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There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something. — Marie Brennan

Education must assume full responsibility to enter the moral and spiritual lives of pupils. — Sai Baba

Whether you're heroic or heartless may depend on a contextual factor whose impact is far greater than we would tend to assume. — Richard E. Nisbett

Maybe, in the absence of any certainty, we should just assume that we're going to live a long time. Maybe that's the only way forward. — Paul Kalanithi

I think a lot of times we don't pay enough attention to people with a positive attitude because we assume they are naive or stupid or unschooled. — Amy Adams

It is always incorrect to assume you can know what someone's moral convictions are based on their philosophical theories. — Stanley Fish

If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them. — Marie Clay

Easier to assume that people have it out for you than to be disappointed when they don't come through. — Christina Baker Kline

You think I'd stop with a kiss?"
"You assume I'd want you to? — Kresley Cole

When we can get the incidence of HIV down enough to turn the trajectory of the pandemic, it will assume a momentum of its own in diminishing HIV. — Anthony Fauci

People assume actors are born liars, but I'd argue the actor's job is to tell the truth. And I've realised I'm not a good liar. — Cate Blanchett

Act as if you know what you are talking about and people will assume that you do. Pretend you have no fear and you will appear confident to others. — Michael Wallace

People with motorcycles always assume that everyone without one wants a ride. I didn't want to offend him, so I said sure. — Hilary Thayer Hamann

People don't expect a small Japanese girl to be able to break a man's arm.
"They didn't assume you were a ninja? — Demitria Lunetta

...explaining men still assume I am, in some sort of obscene impregnation metaphor, an empty vessel to be filled with their wisdom and knowledge. — Rebecca Solnit

It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live. — Bryan Fuller

In relationships it is best to assume nothing. — Jessica Zafra

Whenever a homeless person speaks to me in the USA, I always assume that I am speaking to a police officer and play along with the suspected charade. — Steven Magee

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn't. — Aaron Copland

Everything really belongs to God, and man has no right to assume that he can, at will, exploit God's bounty. — Jeff Cohen

Nothing is more satisfying in travel than to land in a place and assume an occupation, even a temporary one, as a teacher. — Paul Theroux

Ask if you need to, but don't assume. Sometimes our bad feelings are only assumptions and speculations doing dark dances in our heads. — Bonnie Lyn Smith

Too many leaders assume that the role of leadership is to control. — Jim Ferrell

In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise. — Dick Cavett

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred. — Jeane Kirkpatrick

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself' — Ronda Rousey

Whenever you see this much wealth, assume that someone dirtied his hands. Fortunes don't come to saints. — Lynn Cullen

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent. You will be amazed at how your whole approach to a person or problem becomes very different. — Indra Nooyi

To refuse a hearing to an opinion, because they are sure that it is false, is to assume that their certainty is the same thing as absolute certainty. — John Stuart Mill

I'm not going to assume liberals are stupid, as they do with conservatives. No, I'll attribute it instead to more fraud and deceit. — Rush Limbaugh

To assume that I and I alone have all the answers is to eventually find myself entirely alone without any answers. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories. — Siri Hustvedt

Prophesying catastrophe is incredibly banal. The more original move is to assume that it has already happened. — Jean Baudrillard

Memories consume
Like opening the wound
I'm picking me apart again
You all assume
I'm safe here in my room
Unless I try to start again. — Linkin Park

You have to assume that everything you do is public knowledge. Everything. Because now everyone is a reporter. Everyone is a photographer. — Derek Jeter

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. — H.L. Mencken

You don't ask a man, 'Do you want to be in control [of your job]?' You assume he wants control. Why would a woman be any different? — Barbra Streisand

The successful leader must be willing
to assume responsibility for the mistakes
and the shortcomings of his followers. — Napoleon Hill

Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government. — Thomas Jefferson

Is it cynical to assume that anyone smiling is a liar and a criminal? — Dov Davidoff

We like to assume that language is a purely human property, our exclusive possession, and that everything else is basically mute. — David Abram

An ID number is only there to 'identify' human beings. Use it to assume people's intellect or wisdom at your own risk. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

The fear that the universe is not what you assume it to be is very basic, especially when you know damn well it isn't what you assume it to be. — John C. Lilly

When you are trying to understand the world, it is unwise to assume that you occupy a privileged position in it. — Jim Holt

It is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge. — Mohammed Arkoun

If you assume that the new - and simply because it's new - is always to be better than the old, chances are you've never known anything valuable. — Criss Jami

And if you insist on continuing to make assumptions about my character, I'll advise you only this: assume you will always be wrong. — Tahereh Mafi

I defend the authority of women and explore its meaning for them rather than assume they need to be more accommodating or sensitive. — David Bedrick

The only way to understand another culture is to assume the frame of reference of that culture. — Carl R. Rogers

You set, Bones?"
"Ouch," McCoy said. "I assume that pun was meant to make me feel better, or else accidental. — Diane Duane

They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want. — Douglas Adams

If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you. — Scott Hahn

Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous. — Martin Jacques

This is the dangerous thing about musicals. Most of them assume that as soon as you find your voice, you'll use it to sing to someone else. — David Levithan

I assume you know what to do with this. That's why you were hired. — Grant Tinker

It's not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world's policemen. — Ron Paul

The point of education is to learn other ways too. Don't just assume that all you know is right. Learn more and then chose. — Shannon Hale

I don't consider my marriages as failures! It's idiotic to assume that because a marriage ends, it's failed. — Margaret Mead

We should not assume that experts are the only ones who have a right to express themselves on questions affecting the organization of society. — Albert Einstein

I'm annoyed because he assumed I'd have dinner with him, then continued to assume I would even after I refused. It's a normal reaction. — Nora Roberts

It may be wise to have many associates, but unwise to assume they are your friends. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks. — Jimmy Wales

I think audiences deserve the benefit of the doubt. I prefer to be surprised by them rather then just assume they'll react negatively to any new idea. — David O. Russell

It's a mistake to lie to a librarian, you know. Some people assume we're shy and gullible, but we know how to dig up the dirt. — Virginia Lowell

It's an act of our will to choose to see people simply as wildly loved by God, to assume their beauty before guessing their depravity. — Mary E. DeMuth

I don't feel like I need to share my personal life, and I don't care if people think I'm gay or not. Assume whatever you want. You do it anyway. — Queen Latifah

I'm astounded by people who can listen to music when they write. I can only assume that they have multi-track brains, while mine is decidedly single. — Elizabeth McCracken

I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience. — Rex Stout

With any show, when fans come up to you, they assume you're just like your character. — Kaitlin Olson

It isn't very logical to live my life on goundless supposition. I have to assume the truth of the moment is the truth of the future. - Leah — Jacquelyn Frank

If you wish to put off all worry, assume that what you fear may happen is certainly going to happen. — Alain De Botton

my personal life philosophy is always to assume the worst, then you're never disappointed. — Felicia Day

Challenge rises in her eyes. "You're assuming I actually liked you to begin with. You know what they say about people who assume, ass. — Emma Chase

I assume that a sufficiently skilled will be able to do anything not explicitly forbidden by the hardware. — Bjarne Stroustrup

Because theatre is a story-telling art form, we feel entitled to assume that the playwright got there before we got there. — Tom Stoppard

I wonder if you men have any idea of how insulting it is to women when you assume that all we can offer is our bodies? — Ellen Kushner

I think it's easy for people to assume that fame is equal to glory, but it can be a very isolating experience. — Sophia Bush

In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit. — H.E. Davey

Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen. — Robert K. Greenleaf

War on the other hand is such a terrible thing, that no man, especially a Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of starting it. — Leo Tolstoy

Until women assume their rightful place on earth there will never be an end to wars, cruelty and oppression. — Frederick Lenz

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change. — Colley Cibber

To agree to keep a secret is to assume a burden — Sam Harris

It is also the pardonable vanity of lonely people everywhere to assume that they have no counterparts. — John Le Carre

Never expect, never assume, never ask, and never demand. Just let it be. Because if it is meant to be, it will happen, the way you want things to be — Un Known

If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity. — Robert A. Heinlein

I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job! — Joseph Morgan

I live in Minnesota. Lots of people assume that if you want to be an actor, you have to live in Hollywood, but not me. — Chris Massoglia

And just like that I had my lesson. I shouldn't assume that every woman a man bashes gave him a him a good reason to do it.- Anita Blake — Laurell K. Hamilton

I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about. — Ernest Cline

I have a very hard time getting to rage. I always assume that maybe I've done something wrong and then forgotten about it. — Merrill Markoe

We assume that our race simply deserves heaven, that God owes heaven to us unless we do something really bad to warrant otherwise. — David Platt

I don't assume that I am going to be cast as a Glaswegian landlord. — Julian Ovenden

I want people to know that I won't just assume that people will like my music. — Debby Ryan

In Japan, so many emoticons have been created that it's reasonable to assume Japanese appreciate their convenience more than anyone else. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

History, in a democratic age, tends to become a series of popular apologies, and is inclined to assume that the people can do no wrong. — Albert Pollard

I do not assume to speak for anyone. I know I speak in direct opposition to the wishes of many by whom I am surrounded. — Victoria Woodhull

A lot of television tends to assume that audiences don't have the attention span or the IQ to follow a lot of stuff. — J. Michael Straczynski

Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist. — Damian Lewis

If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit; We all assume that Oscar said it. — Morrissey