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When people meet me, and I'm generally pretty sociable, and I meet some definition of normal, they're almost surprised. And simultaneously disappointed.
Christopher Poole
Me
People
Meet
Definition
Some
Pretty
Generally
Almost
Disappointed
Simultaneously
Surprised
Normal
Sociable
We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.
Christopher Reeve
Government
People
Respond
Generally
Does
Speaking
Veterans are generally reluctant to seek mental health care.
Chuck Norris
Health
Mental Health
Veterans
Care
Seek
Mental
Reluctant
Generally
Health Care
It's important to remember that because these athletes exercise so beyond what even a normal active person would, they generally must also supplement their diet.
Chuck Norris
Remember
Important
Active
Must
Would
Athletes
Supplement
Generally
Beyond
Also
Because
Exercise
Normal
Person
Diet
Even
I'm generally a low-key guy.
Clay Matthews III
Guy
Generally
Low-Key
Poets, for example, are generally considered starry-eyed and sensitive, but only by those who have never encountered one.
Craig Brown
Example
Considered
Those
Only
Poets
Generally
Never
For Example
Encountered
Sensitive
Who
Often, I grow irritated before the first tile has been placed on the Scrabble board. This generally occurs when one of my opponents has insisted upon bringing a dictionary to the table, making it clear that he will be consulting it throughout the game.
Craig Brown
Game
Will
First
Before
Has-Been
Table
Insisted
Throughout
Consulting
Generally
He
Clear
Making
Opponents
Occurs
Been
Dictionary
Scrabble
Often
Irritated
Placed
Board
Grow
Bringing
Traditional autobiography has generally had a poor press. The novelist Daphne du Maurier condemned all examples of this literary form as self-indulgent. Others have quipped that autobiography reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.
Craig Venter
Memory
Nothing
Others
Press
Bad
About
Examples
Except
Writer
Generally
Had
Self-Indulgent
Reveals
Condemned
Traditional
His
Autobiography
Form
Literary
Poor
Novelist
If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.
Daley Thompson
Life
Work
You
Sports
People
Work Hard
Win
Real Life
Other
Way
Worst
Worst Thing
About
Guy
Tend
Generally
Inertia
Real
Get
Stop
Being
Where
Achieving
Either
Prejudice
Your
Hard
Games
Compared
Deserve
Thing
Things
Played
Fastest
I suppose where I am sort of reflects the work I have chosen to do. Are there occasional frustrations because I can't work with a certain director because it's a big studio movie, and I don't have enough of a studio profile? The answer is yes. But generall... generally, I have the career I have chosen myself.
Damian Lewis
Work
Myself
Director
Big
Enough
Generally
Studio
Suppose
Occasional
Sort
Because
Answer
Am
Yes
Reflects
Where
Movie
Frustrations
Certain
Chosen
Profile
Career
I generally wear a lot of black clothes, and I think that comes from wanting to be as neutral as possible. We use a lot of visuals on stage, so I kind of hope people are watching those and not looking at me.
Dan Smith
Hope
Me
People
Black
Looking
Clothes
Stage
Think
Those
Possible
Kind
Wear
Visuals
Neutral
Generally
Lot
Wanting
Use
Watching
None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did.
Dan Stevens
Freedom
Thought
Drama
Slightly
Out
Signing
About
Could
Generally
Had
Head
Idea
Feel
Period
Another
Because
None
How
Coming
Up
Did
Modern
Any
Going
Happen
Anything
Us
Successful
I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.
Danai Gurira
Love
Women
People
Writing
Other
Generally
African
Who
Descent
Actor
My main concern with the condition of mathematics in high school is that there's a lot of fear involved! Math is not, generally speaking, presented in a fun way. The concepts, as I see them, are fun, and that's the way I'd like to convey them myself.
Danica McKellar
Mathematics
Myself
Fear
School
Way
High
See
High School
Main
Generally
Like
Involved
Concepts
Concern
Math
Condition
Lot
Them
Convey
Speaking
Fun
Presented
The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.
Daniel Levitin
Time
Being Busy
Active
Busy
Enjoy
Would
Rather
Generally
Exert
Being
While
Themselves
Hard
Hard Time
Things
Starting
Amusing
And the people I'm best friends with on the films are not generally the actors.
Daniel Radcliffe
Best
People
Films
Generally
Friends
Actor
I generally will answer any question about anything.
Danny Masterson
Will
About
Generally
Answer
Question
Any
Anything
I don't believe in trickle-down economics. I don't think that people who have the most are inclined to share it, generally.
Dave Matthews
People
Economics
Believe
Think
Generally
Share
Most
Who
Inclined
Using something that is really painful, generally, as the percussive element for a beat, I think is cool.
Daveed Diggs
Think
Something
Beat
Generally
Really
Painful
Cool
Using
Element
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc.
David Bohm
Logical
Language
Mind
Feelings
State
Intuitively
Proper
Only
Poetic
Generally
Overall
Terms
Also
Known
Operation
Mathematical
Order
Formal
Etc
Usage
Requires
Grasp
Each
Images
Suggestion
This kind of overall way of thinking is not only a fertile source of new theoretical ideas: it is needed for the human mind to function in a generally harmonious way, which could in turn help to make possible an orderly and stable society.
David Bohm
Mind
Society
Thinking
Harmonious
Way
Possible
Kind
Only
Could
Generally
New
Overall
Ideas
Make
Source
Fertile
Stable
Human
Orderly
Which
Turn
Human Mind
Theoretical
Help
Function
Needed
I think, generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing and producing records and singing.
David Bowie
Life
Writing
Singing
Think
Records
Generally
Envision
Without
Just
Cannot
Really
Producing
Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the Pharaohs.
David Brin
Time
Job
Resources
Economic
Generally
Since
Known
Historically
Done
Managing
Central
Poor
Planners
Generally, I don't like to walk out of a movie. It's like a relationship - you want to see it to the end; otherwise, you won't know if you left early or not.
David Duchovny
Relationship
You
Walk
Otherwise
Out
See
Generally
Like
Know
Left
End
Want
Movie
Early
The value of the beans for oil production, as well as for human food, has become recognized so quickly and so generally during the past year that the crop has acquired a commercial standing far in excess of its previous status.
David F. Houston
Food
Value
Become
Year
Past
Recognized
Status
Crop
Beans
Previous
Excess
Generally
Well
Quickly
Commercial
Human
Oil
Oil Production
Acquired
Far
Production
Standing
The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.
David Friedman
War
Problem
Solution
Direct
Only
Small
Small Children
Generally
Employed
Force
Any
Nations
Children
Poor
Use
Large
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