Not Fair Quotes - Page 3

• I know it's not fair to ask you to be with me when we can't even sleep in the same bed, but I'll love you better than anyone else could. I'll take care of you and make you happy. I know I can.

  Sylvia Day

  Love You, Sleep, Bed

  Sylvia Day (2013). “The Crossfire Series Books 1-3 by Sylvia Day”, p.696, Penguin

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• A flash of resentment. It's hard enough being alive, trying to survive in the world and find your place in it, to do the things you need to do to get by, without wondering if the thing you just did, whatever it was, was worth someone having...if not died, then having given up her life. It wasn't fair. "Life's not fair," said Ginnie, as if I had spoken aloud.

  Neil Gaiman

  Trying, Needs, Alive

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• Because there’s a clock attached to every beautiful woman. From the second she comes into her own, she begins to decline, because she begins to age. Aging is every beautiful woman’s kryptonite. And so, yes, it’s ridiculous and no, you don’t have much time and of course it’s not fair. Those three statements are the essence of beauty.

  Paul Rudnick

  Beautiful, Essence, Kryptonite

  Paul Rudnick (2013). “Gorgeous”, p.57, Scholastic Inc.

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• The world is not fair. If you persist in presuming it is, you will create a lot of unnecessary misery for yourself.

  Fred Green

  World, Misery, Unnecessary

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• You can tell yourself that God's not fair, or you can thank Him that He's not fair. If God was fair, we would be doomed and condemned.

  Paul David Tripp

  Would Be, Doomed, Fairs

  FaceBook post by Paul David Tripp from Aug 31, 2013

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• As a singer, I've had many opportunities to travel, and one thing I've learned is that through my music, I can be accepted by people all over the world. I often wonder why so many of us can't accept people who are different here, in our country? It's just not fair to be prejudiced against those whose race, religion or colour aren't the same as ours.

  Celine Dion

  Country, Opportunity, Race

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• Life is not fair, so why should I make a course that is fair.

  Pete Dye

  Life Is, Should, Courses

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• No, it's not fair, but what makes Earth feel like Hell is our expectation that it should feel like Heaven. Earth is earth. Dead is dead. You'll find out for yourself soon enough. It won't help the situation for you to get all upset.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Soon Enough, Expectations, Heaven

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• If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.

  Carlos Alazraqui

  Names, People, Cartoon

  "The Many Voices of Carlos Alazraqui" by Ryan Ball, www.animationmagazine.net. February 17, 2006.

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• I look at Liv Tyler and think 'It's not fair', because I can't find a flaw on her. And on top of that she seems nice, so it's really not fair.

  Tori Spelling

  Nice, Thinking, Looks

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• You couldn't say 'I had orders.' You couldn't say 'It's not fair.' No one was listening. There were no Words. You owned yourself. [...] Not 'Thou Shalt Not'. Say 'I Will Not'.

  Terry Pratchett

  Atheist, Order, Listening

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• It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

  Jonathan King

  Publicity, Accused, Adverse

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• She says I am not fair, that I lack manners;
  She calls me proud, and that she could not love me,
  Were man as rare as Phoenix.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Phoenix, Proud

  William Shakespeare (2013). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English”, p.2682, BookCaps Study Guides

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• The world we live in has been and is being increasingly politicized so that our daily experience is more and more a matter of public policy. A lot of fiction comes out of a child's feeling of, "Hey, that's not fair."

  Deborah Eisenberg

  Children, Writing, Feelings

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• Animals have always been a passion of mine, being able to help them because they can't help themselves, and I think that people have treated them so badly over the years and it's just not fair. It's something I feel like I can help make a difference.

  Shannon Elizabeth

  Passion, Animal, Thinking

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

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• I have been a victim of stereotypes. I come from Latin America and to some countries, we are considered 'losers,' drug traffickers, and that is not fair because that is generalizing.

  Ricky Martin

  Country, Latin, America

  "Ricky Martin Embraces Arab Youth". Ricky Martin's address to the youngsters from 16 mainly Arab countries at a youth conference in the Middle East, www.cbsnews.com. July 25, 2005.

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• If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

  John Lewis

  Moral, Obligation, Fairs

  "In Miami MLK Speech, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Defiant In Feud With Trump" by Tim Padgett, wlrn.org. January 16, 2017.

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• I think it's not fair to the uniqueness and wonderfulness of the individuals, that we can complement one another greatly, but we are not the source of each other's happiness, especially if you don't know who the hell you're talking to.

  Chris Pine

  Thinking, Talking, Hell

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• Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long.

  David Baldacci

  Life, Essence, Long

  David Baldacci (2002). “The Winner”, p.473, Hachette UK

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• Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.

  David Brin

  Fool, Life Is, Ought

  "The Uplift War". Book by David Brin, April 1987.

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• Dangling a carrot in front of a donkey—or anyone else for that matter—is not nice, and not fair, unless you eventually plan to give it up to them.

  Vera Nazarian

  Nice, Giving, Matter

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• If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

  Plautus

  Jest, Turns, Earnest

  "Amphitruo". III. 2. 39,

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• I have a big passion about civil rights for everyone - whoever is being downtrodden at the moment, it doesn't matter: racial discrimination or sexual orientation or gender. Whatever it is, I'm there. I think I was a born civil rights activist. I can't stand the smashing of a community. It's not fair and it's not right.

  Pauley Perrette

  Passion, Thinking, Rights

  "Pauley Perrette: from NCIS to the Daily Planet". Interview with Robert Greenberger, www.comicmix.com. June 8, 2012.

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• I've had to work hard all my life, and I will never, ever ask a fan or reader to pay for something I've rushed. It's not fair to them, and I will never give them anything except my absolute best.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Hard Work, Giving, Fans

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• People feel uncomfortable talking about racial issues out of fear that if they express things they will be characterized in a way that's not fair. I think that there is still a need for a dialogue about things racial that we have not engaged in.

  Eric Holder

  Thinking, Talking, Issues

  "Holder: Still need for frank talk on race" by, www.politico.com. July 11, 2010.

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