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True friends are families which you can select. — Audrey Hepburn

Life will never change we should select new things and move on — Chetan Bhagat

The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention. — Boris Sidis

The child you select is yours for free," he adds, "on a ninety-day trial. At which point, if you so choose, you may send him back. — Anonymous

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits. — Nora Roberts

Power is based, at bottom, on the ability to kill; thus the means of killing have to be available, even if only to a select few. — Kim Newman

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them. — Walter Savage Landor

Being in humaneness is good. If we select other goodness and thus are far apart from humaneness, how can we be the wise? — Confucius

Why should we leave it to Harper & Brothers and Redding & Co. to select our reading? — Henry David Thoreau

Good generals select intelligent officers, thoughtful advisors, and brave subordinates. They oversee their troops like a fierce tiger with wings. — Zhuge Liang

The way you live your life, the perspective you select, is a choice you make every single day when you wake up. It's yours to decide. — Lance Armstrong

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service. — Sathya Sai Baba

One should use great care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and successful — Napoleon Hill

Punishment as punishment is not admissible unless the offender has had the free will to select his course. — Clarence Darrow

You can set your self as much as be sick, or you'll be able to select to remain properly. — Wayne Dyer

The girls pick snouts from the pack as though they're chocolates and it matters which they select. — Howard Jacobson

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power. — William Ellery Channing

The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon. — Dallas Willard

Some people standby you in your darkest hour while others walk away; only a select few march towards you and become even closer friends. — Jeffrey Archer

Take not God's name in vain; select a time when it will have effect. — Ambrose Bierce

Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship. — Tahir Shah

The longer it takes you to select a cantaloupe, the worse it is! — Kin Hubbard

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas. — Seth Godin

I think that when in doubt about the truth of an issue, it's safer and in better taste to select the least numerous of the adversaries. — Ayn Rand

It really matters what you listen to ... Select music that will strengthen your spirit. — Russell M. Nelson

To photograph is often compared to an act of redemption - to select from an infinite number of choices that which is to be remembered. — John Divola

If one were forced to select a single word to exemplify Bishop's peculiar charm and power, it might well be 'No.' — Brad Leithauser

Passion is no respecter of persons. She hardly seems to select her victims. — Elizabeth Bibesco

A man has many parts, he is virtually everything, and you are free to select in him that part which pleases you. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime. — Robert McKee

Never put your business in the hands of one person or a select few. People leave. People die. People forget. — Liz Weber

Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select information that confirms our prejudices . — Nicholas D. Kristof

The main advantage of the omniscient approach is that it's the easiest to handle. That's the major reason so many writers select it. — Arthur Herzog

If you choose to not deal with an issue,
then you give up your right of control over the issue
and it will select the path of least resistance. — Susan Del Gatto

When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them. — Confucius

I sometimes think that when the prime minister tries to select a weapon it is the boomerang he finds most effective. — John Smith

Roarke cares very much for Beth and for me, and a few select others. But loves? I'm not sure he'd let himself risk quite that unstable an emotion. — J.D. Robb

The list of verbs associated with the six levels in Table 4-1 helps you to select a verb that fits the level of learning. — Elaine Biech

If you're going to live your life based on delusions (and you are, because we all do), then why not at least select a delusion that is helpful? — Elizabeth Gilbert

America is becoming so educated that ignorance will be a novelty. I will belong to the select few. — Will Rogers

She genuinely likes people. All people, not just a select few she's spent years making up her mind about. — Suzanne Collins

Usually i select books, of late books opt for me — Me

Fiction's nice. Fiction lets you select and simplify. — Jo Walton

Liverpool is such a big club, and I was fortunate to be one of a select few to have played for them. It was an amazing time. — Charlie Adam

The ability to select stocks, manage them over time and know when to sell them is incredibly difficult, even for professional fund managers. — Barry Ritholtz

I reserve hatred for a select few. And even then, I'm ashamed of it. — Jim Melvin

We tend to select top men for their character and capacity, then overload them according to their willingness. — Clarence Benjamin Jones

Like a historian, I interpret, select, discard, shape, simplify. Unlike a historian, I make up people's thoughts. — Hilary Mantel

Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision
the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths. — Josephine Hart

No technical skill is worth more than knowing how to select exciting research projects. Regrettably, this vital ability is almost never taught. — Peter J. Feibelman

When I select a topic, it's usually a commitment of two to three years of my life. — Tracy Kidder

Aside from a very select few, there are no overnight success stories. Most of the time that single step took a thousand miles to get to it. — Carl Henegan

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton. — Dan Quayle

We are not judicious in love; we do not select those whom we ought to love, but those whom we cannot help loving. — George Henry Lewes

The rights of democracy are not reserved for a select group within society, they are the rights of all the people. — Olof Palme

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion. — Cyril Connolly

Everyone has huge creative capacities. The challenge is to develop them. A culture of creativity has to involve everybody, not just a select few. — Ken Robinson

In order to select a gear, the clutch pedal must be depressed - I don't mean 'not happy', I mean pushed fully to the floor! — Martin Woodward

I don't support direct democracy because I want a life, and that means I want to select people who work for me who do that sort of work for me. — Lawrence Lessig

Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives. — Isabel Allende

To tell a story is always to translate the raw material into a specific shape, to select out of the boundless potential facts those that seem salient. — Rebecca Solnit

Please select a card. No I don't have to see the card ... I've already seen this trick ... — Michael Ammar

Select your friendships carefully. Gather people around you who will reinforce your lifestyle. — Dan Buettner

Be deaf, be blind, be dead to gossip, and it will grow disgusted with you and select a more sensitive victim. — Charles Spurgeon

You don't win or lose the games bcoz of 11 you select.
You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field. — Rahul Dravid

Haven't got a girl, but I can wish. So I'll take me down to Main Street and that's where I'll select my imaginary dish. — Dean Martin

Make a list of your prospects. Prioritize the contacts and select the leads with the highest potential to buy first. — Timi Nadela

Moral conduct,or duty,is defined as the obligation to select that action which will achieve more good than any alternative action.... — G.E. Moore

In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject. — Raymond Aron

In the interest of not pissing you off anymore tonight, let's not select that particular playlist. — Kiersten White

Fund investors are confident that they can easily select superior fund managers. They are wrong. — John C. Bogle

The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select. — Patricia Schroeder

All painting is an accident. But it's also not an accident, because one must select what part of the accident one chooses to preserve. — Francis Bacon

We do not merely absorb experience; we filter and select it. — Jerome L. Singer

Select it, project it, expect it, collect it! — Lisa Newton

If you were to buy a [BMW] 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friends' houses so they don't see its backside. — Jeremy Clarkson

Men's minds must be free, and that means the minds of all, not the minds of a select few. — Mary Barnett Gilson

Once a player joins our team, our priority is to teach him, not worry about the player we didn't select. — Tony Dungy

Think about each pitch like you think about women, then select one which is particularly appealing. — Tommy Lasorda

Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is too much for a husband to have a wife who is a coquette and sanctimonious as well; she should select only one of those qualities. — Jean De La Bruyere

We each must select the best hardships for our best future. — Bill Jensen

You cannot demand truth, and then select half and throw the inconvenient remainder away. — Ellis Peters

208. "Learn to distinguish what should be done and what not; The clever soul will always select his opportunity." ~ — Nagarjuna

Blind nature will nearly always select the most probable, but man can let the most improbable become actual. — Hans Jonas

If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. — Franz Boas

3. Select Settings Privacy Settings — Stefan Wolf

This is a strange country we live in. When it comes to electing a President, we get two choices. But when we have to select a Miss America, we get 50. — Jay Leno

Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone. — Richard Attenborough

God has called us to be His representatives in our nation and in our world. Select candidates who represent your views and work for their election. — James Dobson

There is no architect
Can build as the Muse can;
She is skilful to select
Materials for her plan. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work. — Jose Saramago

In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect. — Karl Rove

The big trouble is not really who isn't in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few. — Rogers Hornsby

I think it's outrageous if a historian has a 'leading thought' because it means they will select their material according to their thesis — Antony Beevor

Free markets select for winning solutions. — Eric S. Raymond

For every issue, I send four pages of finished marginals and they select the ones they need. — Sergio Aragones

Select candidates by integrity of character, not promises. — Jim DeMint

The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own select little atmosphere of books and dreamings. — Algernon Blackwood

When you select a career, it not only affects you but many people who depend on your work. — Dhaval Gajera