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It's natural for a child to assume that his or her own childhood is unremarkable.
Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.
If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you.
In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.
I was nearly a teen-ager before I stopped assuming that everyone I met was Jewish.
When the real is no longer what it used to be, nostalgia assumes its full meaning.
What many people today assume Christianity to be is basically Plutarch plus Jesus.
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, always assume you have the upper hand.
The children of the Reagan Revolution are ready to assume the mantle of leadership.
Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
We argued about how hard it would be to ride a bear, assuming said bear was muzzled.
I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
If you complain to someone, you assume that it's someone who really cares about you.
And I would try and walk far enough away that people would not assume I was with him.
Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.
I so enjoy it when people assume I'm stupid." "Not that, just very focused on killing.
It would be pathological narcissism to assume that that person had to live how I live.
The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of the Many.
If we speak poorly about that which we do well... people will assume we perform poorly!
Don't assume that a species is intelligent because it produces intelligent individuals.
Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions.
The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.
What is known as success assumes nearly as many aliases as there are those who seek it.
The life of sense begins by assuming that we can only fitfully live the life of reason.
I assume that to prevent illness in later life, you should never have been born at all.
Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.
I grew up assuming that I would be in public service. I never planned to be in business.
New Yorkers are inclined to assume it will never rain, and certainly not on New Yorkers.
Do not always assume the other fellow has intelligence equal to yours. He may have more.
I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.
When an introvert is quiet, don't assume he is depressed, snobbish or socially deficient.
Failure assumes the world is black and white - no gray. I've come to find, it's all gray.
Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this.
Always keep your home presentable, assuming you keep a home for purposes of presentation.
I assume everything I'm saying in an email or saying on the telephone is being looked at.
A state of mind is something that one assumes. It cannot be purchased, it must be created.
I swear like a sailor, assuming the sailor in question died in 1800 and was really square.
Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t.
We can't just throw something out there and assume it works just because it has math in it.
The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.
I assume that if people get to know me, they'll like me. If they don't, it's not my problem.
For myself, I always assume that a lion is ferocious, and so I am never caught off my guard.
Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.
The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.
Thus I assume that to each according to his threat advantage is not a conception of justice.
Now all politicians assume a necessity of control, the more efficient the control the better.
Because your own strength is unequal to a task, do not assume it is beyond the powers of man.
That's one of those things about love. It always assumes it can find a way to express itself.
These days I don't know who really likes me. I always assume most people are bullshitting me.
...the sun would leave my sky if I couldn't assume you'd simply come and tell me you were sad.