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Habit Quotes
"Never give way to melancholy; resist it steadily, for the habit will encroach."
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"The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past."
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"I had this habit of an academic of answering the question. I should have fobbed it off."
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"I'm glad I don't have to explain to a man from Mars why each day I set fire to dozens of little pieces of paper, and then put them in my mouth."
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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."
15
"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."
15
"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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"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."
14
"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."
14
"Don't let your sins turn into bad habits."
13
"I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table."
13
"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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"The only proper way to eliminate bad habits is to replace them with good ones."
12
"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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"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."
12
"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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"Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities."
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"Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes."
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"I'm not a politician and my other habits are good."
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"There is no influence like the influence of habit."
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"Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results."
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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."
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"Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty."
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"Professors simply can't discuss a thing. Habit compels them to deliver a lecture."
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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."
4
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
4
"Laws are never as effective as habits."
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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."
3
"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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"The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."
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"Even the most fickle are faithful to a few bad habits."
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"An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones."
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