Quotes about assume
assumed death far period recent tragic understand
What then is tragedy? In the Elizabethan period it was assumed that a play ending in death was a tragedy, but in recent years we have come to understand that to live on is sometimes far more tragic than death.
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My parents weren't around much, but I assumed everybody's family was the same. I didn't know people had mummies and daddies who would give them milk and cookies after school. I just thought everybody lived on Central Park West and they had a nanny to take care of them. Stephen Sondheim
assume default nature observe premise saying science seen
It's the default premise in science: If you observe something in nature only once, you assume that what you've seen is typical. That's because 'typical' is just another way of saying 'most probable.' Seth Shostak
assume bear body flowers flying happiness holy inward lovely outward poetry rich spring tender
There are so many tender and holy emotions, flying about in out inward world, which, like angels, can never assume the body of an outward act; so many rich and lovely flowers spring up which bear no seed, that it is a happiness poetry was invented, w
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I lived in a world where social arrangements were taken for granted and assumed to be timeless. A child's obligation was to learn these usages, not to question them. The complexities of racial deportment were of a piece with learning manners and etiquette more generally. Drew Gilpin Faust
assume business dad people roles talk
People are always going to assume I got my roles because of my father. There's not much I can do about that. He and I talk about the business sometimes, but he's my dad. Spencer Grammer
assume cultural great truth
Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories. Siri Hustvedt
assume child chooses eat offer parents role
Parents should not assume the role of a short-order cook, ... That is, if a child chooses not to eat what's offered, it's not up to the parent to offer them something else.
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Our special teams unit is pretty much intact from last year and that is a huge positive. Murphy showed tremendous improvement last year and was the reason we won the Cumberland game and I look for more good things from him. Briggs will assume the punting duties as well as handling the returns for us.
assume house people price wrong
Price is always pivotal. If a house is under priced, people sometimes assume that there is something wrong with it.
assumed born case child children couple mother unmarried unsure
Paternity is assumed when a child is born in a marriage. That's not the case in children born to a couple who are unmarried or to a mother who is unsure of the child's paternity.
assumed canada originally provincial responsibility serving troops
Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. Tom Lantos
assume ballot concluded issue legal team
Our legal team has concluded the ballot was unlawful, ... I assume that this is an issue that will end up in dispute. William Daley
assume gasoline likely men oil ordinary people president prices vice white
People look at two oil men in the White House, and gasoline prices through the roof, and they likely assume that the president and the vice president are on the side of oil companies, not on the side of ordinary people.
assume books-and-reading bookstore control orders people picked
People just assume that the bookstore orders the books and has all the control and we don't. I have the control over how many I order, but I don't have control over what's picked for a class.
assumes east middle peace strategic successive
Successive American administrations have declared peace in the Middle East is an American strategic interest, and one assumes that for an American strategic interest, Americans pay.
assumes concept grand life scheme success ultimate
Success is a scary concept because it assumes something kind of final. In the grand scheme of life, I don't think there is some ultimate success. Sophia Amoruso
assumed people
Some people assumed I would go from 12 to 20, that is what I was hearing.
assume conversation feeling good
We've talked. You can assume that I had a good feeling during that conversation. I have a feeling for myself and I know what I want. Michael Ballack
assumed comic great songs standards supposed temporary time written
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein... The songs we were writing were supposed to be temporary things, of the period, like comic books.
assume change send sue though time
We'll assume for the first time that you didn't know, and we'll send you that letter. And if you change and do things legally, you're off the hook, even though we could sue you.
assume behind bit both cheering daughter excitement explain few kelly lines overlook percent quite son staying waiting whether wife
My wife and I both have a little bit of guilt. Quite a few of my friends assume we're going to Italy, so it's a continual thing to explain we're not. When your son or daughter is in the Olympics, the excitement makes you overlook things such as the crowds, the security, the expense, the waiting in lines We're going to be staying here cheering Kelly on. Whether we're here or there, we're 100 percent behind her. Terry Clark
assume lobbyists
Lobbyists are just priming the pump. They don't have to make contributions, so you have to assume they are doing it for a reason.
assumed boys caused example fights kids members station television worked
Let me give you an example, ... I worked at a television station in Minneapolis back in the 1980s and part of the 1990s. During our first years there, our two boys got in fights at school. You know what caused it? Some of the kids assumed that if we were from the South, we were members of the (Ku Klux) Klan.
assume derive economic expense fixed gain party tendency
Most economic fallacies derive - from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another Milton Friedman
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Mike assumed the role, with a young team, that he had to assume. He was sensational on both ends. I think some of these younger kids will play better Saturday night after getting a taste of playoff action.
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We have officers in those areas. We are still trapping. We have to assume that we might not have the bear we want. Until we can positively identify that bear, we are going to assume we don't have it.
assume bit corrupt corruption cost politics
We just assume politics is corrupt and a little bit of corruption is the cost of doing business.
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You kind of flinch a little bit, when you see can see that both of them have a bead on it. When the guys start laying out a little bit, leaning toward the ball, that's when you assume that maybe something nasty could happen. Very scary. Willie Randolph
assume believe fake field front job keys kick line return top whether
You just have to play football. You have to read your keys and believe it, and you can't relax. You have to be on top of your job whether you're front line on the kick returns, on the punt return or fake field goals. It's just part of your job that you have to read your keys, and you can't assume that anything is going to take place. Tony Dungy
assume best bottled cannot local people situation top type water
You just cannot assume the local water is safe. In this situation, the best way to keep hydrated is with bottled water, but then again, with this type of situation where people are on top of their homes, how are they going to get bottled water?
assume change count half losing messed time
You can assume that every time you make a change to your fulfillment, it's going to get messed up. You should count on losing at least half a month's revenue.
assume tried
You can assume he's going to be tried