Quotes and Sayings About Settling
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These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
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I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?
-- Adriana TrigianiSource : Adriana Trigiani (2010). “Viola in Reel Life”, p.36, Simon and Schuster
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What made me run away was doubtless not so much the fear of settling down, but of settling down permanently in something ugly.
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Don’t trade the ultimate for the immediate. Don’t settle for less, wait for God’s best.
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As I get older, I don't settle. I'd rather tell somebody 'This is what I want-take it or leave it.'
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Every time you date someone with an issue that you have to work to ignore, you're settling.
-- Andre Breton -
I'd rather have a book, but in a pinch I'll settle for a set of Water Pik instructions.
-- Anne FadimanSource : Anne Fadiman (2011). “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader”, p.113, Macmillan
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Why can't the Jews and the Arabs just sit down together and settle this like good Christians?
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I wanted to end the world but,I'll settle for ending yours.
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If there is one city apart from Mumbai where I would love to settle down, it has to be Chennai.
-- Ashwin Sanghi -
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
-- Azar Nafisi -
The world said to conform, the world said to settle for less, the world said to compromise and no one would know... so I made my own world.
-- BijanSource : "Fashion Legend Bijan Pakzad Dies" by Annie Yuan, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 16, 2011.
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Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness
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We won't figure out what's sacred in life if we settle for what's safe.
-- Bob Goff -
Yet I wanted to have children, and I knew that was my purpose, but I wasn't going to settle.
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For what level of mediocrity will you settle?
-- Brandon Lee -
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Never settle for anything less than your best.
-- Brian Tracy -
Never settle with words what you can accomplish with a flame-thrower.
-- Bruce FeirsteinSource : Bruce Feirstein, Lionel Trippett (1982). “Real Men Don't Eat Quiche”, New English Library
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Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
-- Chuck PalahniukSource : Chuck Palahniuk (2001). “Choke: A Novel”, Anchor Books
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I realized I was an attractive older woman who never wanted to settle down.
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I waited for the idea to consolidate, for the grouping and composition of themes to settle themselves in my brain.
-- Claude Monet -
The better you learn to take care of yourself, the less you settle for being around people who can't or won't treat you as well as you're accustomed.
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Mogami cable is durable and flexible enough to practically build a suspension bridge with but I'll settle for using it for my guitars and amps!
-- Dave Mustaine -
I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still.
-- David Ginola -
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My biggest fear, even now, is that I will hear Jesus' words and walk away, content to settle for less than radical obedience to Him.Â
-- David Platt -
We are settling for a Christianity that revolves around catering to ourselves when the central message of Christianity is actually about abandoning ourselves.
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Son, you'll know you're in love when a woman's voice settles into your spine.
-- David WeberSource : David Weber, Eric Flint (2003). “Crown of Slaves”, p.261, Baen Books
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Tom [Collins] was a great influence on me. He really pushed me...constantly demanded rewrites. And, as much as I despised them, it was the best thing that could have happened because he just wouldn't settle for less. It had to be right, and it had to be good.
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Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.
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Apparently it'll all settle down and they'll forget about it soon.
-- Dominic WestSource : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.