S Quotes
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“Some people see a bookshop as an archive, or a shrine, or even a time machine. But I think a bookshop is like a map of the world. There are infinite paths you can take through it and none of them are right or wrong. Here in a bookshop we give readers landmarks to help them find their way, but every reader has to learn to set their own compass.”
Source: Tilly and the Bookwanderers
“Some people see it this way, and some people do not. Some are angry, and some are scared, and some are so hurt that they can't see the point of anything, let alone fighting. Some people give up. Some people try harder. They all grieve, though, all of them—and, for all the differences in the people who remain behind, one thing is the same about those who are gone.
The world is a little more hollow without them in it.”
Source: Crimson Rivers
“Some people see me as dissecting my characters in some kind of heartless, coldblooded, analytical way, when in truth making these movies is a passionate, intensely emotional experience for me. I'm detached from the characters only to the degree that I have to be in order to write honestly about them.”
“Some people see problem as obstacle, some see it as challenge and few visionary see it as opportunity.”
“Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember. To me they are proof of the fact that there is healing.”
Source: Solar Storms
“Some people see streaming as a bad thing because of the royalty amount paid, but as more and more people get on these services and stream music all day long, you'll be able to generate quite a bit of income from streaming.”
“Some people see teachers and they associate the feelings of the other students who are present with the teacher. They psychically connect with all those hundreds of minds and they don't key to the teacher at all.”
“Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that's twice as big as it needs to be.”
“Some people see the liquid and think half full. Others only see the air and think half empty. Sometimes I get the sense Chatham sees it all, which is kind of terrifying. I don't know if I want him to see me--the real me.”
Source: The Thing with Feathers
“Some people see their blessings as curses. Some see their curses as blessings.”
“Some people see things as they are and say why?
I dream things that never were and say why not?”
“Some people see things that are and ask, Why? Some people dream of things that never were and ask, Why not? Some people have to go to work and don't have time for all that.”
Source: Brain Droppings
“Some people see what they want to see.”
Source: Forever
“Some people seek attention so much that they even fake being sad just to get sympathy and someone's time.”
“Some people seek meaning in life through personal gain, through personal relationship, or through personal experiences. However, it seems to me that being blessed with the intellect to divine the ultimate secrets of nature gives meaning enough to life.”
“Some people seek to understand, and some people seek to portray what they want to portray.”
“Some people seem as if they can never have been children, and others seem as if they could never be anything else.”
“Some people seem born with a head in which the thin partition that divides great wit from folly is wanting.”
“Some people seem quite destitute a sense of humour.”
Source: The Diary of a Nobody
“Some people seem so different, some people feel so much more than other people, some people are able to push past things so much easier. And...it's just fascinating to me.”
“Some people seem to be at peace-but in fact they're just resting up between fights.”
Source: Being Happy in an Unhappy World
“Some people seem to be born to suffer.”
Source: Easter
“Some people seem to be that way—no hesitation, no doubt, just precision and results.”
“Some people seem to believe that for each problem there is a solution readily available - a solution that can be promptly achieved by passing a law and voting some money. I think of this as the vending machine concept of social change. Put a coin in the machine and out comes a piece of candy. If there is a social problem, pass a law and out comes a solution.”
“Some people seem to fade away but then when they are truly gone, it's like they didn't fade away at all.”
Source: Chronicles: Volume One
“Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful.”
“some people seem to graze like sheep in the placid pastures of their faith. Some of them were born there and never broke away ... Others, after some wandering, found shelter there and are quiet and content. They look with a bland mystification at the mavericks.”
Source: I'Ve Got to Talk to Somebody, God: A Woman's Conversations With God
“Some people seem to have a vested interest in their delusion. - On Delusion”
Source: To Life from the Shadows
“Some people seem to have extreme natural wiring - a talent that seems to come out of nowhere. Like a music savant or prodigy. The uplifting news, though, is that many talented people don't have such natural wiring - but they forge a talent through thousands of hours of what's known as deliberate practice or deliberate performance.”
“Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.”
“Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.”
“Some people seem to think that my life dedicated to simplicity and service is austere and joyless, but they do not know the freedom of simplicity. I am thankful to God every moment of my life for the great riches that have been showered upon me. My life is full and good but never overcrowded. If life is overcrowded then you are doing more than is required for you to do.”
Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“Some people seem to think there's no trouble just because it hasn't happened yet. If you jump out the window at the 42nd floor and you're still doing fine as you pass the 27th floor, that doesn't mean you don't have a serious problem. I would want to address the problem right now.”
“Some people seem to understand this - that life and change take time - but I am not one of those people.”
“Some people seem to want to dive deeply into the soul of another, swimming in their endlessness.”
“Some people seemed to get all sunshine, and some all shadow.”
Source: Greatest Christmas Novels in One Volume: Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Heidi, The Romance of a Christmas Card, The Little City of Hope, The Wonderful Life, Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Peter Pan…
“Some people serve with pride - because they 'want to' do and be their best; other people serve with disdain because they 'have to' do their job. Which person do you think will end up running the show?”
“Some people set the bar so low you can trip over it.”
Source: BookSmart: Hundreds of real-world lessons for success and happiness
“Some people shall stay as your memorable day but only a special person will always stay in your memory.”
“Some people should have more levels of maturity than others, but you know to have a show that's grounded, tethered to reality, if you follow a group of people for six years and you show no maturity, I think that would be inaccurate.”
“Some people should just start ideas and other ones should carry them out.”
“Some people should never meet.”
Source: Faithful Place: Dublin Murder Squad: 3
“Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.”
Source: Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
“Some people show kindness and humanity when they are losing or when their plans have failed. Their loss or defeat brings out their humanity. But when they are winning, they become rude, cruel, aggressive, abusive, toxic and heartless. Showing no compassion, no care, no empathy, and no love.”
“Some people show kindness and humanity when they are losing or when their plans have failed. Their loss or defeat brings out their humanity. But when they are winning, they become rude, cruel, and heartless—showing no compassion, no care, no empathy, and no love.”
“Some people simply aren’t interested in being the person they are called to be or the person they signed up to be.”
“Some people simply bury their heads in the sand and refuse to think about the sorrow of the world, but this is an unwise course, because, if we are entirely unprepared, the tragedy of life can be devastating.”
“SOME PEOPLE SIMPLY DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE. GET USED TO IT. QUESTION MARK.”
Source: The Good Campaign
“Some people simply REFUSE to be happy. If they were stuck in a tunnel you can show them the way out and give them a light, but they will just sit there complaining about how they got there. They are more willing to fight to STAY there instead of fighting to coming out. Okay it happened. Now what? Stop focusing so hard on how you got there, focus on how you're going to get out! Keep it moving!”
Source: The Day My Soul Cried: A Memoir
“Some people simply use their faith as a lexicon of behavioral reasoning; without that they would be forced to face their own moral and ethical failings honestly according to a secular code of right and wrong.”
Source: Exodus: A Memoir