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• Indeed, Xcor stayed away for the wrong reason, the bad reason, an unacceptable reason—in spite of all his training, he found himself choosing Throe’s life over ambition: His anger had taken him in one direction, but his regret had led him in another. And the latter one was what won out.

  J.R. Ward

  Regret, Taken, Ambition

  J.R. Ward (2012). “Lover Reborn: A Novel of the Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.260, Penguin

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• So many people around me would say they cared for the wrong reasons. A lot of people were pulling from me, taking from me and not giving.

  Lindsay Lohan

  People, Giving, Reason

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• I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.

  Erich Segal

  Love, Reason, Accepted

  Erich Segal (1970). “Love Story”

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• When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and evasion simply muddles ‘em. No... you had the right answer this afternoon, but the wrong reasons. Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they’re not attracting attention with it. Hotheadedness isn’t.

  Harper Lee

  Children, Tkam, Sake

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, July 11, 1960.

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• Hardy's either done the wrong thing for the wrong reason . . . " Another big swallow. "Or the wrong thing for the right reason.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Done, Reason, Bigs

  Lisa Kleypas (2010). “Blue-Eyed Devil: Number 2 in series”, p.145, Hachette UK

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• You would be better off having nobody than the wrong somebody. (On marrying for the wrong reasons.)

  Joyce Meyer

  Would Be, Reason, Marrying

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• I'm not who you think i am. If you love me, you love me for the wrong reasons.

  Sister Souljah

  Thinking, If You Love Me, Reason

  Sister Souljah (2010). “Midnight: A Gangster Love Story”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• You must never feel badly about making mistakes ... as long as you take the trouble to learn from them. For you often learn more by being wrong for the right reasons than you do by being right for the wrong reasons.

  Norton Juster

  Inspirational, Mistake, Long

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• Anything you can do in excess for the wrong reasons is exciting to me.

  Carrie Fisher

  Excess, Reason, Exciting

  "What I've Learned: Carrie Fisher". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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• Doing the right things for the wrong reasons is typical of humanity. Precession - not conscious planning - provides a productive outcome for misguided political and military campaigns.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Military, Political, Humanity

  Buckminster Fuller (1992). “Cosmography: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity: A Posthumous Scenario for the Future of Humanity”, p.27, The Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller

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• Don't expect me to cry for the wrong reasons.

  Kurt Cobain

  Cry, Reason

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• The critics. When they're right, they're right for the wrong reasons. And they're usually wrong.

  Bill Murray

  Reason, Critics

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It was an audition process after Breakfast Club, and I wasn't really sure I wanted to do the movie. There was a bigger role that Rob [Lowe] was already set to play, so the role they wanted me to audition for was Alec. [Director] Joel Schumacher... this is back in the days when you could trick me with things like this. He goes, "Don't you think you can play it?" And I go, "Okaaaaay." So then I did it for all the wrong reasons but I don't think I would fall for that again. Who knows. I might.

  Judd Nelson

  Fall, Thinking, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• People go into things for the wrong reasons.

  Robert Greene

  People, Reason

  Source: dilanka.cc

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• There are many wrong reasons to want to be an entrepreneur. I think there's only one good reason: to change the world.

  Phil Libin

  Thinking, Entrepreneur, World

  "The Only Good Reason to Launch a Company" by Phil Libin, www.inc.com. January 22, 2013.

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• It's when you are trying to make something that is "authentic" as opposed to real - people who appreciate music for the wrong reasons tend to compartmentalize stuff.

  James Hunter

  Real, People, Appreciate

  "Goodbye Sam Cooke, Hello James Hunter". Interview with Jacob Blickenstaff, www.motherjones.com. February 10, 2016.

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• The reason people burn out is not because people are going hard [after God]; it's because they are working and perusing with the wrong spirit-trying to do it in the eyes of men with the wrong reasons; trying to get into a room you are already in.

  Mike Bickle

  Eye, Men, People

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• Because what a temporary worker program would do is help relieve pressure on the border. It will allow our law enforcement officials and Border Patrol agents to focus on those who are coming here for the wrong reasons, the criminals and the drug dealers and the terrorists.

  Scott McClellan

  Law, Focus, Drug

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• You do stand-up because you have to do it. If you're doing it to become 'famous,' you're wrong. If you're doing it to become a millionaire, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. In 2003, I was flat broke. I'd been doing stand-up for 14 years at that point. I loved it and just kept at it.

  Russell Peters

  Years, Reason, Broke

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• I was doing what I thought I had to do. There was romance in the idea of being married. It was just the wrong reasons.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Ideas, Romance, Married

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• I feel history is more of a story than a lesson. I know this idea of presentism: this idea of constantly evoking the past to justify the present moment. A lot of people will tell you, "history is how we got here." And learning from the lessons of history. But that's imperfect. If you learn from history you can do things for all the wrong reasons.

  Sarnath Banerjee

  Past, Ideas, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• Very few people ever understand art. If you are lucky, they will buy it for the wrong reasons.

  Walter Darby Bannard

  Art, People, Lucky

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• The MTV Video Awards were never about the video, but about the song. Most of the time it was just to glorify people for the wrong reason.

  Michel Gondry

  Song, Awards, Mtv

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• The biggest thing I've found since I left the game - and I'm glad I chose to leave rather than being sacked - is that so many people are in football for the wrong reasons. Not because they love the game, but because they smell money.

  Graham Taylor

  Football, Games, Smell

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• Not merely can people like me write things that would never have been printed before but I think an enormously dramatic change has taken place in public opinion, possibly for the wrong reasons.

  Anthony Holden

  Taken, Writing, Thinking

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