Supposed To Be Quotes - Page 31

• I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

  Michael Moore

  Confused, Taken, Lines

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• Everybody gets sick; everybody has had a problem with insurance or the prescription drugs they're supposed to be taking or an elderly parent who needs care.

  Michael Moore

  Elderly, Sick, Parent

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• I was supposed to be authoritative, but at the same time had to be likeable, a quality that is a bonus, not a requirement, for men in the same position.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Men, Quality, Bonus

  "Why women really should rule". Interview with Sharon Krum, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2008.

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• My students often say, "My roommate read this story and really liked it", and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with it. I say, "well, people who love you want you to be happy. But I'm your professor and I'm supposed to be teaching you something."

  Joyce Carol Oates

  Love You, Teaching, People

  "The grandmother of invention". Interview with Sarah Crown, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2007.

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• Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Brother, Smart, Love Yourself

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• Bottom line: God will not allow any person to keep you from your destiny. They may be bigger, stronger, or more powerful, but God knows how to shift things around and get you to where you're supposed to be.

  Joel Osteen

  Powerful, Destiny, Stronger

  "Joel Osteen explains the mysteries of unexpected blessings in 'Break Out!'". www.today.com. October 2, 2013.

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• I don't focus on the critics. Everyone who is making any difference in any field has critics. As long as I feel like I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing, then I don't worry about it.

  Joel Osteen

  Differences, Long, Worry

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• There's a belief that you're supposed to be poor, and suffering, and show your humility. I just don't see the Bible that way. I see that God came and Jesus died so that we might live an abundant life and be a blessing to others.

  Joel Osteen

  Jesus, Humility, Blessing

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• I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There's the teaching that we're supposed to be poor to show that we're humble. I don't buy that. I think we're supposed to be leaders. We're supposed to excel.

  Joel Osteen

  Believe, Teaching, Humble

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• My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.

  Sarah Palin

  Journey, Discovery, Citizens

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them.

  Trey Parker

  Ideas, House, Colorado

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• All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

  Ron Paul

  Rights, Benefits, Libertarian

  Ron Paul (1987). “Freedom Under Siege”, p.38, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn't take one person's opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.

  Sean Paul

  Kids, Thinking, Assessment

  "Reasoning with Sean Paul". Interview with Laura Gardner, jahworks.org. October 01, 2002.

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• In the rush to become all things to all people, the federal government has lost sight of its core responsibilities. As a result we're stuck in this frustrating paradox where Washington actually neglects things it's clearly supposed to be doing, while interfering in other areas where they are neither welcome nor authorized.

  Rick Perry

  Responsibility, Government, Sight

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• Statistics say that I'm supposed to be in jail. And I'm not supposed to be alive.

  Tyler Perry

  Jail, Alive, Statistics

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• But 'Cuban Linx' was a project that really needed to come, and I really wanted to get it off my chest because I know that the fans were really skeptical about it, like 'is this really gonna be what it's supposed to be?' So once everybody caught it for what it was and everybody was happy, that's mission accomplished for me.

  Raekwon

  Fans, Cuban, Projects

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• If all you have to offer is a look that is supposed to be appealing, the you are going to be paid attention to about a tenth as long as you would be if when you speak you are interesting.

  Julia Roberts

  Long, Interesting, Would Be

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• I've always seen it as the role of an artist to drag his inside out, give the audience all you've got. Writers, actors, singers, all good artists do the same. It isn't supposed to be easy.

  Henry Rollins

  Artist, Giving, Roles

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• I'm most in my element on tour, with a gig that day, like today. I'm on the road where I am supposed to be. I will be where I'm supposed to be at nighttime, on stage, in front of people, doing my thing.

  Henry Rollins

  People, Elements, Gigs

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• I feel bad for the kids that are in school right now and the young people all across America who don't realize that the grownups who are supposed to be running this country are the verge of leaving them as the first generation of Americans worse off than the generation before.

  Marco Rubio

  Running, Country, School

  "Your World with Neil Cavuto", www.realclearpolitics.com. March 30, 2011.

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• How do you tell troops who volunteered to fight for our freedoms that the country they fought for won't take care of them when they come back? In the time of war our troops and their families are supposed to be our number one priority.

  John Salazar

  Country, War, Fighting

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• CEOs of large corporations earn 400 times what their workers make. That is not what America is supposed to be about.

  Bernie Sanders

  America, Corporations, Ceo

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

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• Life is not what it's supposed to be. It's what it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.

  Virginia Satir

  Inspirational, Life, Break Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Try not to have a good time... this is supposed to be educational.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Education, Humorous, Learning

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• Everybody is supposed to be a part of their own community.

  Jill Scott

  Community

  "Jill Scott returns to her roots for new music video" by Sarah Hoye, www.cnn.com. March 24, 2011.

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