Supposed To Be Quotes - Page 23

• Great as the planning were for the dinner, the lot was so contrived that not a soul in the house be supposed to be kept from the break of day ceremony of Blessing in the church.

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

  Blessing, House, Soul

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• The weird thing about having your birthday on a school day is that by the time you get to be ten, or eleven for sure, no one at school knows it's your birthday anymore. It's not like when you're little and your mom brings cupcakes for the whole class. But even though no one knows, you walk around like it's supposed to be a national holiday. You walk around thinking that people are supposed to be nice to you, like maybe on your birthday you're ten times more breakable than on any other day. Well, it doesn't work that way. It just doesn't.

  A.M. Homes

  Mom, Nice, School

  A.M. Homes (2012). “Jack”, p.199, Granta Books

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• I just hate that gay role models are supposed to be just like straight people, as if even straight people are like that.

  Paul Rudnick

  Hate, Gay, Role Models

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• Sometimes my mistakes turn into interesting music because I do things that aren't supposed to be done.

  Ziggy Marley

  Mistake, Interesting, Done

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

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• When you're in Hollywood, you get sort of jaded about what you think the sense of humor of Hollywood is supposed to be, so you can't think outside the box.

  Diedrich Bader

  Thinking, Hollywood, Sense Of Humor

  Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 2, 2012.

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• One of the statistics that always amazes me is the approval of the Chinese government, not elected, is over 80 percent. The approval of the U.S. government, fully elected, is 19 percent. Well, we elected these people and they didn't elect those people. Isn't it supposed to be different? Aren't we supposed to like the people that we elected?

  Bill Gates

  Government, People, Chinese

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• The stealth bomber is supposed to be a big deal. It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I've been doing that all my life.

  Bob Hope

  Bombers, Bombs, Hell

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• By more than two to one Americans do not consider what Kevorkian did, injecting a terminally ill patient with legal drugs at the patient's request, to be the same as murder. You may want to note that laws are not supposed to be enforced on the basis of public opinion polls.

  Dan Rather

  Law, Two, Drug

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• I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.

  Eddie Murphy

  Kids, Guy, Age

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• I’m supposed to be all re-injected with yes-we-can fever after the big health care speech, and it was a great speech - when Black Elvis gets jiggy with his teleprompter, there is none better. But here’s the thing: Muhammad Ali also had a way with words, but it helped enormously that he could also punch guys in the face.

  Bill Maher

  Yes We Can, Guy, Black

  Bill Maher (2011). “The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass”, p.162, Penguin

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• I am sometimes referred to as Excuse Me in an annoyed tone of voice, because apparently I am in the way. I am so sorry. I am supposed to be some sort of mind reader, I guess. I am moving out of the way now as slowly as I possibly can. I am doing this and there's nothing you can do about it.

  Demetri Martin

  Sorry, Moving, Voice

  "Who Am I?" by Demetri Martin, www.newyorker.com. February 28, 2011.

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• Things are finally starting to calm down and be the way they're supposed to be. I think things happen for a reason.

  Eddie Cibrian

  Thinking, Down And, Way

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• Michael Rubio said Trump's plan was impulsive and not well thought out. The other thing that's really annoying Republicans is that this was supposed to be their great week. The president gave a speech on terrorism that was not well received. They were working hard to tie Hillary Clinton to the president. Then along comes Donald Trump, and the story changes dramatically.

  Mara Liasson

  Ties, President, Stories

  "Despite Backlash Over Muslim Comments, Supporters Stand By Trump". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. December 10, 2015.

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• The CIA has transformed from an organization created to recruit spies to steal secrets, into a paramilitary organization, a paramilitary force. It's not supposed to be a paramilitary force. It's not good at it. It needs to return to its roots.

  John Kiriakou

  Organization, Roots, Secret

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I want to do something where the script is there. That doesn't mean that I won't need to come in, or be asked to come in, and help develop something. Things can always get better. There's always room for improvement. But, I want to do something that's the best version of whatever it's supposed to be.

  Steve Antin

  Mean, Get Better, Needs

  Source: collider.com

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• In a lot of teen movies nowadays, you just get the rote six stereotypes like the jock, the cool guy, the nerd, the hot girl, the girl who cares, and the girl who has glasses and is supposed to be ugly but is actually beautiful.

  Penn Dayton Badgley

  Beautiful, Girl, Glasses

  Source: collider.com

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• Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

  Bob Saget

  Fake, Politics, Sincerity

  Twitter post from Sep 01, 2012

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• he ones that bother me the most are the media saying, "He's like the next Bill Hicks." It's supposed to be complimentary, but then all these Bill Hicks fans show up thinking you're going to be like him, and then go, "You're no Bill Hicks." And I'm like, "I never wanted to try to be like him, I don't think I'm anything like him at all, and now you're mad at me for not being him because a journalist didn't have a better reference."

  Doug Stanhope

  Thinking, Media, Mad

  "Portrait of the artist: Doug Stanhope, comedian". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. March 6, 2012.

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• The Unbookables are supposed to be unbookable. That's what it's all about.

  Doug Stanhope

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• I feel shabby - because I've made a name, quite a good name, out of photography. And I still find myself asking the same questions: Who am I? What am I supposed to be? What have I done?

  Don McCullin

  Photography, Names, Asking

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• I always wished my dad was there to intimidate my boyfriends or something. It's supposed to be your dad giving your guys friends the stink-eye for sneaking beer through your house, not your mom.

  Iliza Shlesinger

  Mom, Dad, Eye

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• I was in Philadelphia - a very angry town, Philadelphia. I've never seen a town like this. It's supposed to be the City of Brotherly Love - like when my brother was 12 and I was nine, and he would lean on my shoulder and dangle spit in my face.

  Andy Kindler

  Brother, Cities, Philadelphia

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• Marriage is supposed to be permanent. It's like a tattoo that yells at you.

  Dov Davidoff

  Tattoo, Permanent

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• Living isn't a simple thing...no one said it's supposed to be.

  Art Alexakis

  Simple, Said, Simple Things

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• It was like everything that supported the relationship was coming from the outside. Judging by all the signs, we were a perfectly successful couple and John was an ideal husband for me - rich, blond, tall, sensitive, ad nauseam. But even worse, it seemed as if our most intimate conversations were based on what we were supposed to be saying, and what we were supposed to be. Nothing seemed to come directly from us.

  Mary Gaitskill

  Couple, Husband, Successful

  Mary Gaitskill (2012). “Bad Behavior: Stories”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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