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"Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state."
Alcee Hastings
"Usually, it is not my habit to address religious issues on the floor. I strongly believe in a person's right to religious freedom, as well as the separation of church and state."
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"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be."
Miguel de Unamuno
"To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be."
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"It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits."
Shirley Jones
"It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits."
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"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."
Edith Wharton
"Habit is necessary; it is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one is to remain alive."
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"A habit does not a monk make."
Francois Rabelais
"A habit does not a monk make."
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"It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone."
Merrill Markoe
"It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone."
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"Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing."
Maxine Hong Kingston
"Hunger also changes the world - when eating can't be a habit, then neither can seeing."
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"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."
Patrick White
"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."
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"One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it."
Helen Hayes
"One has to grow up with good talk in order to form the habit of it."
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"I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming."
W. C. Fields
"I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming."
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"If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated."
Paul Williams
"If I allow the fact that I am a Negro to checkmate my will to do, now, I will inevitably form the habit of being defeated."
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"When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively."
W. Clement Stone
"When you do the wrong thing, knowing it is wrong, you do so because you haven't developed the habit of effectively controlling or neutralizing strong inner urges that tempt you, or because you have established the wrong habit and don't know how to eliminate them effectively."
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"I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off."
John Hewson
"I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off."
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"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."
Craig Kilborn
"Senator Hillary Clinton is attacking President Bush for breaking his campaign promise to cut carbon dioxide emissions, saying a promise made, a promise broken. And then out of habit, she demanded that Bush spend the night on the couch."
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"You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor."
Chris LeDoux
"You get to where you kind of like it, and It's a habit That's hard to break. I still find myself sittin' in a cafe, like a pizza parlor."
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"It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions."
Frederick Robertson
"It is more true to say that our opinions depend upon our lives and habits, than to say that our lives and habits depend on our opinions."
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"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."
Saint Teresa of Avila
"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."
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"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."
Evan Esar
"Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings."
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"Continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of brandy and water."
John Leech
"Continually finding excuses for taking a small glass of brandy and water."
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"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."
Tahar Ben Jelloun
"In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds."
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"The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones."
Jerome Hines
"The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones."
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"Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too."
Alfred Doblin
"Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too."
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"I'm not a politician and my other habits are good."
Charles Farrar Browne
"I'm not a politician and my other habits are good."
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"How use doth breed a habit in a man!"
William Shakespeare
"How use doth breed a habit in a man!"
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"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."
Epictetus
"We should realize that an opinion is not easily formed unless a person says and hears the same things every day and practises them in real life."
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"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."
Mary Martin
"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."
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"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."
Saint Augustine
"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity."
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"Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results."
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
"Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results."
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"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."
Aldous Huxley
"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."
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"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."
William James
"Could the young but realize how soon they will become mere walking bundles of habits, they would give more heed to their conduct while in the plastic state."
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"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."
Jean de la Bruyere
"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."
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"Habits are good if you have the habit of the best."
Amit Kalantri
"Habits are good if you have the habit of the best."
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"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."
Mark Twain
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits."
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"Habit is habit and not to be thrown out of the window by any man but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."
Mark Twain
"Habit is habit and not to be thrown out of the window by any man but coaxed downstairs a step at a time."
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"Old habits are strong and jealous."
Dorothea Brande
"Old habits are strong and jealous."
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"You are not smoking cigarette, it's cigarette that is smoking you."
Vikrmn
"You are not smoking cigarette, it's cigarette that is smoking you."
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"It's not what we do once-it's what we do once a day, day in and day out, every day that brings lasting change into our lives."
Toni Sorenson
"It's not what we do once-it's what we do once a day, day in and day out, every day that brings lasting change into our lives."
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"There is no influence like the influence of habit."
Gilbert Parker
"There is no influence like the influence of habit."
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"Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome."
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"The gnarled fidelity of an old habit."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"The gnarled fidelity of an old habit."
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"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
Jane Austen
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."
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"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."
Robert Louis Stevenson
"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."
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"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."
Hal Boyle
"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."
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"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
W. Somerset Maugham
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
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"Habit is the nursery of errors."
Victor Hugo
"Habit is the nursery of errors."
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"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"Habits grow like dragons if you feed them."
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"90% of what we do daily is not what we think, it's just driven by our desires and not potentials."
Auliq Ice
"90% of what we do daily is not what we think, it's just driven by our desires and not potentials."
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"Laws are never as effective as habits."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"Laws are never as effective as habits."
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"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"
Susan C. Young
"I know that trying to begin a new habit may be uncomfortable, inconvenient, or challenging. However, when the goal is to feel terrific, isn't it worth your consideration?"
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"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."
Eric Hoffer
"Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible."
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