#preferred

The truth of the matter is I stayed in L.A. raising my children, and when they went to college, I packed my bags along with them and came to New York and looked for parts in the theatre, because that's always what I preferred doing. ↗

— Andrea Martin

#always #bags #because #came #children

I was an intimate sort of child who never spoke up in groups. I preferred close friends. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#close #close friends #friends #groups #i

I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#delivering #films #i #liked #performance

America slept because most Americans preferred it that way. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#because #most #preferred #slept #way

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

I preferred sewing to bossing little children. ↗

— Mother Jones

#i #little #little children #preferred #sewing

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

#any #deadline #done #even #had

Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

#many #preferred #requirement #states #transition

I've never been seriously involved with anyone. I've certainly never been in love. I've always preferred to keep things casual. ↗