Exception Quotes - Page 19

• Most museums - with all their burdens to pay for exhibitions, administration, and security - really don't have any money really to acquire art, with few exceptions.

  Eli Broad

  Art, Museums, Exhibitions

  "Broad Brush Strokes: Q &A With Eli Broad". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 8, 2008.

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• There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

  Bill Bryson

  Odd, Scientist, Very Good

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• Families, generally, suck. And I say that as someone who, like my husband, had parents who proved the proverbial exception to the rule.

  Julie Burchill

  Husband, Exception To The Rule, Parent

  "Suffer little children? Give me a break" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. August 2, 2008.

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• Gentle reader, the Fountain of Youth is radioactive, and those who imbibe its poisonous heavy waters will suffer the hideous fate of decaying metal. Yet almost without exception, the wretched idiot inhabitants of our benighted planet would gulp down this radioactive excrement if it were offered.

  William S. Burroughs

  Fate, Water, Suffering

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• I am pro-life, I believe in exceptions for rape, incest and the life of the mother. That's my position, take it or leave it.

  Chris Christie

  Mother, Believe, Pro Life

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• All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Intelligent, Ends, Written Word

  Leonardo Da Vinci (2015). “Thoughts on Art and Life: "Behind the Genius"”, p.6, eKitap Projesi

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• Borrowing to pay for college used to be the exception; now it's the rule.

  Arne Duncan

  College, Pay, Used

  "Take politics out of student loans" by Arne Duncan, www.politico.com. June 10, 2012.

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• I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions... the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast.

  Colin Firth

  Italian, East, Serious

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think with one exception I've never changed an opening sentence after a book was completed.

  William Gibson

  Book, Thinking, Changed

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• As human beings, we are vulnerable to confusing the unprecedented with the improbable. In our everyday experience, if something has never happened before, we are generally safe in assuming it is not going to happen in the future, but the exceptions can kill you and climate change is one of those exceptions.

  Al Gore

  Inspirational, Confusing, Everyday

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• Jesus said, 'Except a man be born of water and of the spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.' There are no exceptions. Baptism is a necessary ordinance.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Jesus, Men, Baptized In

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• I'm here as a product of process of evolution, which doesn't make very many exceptions. And which rates life relatively cheaply.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Evolution, Process, Rate

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• I will forever stick up for Catholics and Christians in general. With a small number of very horrible exceptions, they do play by the rules.

  Penn Jillette

  Christian, Small Numbers, Play

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I grew up in a world where the social democratic state was the norm, not the exception.

  Tony Judt

  World, Social, Grew

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• Hypersegregated inner-city schools - in which one finds no more than five or ten white children, at the very most, within a student population of as many as 3,000 - are the norm, not the exception, in most northern urban areas today.

  Jonathan Kozol

  Children, School, Cities

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• Young people never do have a clue. There are some young people that do, but they've always been the exception. They always all grow up at some point. The problem is that they're all being indoctrinated by stupid leftists.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Growing Up, Stupid, People

  "We Live in More Than Two Americas". "The Rush Limbaugh show" with Rush Limbaugh, www.rushlimbaugh.com. July 16, 2013.

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• Stars are almost always people that want to make up for their own weaknesses by being loved by the public and I'm no exception to that.

  George Michael

  Stars, People, Weakness

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Ought

  "Q&A: Viggo Mortensen" by Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2010.

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• Sometimes I read reviews, and without exception I will read critical essays that are sent to me. The critical essays are interesting on their own terms.

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Interesting, Sometimes, Reviews

  Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Milazzo (1989). “Conversations with Joyce Carol Oates”, p.64, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president - with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR, and Lincoln - just in terms of what we've gotten done in modern history. But, you know, but when it comes to the economy, we've got a lot more work to do. And we're gonna keep on at it.

  Barack Obama

  Years, Two, Accomplishment

  "Where is America's missing foreign policy?" by Cal Thomas, www.foxnews.com. March 18, 2014.

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• The one recurring theme in my writing, and in my life in general, is confusion. The fact that anytime you think you really know something, you're going to find out you're wrong - that is the rule. The moments where you think you have something figured out, those are the exceptions.

  Conor Oberst

  Writing, Thinking, Confusion

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• Generally, speed skaters don't run that much. I'm a little bit of an exception in that I run a lot.

  Apolo Ohno

  Running, Littles, Speed

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• Dog parks are more cliquish than any other human gathering with the possible exception of seventh grade. Deal with it.

  Susan Orlean

  Dog, Gathering, Parks

  "The Social Animal" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 1, 2011.

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• I'm fully aware that things that resonate and become real hits are the exception to the rule, so much so that I've wired myself for failure.

  Ron Perlman

  Real, Exception To The Rule

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 16, 2012.

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• I don't need to go onto Facebook and pretend to have friends I've never even met. To my mind, that kind of destroys the meaning of the word 'friend.' I take exception to that. Because I value and respect friendship.

  Stefanie Powers

  Mind, Needs, Kind

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