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“You don't become the character”
“You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.”
“You don't begin by dehumanizing those who are dehumanizing you, because it contributes to the cycle of dehumanization in the world.”
“You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything.”
“You don't begin to live, until you've lost everything... I've lost everything three or four times. A perfect place to start.”
“You don't believe in God, Rachel. You don't believe in goodness or love or mercy, do you?" "I haven't seen enough to form an opinion." "But you believe in the devil?" "When I'm sitting in a car with him, yes," she said.”
“You don't believe in love, do you?" - "I think it exists. I just don't think it will ever exist for me.”
Source: Dream Chaser
“You don't believe in Nature anymore. It's too isolated from you. You've abstracted it. It's so messy and damaged and sad. Your eyes glaze as you travel life's highway past all the crushed animals and the Big Gulp cups.”
Source: Ill Nature: Rants and Reflections on Humanity and Other Animals
“You don't believe in organized religion, yet a major theme in so many of your works seems to be a quest for God.”
“You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'.”
“You don't believe it because you don't understand," he said hoarsely. "Prosper was different. He wasn't like other people. He might have hated me, but he loved me too. In his own way. He couldn't help it; not after raising me for all those years." When no one responded – when he saw nothing but expressions of disbelief on the faces around him – Cadel wailed, "He did! He did! I know he did! He only wanted to wreck my life because he wasn't a part of it!" And as sympathetic hands reached out towards him from every corner of the car, Cadel began to cry like someone whose heart was breaking.”
“You don't believe me?" Jace asked. "Fine. Go ahead. Kiss me right now." Alec stared at him in horror. "Exactly. Despite my staggering good lucks, you actually don't like me that way.”
Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls
“You don't believe that the Earth is round only if you're an astronaut. You don't believe Napoleon existed only if you're a historian. You believe these things because they're facts, proved by evidence.”
“You don't believe that your friend could ever do anything great. You despise yourself in secret, even – no, especially – when you stand on your dignity; and since you despise yourself, you are unable to respect your friend. You can't bring yourself to believe that anyone you have sat at table with, or shared a house with, is capable of great achievement. That is why all great men have been solitary. It is hard to think in your company, little man. One can only think 'about' you, or 'for your benefit', not 'with' you, for you stifle all big, generous ideas.”
“You don't belong to you. You belong to the Universe and you're here to serve.”
“You don't bite the women of other males.”
Source: Heir of Fire
“You don't blame us for being here, do you? After all, we have no place to go. No home... Incidentally, what an excellent day for an exorcism.”
“You don't blast a heart open," she said. "You coax and nurture it open, like the sun does to a rose.”
Source: The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Live When It All Seems Too Hard to Take
“You don't bless what you love...It's when you want to love and you can't manage it. You stretch out your hands and you say God forgive me that I can't love but bless this thing anyway...We have to bless what we hate...It would be better to love, but that's not always possible.”
“You don't BOO an Olympic Gold Medalist!”
“You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.”
“You don't break ground by doing the same thing over and over and over. That's like standing in place. You have to risk to gain it all.”
“You don't bring glory or pleasure to God by hiding your abilities or by trying to be someone else. You only bring him enjoyment by being you.”
“You don't bring in a gay character as a way of commenting on gay issues. You have one there because he's real, and that's his life, no less so than your life is yours.”
“You don't bring me anything but down.”
“You don't build a bond without being present.”
“You don't build a business --you build people-- and then people build the business.”
“You don't build a new power plant in the United States overnight. It takes years to build.”
“You don't build for the way people live, but for the way they should live. I don't write about people as they are, but as they could be and should be.”
Source: Letters of Ayn Rand
“You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.”
“You don't build wealth with credit card rewards and airline miles. You can't beat the credit card companies at their own game.”
“You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.”
“You don't build yourself up by putting someone else down.”
“You don't burn out from going too fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored.”
“You don't buy a Harley with your mind, you buy it with your heart and your balls.”
“You don't buy a Picasso because you love the frame.”
“You don't buy all the clothes in the market. You choose slowly and carefully, asking the prices for each before buying. The same way you choose your friends, by looking into their lives carefully, before taking any as a companion, then dropping those that are not relevant.”
“You don't buy chemistry, nor do you manufacture it, it is what it is.”
“You don't buy evil characters lattes. That's not normal behavior.”
“You don't buy into huge car chases or sensates or interstellar warfare, but you can buy into a loving relationship or a father-son relationship, and you can buy into the small humor. If you want to make your fiction universal, go small. That's the best way to do it.”
“You don't buy luxury to enter a community, but to set yourself apart from others.”
“You don't buy them; they don't come in package.”
“You don't call Acheron 'babe.' (Valerius) You don't call Acheron 'babe' because...well, that's just sick. But I call him 'babe' all the time. (Tabitha)”
Source: Seize The Night
“You don't call retarded people retards. It's bad taste. You call your friends retards when they are acting retarded.”
“You don't call the witness a liar, not while he is in the witness box.”
“You don't care if I'm guilty or not. You gonna make sure I go to jail for life.”
“You don't care what people think. You don't see your beloved's faults, the slight stinginess, the bit of carelessness, the occasional streak of meanness. You don't mind that he is beneath you socially, educationally, financially, and morally--that's the worst, I think, deficient morals. (Saving Fish From Drowning)”
Source: Saving Fish From Drowning
“You don't carry in your countenance a letter of recommendation.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated)
“You don't cast the animal, per se. You have an animal trainer who looks for several of them. That is a different experience than dealing with actors. That is just difficult. It is what you expect from an animal on the set. You just run a lot of film and prompt it to do the right thing, but sit through it doing all the wrong things first. It's just unbelievably boring, frustrating and painstaking to shoot.”
“You don't catch the knuckleball, you defend against it.”