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“You should know as much as you can about the human species if you have a hand in designing human society. Of course, I'm not saying that you can derive moral rules from nature - that's deriving an ought from an is, as the philosophers say - but you do need to know what kind of animals we are if you want to design a stable society.”
“You should know better than to mount another's war-horse, I said with a smirk, Or perhaps he took offense to being called a mare.”
Source: Beyond a Darkened Shore
“You should know better.ʺ ʺIʹve never known better,ʺ he countered. ʺYou should know that.”
“You should know both the universal and the personal, the realm of forms and the freedom to not cling to them. The forms of the world have their place, but in another way, there is nothing there. To be free, we need to respect both of these truths.”
“You should know by now that I'm not a fan of doing things just because that's the way they've always been done.' Preston set his jaw. 'Or preserving things just because they've always been preserved.”
Source: A Study in Drowning
“You should know by now that love is never a weakness, Ares. Love is the mortal world’s greatest strength.”
Source: Chasing Adonis
“You should know how great things were before you. Even so, they're better still today. I can't think of who I was before you ruined everything in the nicest way.”
“You should know how many incompetent men I had to compete with-in vain.”
“You should know how terrible a power belief is, especially in the wrong hands -- and how do you tell which hands are wrong? Believe something and the Universe is on its way to being changed. Because you've changed, by believing. Once you've changed, other things start to follow.”
Source: So You Want to Be a Wizard
“You should know how to do your job.”
“You should know how to get what you want, and at the same time, to do what others expect you to do. It is an art – if you focus too much on one, you might lose the other.”
“You should know how to work hard but also enjoy the work.”
“You should know I disagree with a lot of traditional advice. For instance, they say the best revenge is living well. I say it’s acid in the face—who will love them now?”
Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)
“You should know it yourself- a young man is still a boy, and a boy sometimes has the right to be stubborn.”
Source: The Book Thief: Enhanced Movie Tie-in Edition
“You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get.”
“You should know one of my favorite things is making people laugh. And by “people,” I really mean myself.”
Source: Dear Aaron
“You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want to build. It's a sickness like being addicted to alcohol.”
“You should know something about me. I joke around a lot. But I'm a pretty serious guy about some things. My job. My truck. My lucky boots." Which he just happened to be wearing tonight. "Making love.”
Source: Lucky Shot
“You should know something, Miriam.... God changed our futures yesterday. There's no other explanation for what happened. And it wasn't the first God. If you ever need hlep, you might want to try the second God.”
“You should know that a period of isolation is often required before a massive breakthrough. You are here to shed layers, years, identities, relationships, and everything else that is keeping you writing the same old story. Allow it. Walk tall and walk alone, for as long as you need to. This is your becoming.”
“You should know that I lead, not follow”
“You should know that I've always wanted you, Cat. I've had fantasies so wicked, it would send us both straight to hell if I told them to you. And the way I want you has nothing to do with the color of your hair, or the appalling fashions you wear." His hand passed gently over her head. "Catherine Marks, or whoever you are... I have the most profane desire to be in bed with you for... oh, weeks, at least... committing every mortal sin known to man. I'd like to do more than sketch you naked. I want to draw directly on you with feather and ink... flowers around your breasts, trails of stars down your thighs." He let his warm lips brush the edge of her ear. "I want to map your body, chart the north, south, east, and west of you. I would-"
"Don't," she said, scarcely able to breathe.
A rueful laugh escaped him. "I told you. Straight to hell."
"This is my fault." She pressed her hot face against his shoulder. "I shouldn't have gone to you last night. I don't know why I did it."
"I think you do." His mouth grazed the top of her head. "Don't come back to my room at night, Marks. Because if it happens agin, I won't be able to stop.”
Source: Married by Morning
“You should know that it is very easy to get people's attention and there are many ways; but trying not to attract people's attention, that's a difficult art because no matter what you do, someone will still notice you!”
“You should know that my most important contribution was always in tailoring; coats, jackets, wool dresses… so few of which went into the magazines.”
“You should know that people don't want to know what you know, until they themselves come to know that you are the only one who knows what they want to know..!”
“You should know that the coming storm - no matter how big and terrible it is - will come and go! It's the way of cowards to start living in a rat hole as if the storm will never go away!”
“You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.”
Source: Baby
“You should know that there is little you can seek in this world, that there is no need for you to be so greedy, in the end all you can achieve are memories, hazy, intangible, dreamlike memories which are impossible to articulate. When you try to relate them, there are only sentences, the dregs left from the filter of linguistic structures.”
Source: Soul Mountain
“You should know that what wakes me up at night, what gets me running fast in the morning, and, frankly, what prompts me to lose any semblance of my habitual reserve is the conviction that work doesn't have to be this grim. We can do better.”
“You should know that when a husband and wife fight, it may seem to be about money or sex or power. But what they're really yelling at each other about is loneliness. What they're really saying is, "You're not enough people.”
Source: If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“You should know that when a message you convey to another person is not understood by him, at least one of the following things is true: what you have said is not true, or you have conveyed it without kindness.”
“You should know the ins and outs [of the marriage]. So it was nice to see a little bit of background.”
“You should know the lines, be prepared, get sleep, and have the script analyzed so you're ready to rock and roll.”
“You should know the triggers of your happiness and sadness.”
“You should know the truth about the stars--- even though it seems like they're close together, up there in heavens, they're zillion light years apart.”
“You should know what happens when you play with fire, Cahill. Eventually, you'll get burned.”
“You should know what is taken out of the ecosystem in order to give you a moment's sustenance.”
“You should know what makes one photo brilliant and another. Why one illustration is instructive and another is banal. Why one blurb is clever and another is trying too hard. Why one video is brilliantly entertaining and another is cheesy. Bottom line: you should want to do great work with a great team-no matter the cost.”
“You should know what you are to live a life. See it and unfold yourself sincerely. By taking the direct path and remaining consistent, others will also begin to see it, and the initial fear of the unknown will dissolve by itself.”
“You should know when to be emotional and when to be sensible.”
“You should know when to hold on, and when to move on.”
“You should know whether they are laughing with you or laughing at you.”
“You should know which opportunities to choose.”
“You should know," said Estella. "I am what you have made me. Take all the praise, take all the blame; take all the success, take all the failure; in short, take me.”
Source: Great Expectations
“You should laugh every moment you live, for you'll find it decidedly difficult afterwards.”
Source: Best Served Cold: A First Law Novel
“You should laugh everywhere you can find even the slightest glimmer of humour.”
“You should laugh when I walked in.. That's the time you will see how stupid I am to go on without shoes..”
“You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.”
“You should learn how to play the flute. Then you could ride in the passenger seat of my car and play instrumental versions of classic 80s pop songs while I drive around on the clock for Uber.”
Source: Powdered Saxophone Music
“You should learn to be happy with what you have. Besides, the fact that I'm not a huge star has allowed me to pick and choose the roles I want to do, not the ones some person sitting in a studio office thinks I should do.”