#assume

I never lost an argument and my parents assumed I would be a lawyer. They cast me in that role. ↗

— Jared Harris

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Most economic fallacies derive from the tendency to assume that there is a fixed pie, that one party can gain only at the expense of another. ↗

— Milton Friedman

#assume #derive #economic #expense #fixed

If an adult uses violence on a child, the child will naturally assume that he too, has the right to use it on one smaller or weaker. ↗

— Dora Russell

#assume #child #naturally #right #smaller

Guys are simple... women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically. ↗

— Dave Barry

#appear #assume #complicated #guys #just

I merged those two words, black and feminist, because I was surrounded by black women who were very tough and and who always assumed they had to work and rear children and manage homes. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#assumed #because #black #children #feminist

Assume' makes an 'ass' out of 'u' and 'me'. ↗

— Karen Marie Moning

#cliché #karen-marie-moning

We all have to let go of the Prince Charming complex and realize he doesn't necessarily exist in the package we assume he'll come in. ↗

— Gabrielle Union

#charming #come #complex #exist #go

Traditional science assumes, for the most part, that an objective observer independent reality exists; the universe, stars, galaxies, sun, moon and earth would still be there if no one was looking. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#earth #exists #galaxies #independent #looking

It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one. ↗

— Morris Raphael Cohen

#be true #been #divided #false #generally

It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#assume #because #been #context #easier