S Quotes
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“Some people grow up knowing what they want to do. They color inside the lines, study at the right school, check off the boxes, and in the end? They are handed the grown-up life they've dreamed of. (That's mostly bullshit for the record.) Trying to figure out what you want to do, who you want to be is messy as hell. The best anyone can hope for is to figure out the next step.”
Source: Shout
“Some people grow up with issues because they did not have their parents around growing up, many others have issues because their parents were around growing up”
“Some people habitually wear sadness, like a garment, and think it a becoming grace. God loves a cheerful worshipper.”
“Some people had all the luck, being born into the right family.”
Source: China Rich Girlfriend
“Some people had attack dogs. Ghastek had attack lawyers.”
Source: Gunmetal Magic: A Novel in the World of Kate Daniels
“Some people had fathers who were bankers or farmers, my father made films, that's how I saw it. As for the movie stars, they were just around, some of them were friends, others weren't, it was all just a part of my everyday life.”
“Some people had too much power and too much cruelty to live. Some people were too horrible, no matter if you loved them; no matter that you had to make yourself terrible too, in order to stop them. Some things just had to be done. I forgive myself, thought Fire. Today, I forgive myself.”
“Some people harbor the idea or belief that all teachers should teach for free. Obviously these people have never been teachers, particularly in the twentieth century. Teaching meditation is a very expensive hobby.”
“Some people harbour an awkward clash of feelings - homosexual attraction on the one hand and shame or embarrassment about that attraction on the other. It is well known that the mind struggles to sustain conflicting views.”
“Some people has the ability to see the winter as the spring season! Such positive minds can reach the farthest places!”
“Some people hate being single so much that they are often the boyfriend or girlfriend of someone who they do not love.”
Source: On Friendship: A Satirical Essay
“Some people hate funerals. I find them comforting. They hit the pause button on life and remind us that it has an end. Every eulogy reminds me to deepen my dash, that place on the tombstone between our birth and our death.”
“Some people hate Jews. Fine, alright it's been done. I mean, that's part of my problem with it. Could you hate somebody new? I'm not giving you any suggestions but the Belgians have had a good run.”
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.”
“Some people hate pigs,
Some people love pigs,
Some people behave like pigs.
Some people worship cows,
Some people feast on cows,
Some people just act like cows.
Eat what you like,
Believe what you like.
As long as you don't
behave like pigs and cows,
let no tradition be your guide.”
Source: Aşk Mafia: Armor of The World
“Some people hate the rain, other appreciate it for the blooming flowers.”
Source: Better to be able to love than to be loveable
“Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.”
“Some people hate the smell of hospitals. I hate the smell of jails and prisons, all the same: stale cigarette smoke, Pine-Sol, urine, sweat, and dust.”
Source: The Stranger Beside Me: Ted Bundy: The Shocking Inside Story
“Some people hate the very name of statistics, but I find them full of beauty and interest. Whenever they are not brutalized, but delicately handled by the higher methods, and are warily interpreted, their power of dealing with complicated phenomena is extraordinary. They are the only tools by which an opening can be cut through the formidable thicket of difficulties that bars the path of those who pursue the Science of Man.”
“Some people hate themselves because they've less than others. Some people hate themselves because they think they've less than others. Don't become either of them.”
“Some people have a blissful heart; they are always happy for nothing.”
“Some people have a difficult time facing truth and reality. They prefer to live in a make-believe world, pretending that certain things aren't happening.”
Source: Starting Your Day Right: Devotions for Each Morning of the Year
“Some people have a fear of being on stage. I have a fear of coming off it.”
“Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.”
“Some people have a gift for making you feel okay, just by the fact of their presence.”
“Some people have a gift for stupidity, an almost mystic ability to withstand any form of logic.”
“Some people have a great fashion of calling things they do not like yellow. You exclude the yellow man. You fear the yellow peril. I edit a white paper turned out by yellow men, and many white men turn out yellow papers.”
Source: The White Devil's Daughters: The Fight Against Slavery in San Francisco's Chinatown
“Some people have a habit of making poor decisions and choosing the wrong people or things. They often end up disappointing those who see the good in them.”
“Some people have a hard time getting rid of stuff. If that's you, pray for God to give you the courage to get rid of things you don't really need or things He wants you to give away. This will help keep your surroundings organized and clutter-free.”
“Some people have a heart to do evil and they don’t care if you’re Muslim or Christian.”
Source: The Rainy Season
“Some people have a knack of putting upon you gifts of no real value, to engage you to substantial gratitude. We thank them for nothing.”
Source: Essays of Elia: To which are Added Letters, and Rosamund, a Tale
“Some people have a knack, for example, of being able to tell when someone's lying to them. They may not know what the truth is, but they can tell when someone is trying to lead them astray or sell them something shady. I think he had that ability to an amazing degree. I also think he thought, without saying it explicitly, that you can convince a crowd of something that's not true more easily than you can one person at a time.”
“Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like.”
“Some people have a lot of time, but no money--
It's because they don't work hard enough.
Some people have a lot of money, but no time--
It's because they don't work smart enough.
The most successful people have both.”
“Some people have a love of their fellow man in their hearts, and others require a light anesthetic.”
Source: Life Among the Lutherans
“Some people have a mistaken idea that all thoughts disappear through meditation and we enter a state of blankness. There certainly are times of great tranquility when concentration is strong and we have few, if any, thoughts. But other times, we can be flooded with memories, plans or random thinking. It's important not to blame yourself.”
“Some people have a negative attitude, and that's their disability.”
“Some people have a peculiar faculty for denying facts.”
“Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.”
“Some people have a perverse talent; they're capable of shooting themselves in the foot and stabbing themselves in the back at the exact same time.”
“Some people have a seemingly quiet life but they are noisy inside. Some people have a seemingly busy life but they have a quietness within. To lessen the inner noise we can develop self-awareness, introspection, and stillness. We grow in solitude. We need quiet times. They make our life happier and less problematic. They move us closer to glowing health, agelessness, peace, prosperity, clear thinking, inspired ideas, harmonious and interesting relationships, and effective problem solving. They secure our personal and spiritual progress. As we become more conscious through the practice of quiet times, we progressively lose the problems of illness, stress, confusion, and relationship breakdowns. By having quiet times, we start to wake up.”
Source: The Love of Devotion
“Some people have a taboo about doing advertising in the States. You know, where they kind of make their bread and butter. But to me, that's crazy.”
“Some people have a team of ten people - Waste of money, waste of time. I do it on my own when I'm in the ring.”
“Some people have a tendency to forget you, when you stop giving”
“Some people have a tendency to get knocked down in this business and sulk and whine, and they just create a rod for their back, really. You have to have broad shoulders and get through it.”
“Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.”
“Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world.”
Source: Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope, and Repair
“Some people have a thick skin and you don’t. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world. The cost is high, but the blessing of being compassionate is beyond your wildest dreams.”
“Some people have a vacant lot for a brain,
Some people have a vacant lot for a heart.
Some people's mind has full-on vacancy,
Some people's vacancy is in spinal cord.”
Source: Visvavictor: Kanima Akiyor Kainat
“Some people have a very strange idea that material success does not coincide harmoniously with self-realization, which is absurd. The aversion to material success, or the clinging to it, is an attachment.”