#granted

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life. ↗

— Carre Otis

#adult life #being #born #childhood #diversity

I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary. ↗

— Vanessa Kerry

#granted #i #i think #just #learned

I am not unaware of the saying that more tears have been shed over wishes granted than wishes denied. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#been #denied #granted #i #i am

Why does a man take it for granted that a girl who flirts with him wants him to kiss her - when, nine times out of ten, she only wants him to want to kiss her? ↗

— Helen Rowland

#girl #granted #her #him #kiss

I think in part the reason is that seeing an economy that is, in many ways, quite different from the one grows up in, helps crystallize issues: in one's own environment, one takes too much for granted, without asking why things are the way they are. ↗

— Joseph Stiglitz

#crystallize #different #economy #environment #granted

Instead, I was interested in what I guess I could call narrative indeterminacy, in questioning the apparent, taken-for-granted authority of any particular representation of the events in question. ↗

— Peter Straub

#apparent #authority #call #could #events

When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#anything #bored #film #granted #hours

Every time I score the passion comes out and I try to relay that back to the fans and to the players and the staff how grateful I am to be playing for such a good football club. The fans have taken well to me. I am part of the furniture at Everton, but I don't take it for granted. ↗

— Timothy F. Cahill

#back #ball club #club #comes #everton

Most of us readily take things for granted that at an earlier time remained to be discovered. ↗

— Robert A. Dahl

#earlier #granted #most #readily #remained

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now. ↗

— Ivan Lendl

#dangerous #granted #guy #hard #hard work