Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.
Only humans are judgmental, and because you are, you assume that I must be. Yet I am not, and that is the great truth you cannot accept.
People see the celebrity lifestyle and assume everything is perfect, but we're just like everyone else.
Arjuna, who is the fearless waririor in the story is a very wordly indvidual, we assume with high past lives.
Shall we, because we walk on our hind feet, assume to ourselves only the privilege of imperishability?
I'm not a down-in-the-dumps person. I think some people assume that I am because of the music I write.
Whenever I meet people for the first time, I assume that they have a great story to tell and that it's my job to find it.
...the sun would leave my sky if I couldn't assume you'd simply come and tell me you were sad.
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
Maybe dark matter is denser than we usually assume, kind of like the Milky Way plane.
Don't assume, because you are intelligent, able, and well-motivated, that you are open to communication, that you know how to listen.
Europe must learn to live in and with the world, not to dominate it nor to assume it is superior or more virtuous.
The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.
There are people whose faces assume an unaccustomed beauty and majesty the moment they cease to look out of their eyes.
People instantly assume you can't have a platonic friendship with someone of the opposite sex. I think this may be specific to L.A.—or America.
If children are apparently unable to learn, we should assume that we have not as yet found the right way to teach them.
I can only assume," said Jace, "that mortal emotions amuse you because you have none of your own.
It's important that I know what I'm doing before I assume responsibility over something as significant as the actors' guild.
What an immense mass of evil must result...from allowing men to assume the right of anticipating what may happen.
In spite of what most assume, it is surprisingly tough to make the mind and body work together as a unit.
You can't assume any place you go is private because the means of surveillance are becoming so affordable and so invisible.
You don't really get to know people behind the scenes. One can assume that it's out there, but I have no idea at the end of the day. I hope not.
Think the best of each other, especially of those you say you love. Assume the good and doubt the bad.
Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the Gospels assume - that is, the cross is not a defeat, but the victory of our God.
People always assume that once you are in a reality show, you will become an actor for fame and money.
In a lot of comedy shows, there's a safety net where you don't assume anything of real consequence will happen.
I think everything that any actor does, I would assume, is shaped by how and where they grew up.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly.
Once you realize how effortless the highest way of life is, it takes tremendous effort to assume the opposite.
In relative youth, we assume we'll remember everything. Someone should urge the young to think otherwise.
I assume this is all part of some brutally simplistic plan you've thought up?" "Yes." "Oh, good.
...it is time [for Islam] to assume, along with all of the great cultural traditions, the modern risks of scientific knowledge.
You assume things, like whatever country has more firepower wins the wars, and that's actually not true at all.
I count absolutely no chickens before they're hatched. In fact, I assume they're all dead in their shells, inside their eggs.
People like to complain about the state of contemporary literature, but I can only assume they don't read it very widely.
I find it hard to meet the right woman as people assume I'm a certain type of person - which I'm not.
If Satan should ever replace God he would find it necessary to assume the attributes of Divinity.
It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force.
There is a golden opportunity here for Christian men to assume a national leadership role by engaging in conversation with women.
I have to assume that everybody interprets a piece of art they're exposed to as if it's already perfect in its wholeness, without knowing any backstory.
Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.
When you're getting to do what you want to do, you just assume you're going to hit a point where someone is like, 'No, you can't do that.' Strangely, that never happened.
People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.
Our great cultural error is to assume that 'truth' arrives only through reductive theories.
Whenever a number of individuals have a common name, we assume them to have also a corresponding idea or form.
When you have a new government assume power, everyone, without exception, has to work for the benefit of the common good.
I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
'Leading man' just means people want to see you and assume that you can hold a film, carry a movie.
It is with the approach of winter that cats...wear their richest fur and assume an air of sumptuous and delightful opulence.
I'm trying to learn to ask myself: 'Before you dive in are you sure you are right?' It's always safe to assume I'm wrong.
I love to make a mistake. It is my only assurance that I cannot reasonably be expected to assume the responsibility of omniscience.
I've never been very successful in a monogamous relationship, but I'm looking forward to the day when I can assume that responsibility.
Too many marketers assume that future will hold back and wait until they're ready for it. It won't.
Show people tend to treat their finances like their dentistry. They assume the man handling it knows what he is doing.
With children who have never said a word, parents tend to assume, for better or for worse, that there isn't any language there.
Americans assume Canada to be bestowed as a right and accept this bounty, as they do air, without thought or appreciation.
I always assume that a good book is more intelligent than its author. It can say things that the writer is not aware of.
I wouldn't want to assume that all men are like you. If I did, I know I would give them up entirely
People always assume that I'm some sort of party girl, and that's such a misconception because I like staying home.
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