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Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse...

Usually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.

Quote by Russell Baker about progress, things

Usually you're in movies with a lot of dissolves and things, but this was kind of quick, more jarring than usual. I thought it would be fun to be in a movie that's unconventional. Then I met Guy and I liked him. I think he's a good man.

Quote by Dennis Farina about thinking, things, good, good luck, man

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.

Europe is usually where I am usually galloping around.

Quote by Joe Cocker

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge about politics, end, failure, fear

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is...

A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power.

Quote by Charles Babbage about opinion, tools, power

I can usually tell the difference between a short story...

I can usually tell the difference between a short story idea and a novel-length one when someone describes the idea to me.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about idea

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may...

I try to do the right thing at the right time. They may just be little things, but usually they make the difference between winning and losing.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about rightness, things, time

People usually think according to their inclinations, ...

People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.

Quote by Francis Bacon about nation, people

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Quote by Douglas Adams about bad, things, impossible

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.

Quote by Jane Austen about opinion

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually...

I never did pal around with actresses. Their talk usually bored me to tears.

Quote by Bette Davis about tears

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but...

Most people stumble over the truth, now and then, but they usually manage to pick themselves up and go on, anyway.

Quote by Winston Churchill about truth, people

I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by...

I find it quite amusing that I can frighten children by just saying, Puppies. Usually they're disappointed I don't actually have black and white hair.

Quote by Glenn Close about magic, children

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools.

Quote by Glenn Close about question, prestige, suffering, rightness, being

Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions.

Quote by William Falconer about numbers, war

The most ancient anchors are laid to have been of stone, ...

The most ancient anchors are laid to have been of stone, and sometimes of wood, to which a great quantity of lead was usually fixed.

Quote by William Falconer about old

From start to finish, it takes between nine months and a...

From start to finish, it takes between nine months and a year. I usually have to promote my current book at the same time.

Quote by Jackie Collins about end, time

It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another.

Quote by Colin Firth about time

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you...

Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.

Quote by Henry Ford about rightness

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