, although my interests have expanded to take in many other forms of consensual erotic play, spanking remains my first love.”
Source: Spanking for Lovers
“Obviously neither 'American Idol' nor 'Dancing With the Stars' is a variety show in the classic sense, but the way they incorporate elements of drama, comedy and suspense is moderately ingenious.”
“Obviously no language is innate. Take any kid from any race, bring them up in any culture and they will learn the language equally quickly. So no particular language is in the genes. But what might be in the genes is the ability to acquire language.”
“Obviously, no one can escape the chains of self-interest. It is the same attribute of self-interest that shapes our judgments.”
“Obviously no parent does everything right. It's this weird thing that happens where you are striving to be as good as you can be so that they turn out well. And that requires that you be a really great, evolved, aware person in every moment. Which is pretty awesome. But it's also putting tremendous pressure on yourself--which is why women feel so guilty!”
“Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12.”
“Obviously, not everyone in Texas attends church for purely social or nostalgic reasons. There are still plenty of people here who feel the need to advertise their allegiance to God by telling me that they are good Christians, by continuously posting prayer pictures of Jesus on Facebook, or by telling me that no matter how ethically I live, I will surely go to Hell if I don’t accept Jesus Christ into my heart.”
Source: More Likely to Quote Star Wars than the Bible: Generation X and Our Frustrating Search for Rational Spirituality
“Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.”
Source: Collected Papers
“Obviously one of the things that poets from Northern Ireland and beyond - had to try to make sense of was what was happening on a day-to-day political level.”
“Obviously one of us went to Professor Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters and one of us didn't."
"Obviously one of is a total nerd.”
Source: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
“Obviously one would hope one would have as much support as possible from all walks of life, i am a great fan of Elizabeth and as for what people do and why they don't do it, I am not going to speculate.”
“Obviously over the years, it's been America, it's been Europe. It's all been very kind of divided between those two continents. It's nice to kind of see that Asia is starting - and especially China - starting to get recognized in this sport, too.”
“Obviously Pakistan and the U.S. are very different countries, but we have common geopolitical interests in preventing communist take over in Afghanistan and hence, now that Pakistan has a government that we can cooperate with, even though it is a military government, we are working together with them in order to promote our common interests. But obviously we also differ with Pakistan on a number of issues.”
“Obviously people don't want other people to tell them how to think or what to believe, or to tell them what's right politically and what's wrong.”
“Obviously people in Seattle love a little more sun but also nothing is built for it, i miss my rain.”
“Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later.”
“Obviously people's feelings are going to get hurt when you use certain words, but you can't outlaw words. They're really the history of our culture. They tell you what's going on. When you make words politically incorrect you're taking all the poetry out of the language. I'm pro anybody living their lives the way they want to live, sexually and otherwise; and I'm anti any kind of language repression.”
“Obviously plastics have served very important purposes and been incredibly convenient but as we begin to witness the long-term consequences of the chemical components leaching into our water and our bodies, we're going to be forced to look for alternatives to how we package goods and food.”
“Obviously radical Islamic terrorism is a big problem, but there are all sorts of kinds of horrific terrorism that take place.”
“Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene.”
“Obviously, retired life in Florida didn't offer a whole lot of excitement. "Forty below in Fargo! she'd exlcaim. "I can't believe it! Why, at home it's probably seventy-five or eighty.
It was always seventy-five or eighty at home, even when it was actually a hundred and twelve or in the midst of a hurricane.”
Source: With Friends Like These...
“Obviously sex and nudity sells, but that's what people go to cable for but that's not going to happen on network daytime television... so I think it really is always going to come down to story. How do you make a story interesting enough so people will tune in? That's always going to be it.”
“Obviously...' she looked down at the tablecloth. 'I heard you were attached too.'
'I? Don't you believe it," said Tom heartily. 'I'm wedded to my work.”
Source: Less than angels
“Obviously social media has had a massive impact on the fame game, but not in a positive way. But it can be for some.”
“Obviously solving the education problem is big and complex, and there's already so many failings, but coding is the new fluency. This is the most valuable skill of this century. If you want to be a founder of a company, and not even just a tech company, but like a founder of a company, because I'm telling you software is going to play a role.”
“Obviously some cheap motel is missing a shower curtain.”
“Obviously some states are allowed to have weapons of mass destruction while others are not.”
“Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.”
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Obviously songs and musicians mean a lot to people.”
“Obviously Spawn was at the top of the charts at that point so you get a lot of opportunities.”
“Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.”
“Obviously, teaching my house to grow a consciousness is a great idea.”
Source: The Best of Elizabeth Bear
“Obviously technologies that are sustainable are a logical first step to creating a just society, one that doesn't trample life in all its forms, whether it's other humans or other life forms on the earth, one that acknowledges that we're all sharing the space and that there needs to be room for every living thing somewhere.”
“Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.”
“Obviously the actors are incredible at being the audience surrogates in this crazy universe.”
“Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.”
“Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.”
“Obviously the audience has veto power signified by whether they laugh or not, but you-not them-retain the ultimate power to decide what they're going to get the opportunity to laugh at.”
Source: Comic Insights: The Art of Stand-up Comedy
“Obviously the bar is much higher now for a behavior to be scandalous. Social media has really changed the way people live. It's not a new impulse; it's just being enacted in a new way.”
“Obviously the best way to retain the most profit is to not give any of it away. That's something that you certainly learn through the years.”
“Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.”
“Obviously the current approach on steroids both in professional sports and amateur sports is not working.”
“Obviously the dharma is every breath we take, every thought we think, every word we speak, if we do it with awareness and an open, caring heart.”
“Obviously the extremists want to provoke sectarian warfare, and I am struck by the fact that over a three-year period, leaders of the (Iraqi) communities have been quite resistant to this. The test is whether the political process continues.”
“Obviously the facts are never just coming at you but are incorporated by an imagination that is formed by your previous experience. Memories of the past are not memories of facts but memories of your imaginings of the facts.”
Source: The facts: a novelist's autobiography
“Obviously the fans are very important to me, in fact they mean everything to me and they are the people I try to please when I play.”
“Obviously the first roles that you're proud of are the ones that everybody else liked too.”