Quotes about Exception

Kanye West

Rapper, Singer, Songwriter, Record Producer

I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.

Exception - Learning

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Barack Obama

Former President of the United States

What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.

Diversity - Earth - Exception

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Bertrand Russell

Philosopher, Writer, Activist

It has become a commonplace that aggressiveness also often has its roots in fear. I am inclined to think that this theory has been pushed too far. [...] The type of aggressiveness that is the outcome of timidity is not, I think, that which inspires great leaders; the great leaders, I should say, have an exceptional self-confidence which is not only on the surface, but penetrates deep into the subconscious.

Aggression - Exception - Inspiration - Leadership - Oneself - Outcome - Timid

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Albert Brooks

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.

Beginner - Day - Death - Exception - Good - Greatness - Having - Leadership - Management - Trial

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Ban Ki-moon

I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Abuse - Access - Activity - Aggression - Becoming - Crime - Exception - Freedom - Human - Internet - Law - Nationality - Programming - Reason - Right - Security - State

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Brian P. Cleary

I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet, so everything that makes up a sentence and even a word was covered except for punctuation.

Book - Exception - Having - Making - Punctuation - Speaking - Writing

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Douglas Sirk

I was making films about American society, and it is true that I never felt at home there, except perhaps when my wife and I lived on a farm in the San Fernando Valley.

America - Exception - Farming - Feelings - Film - Home - Living - Making - Society

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Edward Hoagland

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded with some regularity that He may be dying.

Death - Earth - Exception - God - Question - Reminders - Sense

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Eric Bischoff

Professional wrestling... is no different than a Broadway play except that in a Broadway play, actors are using dialogue to tell a story and establish their characters, while in WWE, they're using a physical dialogue to tell their story and build their characters. That's a very unique art; it really is.

Actor - Art - Character - Exception - Playing - Professionals - Story - Unique - Wrestling

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Drinking - Exception - Laziness - Love

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Henri Nouwen

Ministers are powerless people who have nothing to boast of except their weaknesses. But when the Lord whom they serve fills them with His blessing they will move mountains and change the hearts of people wherever they go.

Blessing - Change - Exception - Mountain - Movement - Nothing - People - Weakness - Willing

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Hugh Grant

The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do.

Exception - Facts - Film - Truth - Watching

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James A. Moore

Ultimately, Lloyd Alexander's tales of Prydain were enough to make me come back and visit again and again, and each time, I laughed and I wept. Each time. No exceptions.

Enough - Exception - Laughing - Making - Time

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James Darren

Doing a TV show, you're on an assembly line and it's as cut and dry as that. There are some shows that are exceptions. There are producers that want really special things.

Doing - Exception - Production - Show - TV - Wants

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John Malkovich

My father was an exceptionally strong influence on me.

Exception - Father - Influence - Strength

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Justin Timberlake

With the exception of octopus, I don't think I've met any food that I didn't like. And by the way, sometimes I do like octopus. I'm just not crazy about it by itself. I love sea urchin. I love uni. If I'm going to die of anything, it's going to be gluttony.

Crazy - Death - Exception - Food - Gluttony - Love - Sea - Sometimes - Thinking

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Raymond Carver

When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer could do worse than follow the advice given in those lines.

Doing - Exception - Fiction - Follower - Giving - Indifference - Poetry - Writing

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Robert Ben Garant

The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work, and if you're not manically compelled to write all the time before you do it professionally, it's probably not a business for you, anyway.

Business - Exception - Good - Ownership - Professionals - Time - Work - Writing

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Simone Weil

When a contradiction is impossible to resolve except by a lie, then we know that it is really a door.

Exception - Impossible - Knowledge - Lie

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Alison Moyet

With the exceptional talent that is Guy Sigsworth as producer and collaborator, we have recorded a collection of original songs that sees me moving away from a generic line up and back into the world of a programmer. Born of reconstructed improvisation I like to think of it as Prog-Pop, but I also like to think of big dogs as small horses. So don’t hang on to that thought long. Unless, of course, you think it astute of me in which case I am right

Collaboration - Exception - Improvisation - Movement - Original - Production - Songs - Talent - Thinking - World

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Andrew Klavan

A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.

End - Exception

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Edith Widder

In the ocean, [bioluminescence] is the rule rather than the exception.

Chemistry - Exception - Inspiration - Motivation

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D. James Kennedy

In reading over the Constitutions of all fifty of our states, I discovered something which some of you may not know: there is in all fifty, without exception, an appeal or a prayer to the Almighty God of the universe. Through all fifty state Constitutions, without exception, there runs this same appeal and reference to God who is the Creator of our liberties and the preserver of our freedoms.

Almighty - Constitution - Creating - Exception - Liberty - Praying - Reading - State - Universe

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Haile Gebrselassie

You know the marathon in my country is just exceptional. It's like soccer in England. If England win the world cup and Ethiopia win the marathon - it's the same.

Countries - Exception - Soccer - Winning - World

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Robert Owen

Since the introduction of inanimate mechanism into British manufactories, man, with few exceptions, has been treated as a secondary and inferior machine; and far more attention has been given to perfect the raw materials of wood and metals than those of body and mind.

Exception - Giving - Inferiority - Machine - Man - Mindset - Perfection

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Howard Stringer

I get really frustrated during a crisis when I go through all the cable channels and find - very often with the exception of CNN - that I'm not watching news at all. You think, 'Well, God... there are talk shows, talk shows, talk shows and everyone is an expert!

Exception - Expert - Frustration - News - Show - Thinking - Wellness

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Maia Szalavitz

Marijuana is not not harmful, but is the least harmful psychoactive substance that we have, with the possible exception of caffeine.

Exception

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James Grant

Growth at an exceptional rate is a red flag in banking. It is hard enough to manage an ordinary bank; to control a sprouting weed is well-nigh impossible. If loans are expanding too quickly, the lending officers have probably been saying 'yes' too frequently.

Bank - Enough - Exception - Growing - Impossible - Loan - Management - Ordinary - Wellness

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Slavoj Žižek

The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the exception, with no taboos, no a priori norms (‘human rights,’ ‘democracy’), respect for which would prevent us from ‘resignifying’ terror, the ruthless exercise of power, the spirit of sacrifice … if this radical choice is decried by some bleeding-heart liberals as Linksfaschismus, so be it!

Choice - Democracy - Exception - Exercise - Human - Impossible - Politics - Right - Ruthless - Sacrifice - Spirits - Terrorism - Universal

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Jim DeMint

Well, one of the most important things for Americans to be reminded of is that a lot of the exceptional nature of our country is founded in Judeo-Christian values that promotes individualism, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, and a commitment to family, charity.

Charity - Countries - Ethics - Exception - Individualism - Strength - Value - Wellness

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T.C. Boyle

Nothing moves around, it just goes straight from the start to the end. The final draft on the final day, that's it, same for the novels. What I turn in is what you see. There are some exceptions, but almost always I can see exactly what it's going to be.

End - Exception - Movement - Novel

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John C. Maxwell

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That's not a guess, it's a guarantee. With pride, it's not a matter of 'if' we will fall, but 'when.' There are no exceptions.

Exception - Failing - Fall - Guarantee - Leadership - Pride

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Nicola Sturgeon

Sad to hear that George Michael has died.He was an exceptional artist and a strong supporter of LGBT and workers' rights.

Art - Death - Exception - Right - Strength - Support - Work

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