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Oftentimes what you see cancels out what you perceive. -- Bill Johnson
Oftentimes we love the thing we hate and vice versa. -- Andres Serrano
Oftentimes the shows that don't work help you get it right. -- Nick Kroll
Oftentimes, discussion of war gets flattened to a discussion of trauma. -- Phil Klay
Oftentimes in life, we can only determine our actions; not the outcome. -- David P. Ingerson
Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie. -- Susanne Bier
Oftentimes, what you wind up learning is very different than what you expect. -- Anne Hathaway
Time-wasting activities are the dessert. Oftentimes discoveries are made through the back door. -- Jean Wilson
Oftentimes lies are found in those closest to you and truth in perfect strangers -- Katrina Sisowath
Oftentimes, when a woman demands accountability, respect, or consideration, she is crazy or nagging or whatever. -- Roxane Gay
Oftentimes, the only evidence left behind at the scene of a shooting are bullet shell casings. -- Grace Meng
The only way to succeed in life is to never give up. Oftentimes, it requires standing alone. -- Ellen J. Barrier
Oftentimes the most produced and synth-tastic songs are the ones that end up sounding the best acoustic. -- Emily Haines
Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps. -- Daniel Handler
Oftentimes you walk on set and then suddenly you're in bed with someone who you've never met before. -- Cate Blanchett
Oftentimes people expect Christians to be perfect but the reality isSpiritual perfection is imperfection! God then does His best work. -- Sanjo Jendayi
Oftentimes I'll just overflow, and then I'll need to spend a week alone and not talk to anybody or call anybody. -- Justin Vernon
Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names. -- Taraji P. Henson
Oftentimes things that seem really difficult and traumatic in the short term seem a lot less difficult and traumatic in the long term. -- Moby
Oftentimes you'll see stuff that makes it into the mainstream that has been influenced by things that are clearly not from the mainstream. -- Steve Buscemi
Oftentimes, those special brains, the ones that are capable of focusing more intently than others, do so at the expense of emotional maturity -- Dan Brown
Oftentimes an originator of new language forms is called 'pretentious' by jealous talents. But it ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it. -- Jack Kerouac
Oftentimes people ask me, 'Why is it that you're so focused on helping the hungry and diseased in strange parts of the world?' -- George W. Bush
Oftentimes, small business owners are unable to obtain reasonably priced financing and instead turn to higher priced forms of capital, such as credit cards. -- Melissa Bean
Oftentimes winning can become an addiction, whether good or bad, to the point where you would rather lose it all before you lose at all. -- Criss Jami
Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line. -- Matt Groening
Oftentimes I deliberately put ambiguity into my books so that... the reader is left with an echo of: 'How much of this was from me?' -- Mohsin Hamid
[During difficult times and after mistakes and failures it is helpful to remember ...] Oftentimes calamity turns to our advantage and great ruins make way for greater glories. -- Seneca the Younger
Oftentimes, people stay where they are in life simply because of fear. But do you know that fear isn't reality? It's only a thought in your mind. -- Victoria Osteen
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first. -- Zephyr Teachout
Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well. -- Jennifer Beals
No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same. -- Jay Asher
Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas. -- Goldie Hawn
Oftentimes, actors are looked at as court jesters. They are not looked at as deep-thinking, smart people who do many other things or have gifts in other areas. -- Goldie Hawn
Oftentimes in reality, the genius is in the position of the antihero. Neither the good guys nor the bad guys really trust him because his truth is universal. -- Criss Jami
Oftentimes Westerners don't really understand fully the values of this particular culture. And I think the jury is still out as to whether democracy can really thrive in Iraq. -- Katie Couric
Oftentimes, when people don't respond to text messages or emails, I just start writing long, long in-depth essays and diatribes where characters start to appear and narrative threads begin. -- Lucas Neff
Oftentimes, when people write me 4,000-word letters, I write them back and tell them if their problem's that complicated, they probably need a lawyer or a cop, and not me. -- Dan Savage
Oftentimes when you see adaptations of books you like, you're let down. As an author, you assume that they are going to suck. A little bit of hope is dangerous. -- Gayle Forman
Oftentimes during the period in which conventions really did business, you had situations where the delegates were divided and you would have ballot after ballot before there was a final nominee. -- Michael Beschloss
Oftentimes when I do a project I do get influenced by the wardrobe. I certainly learned a lot from Mad Men and from Janie (Bryant) in particular. She's just so fabulous. -- Christina Hendricks
Oftentimes when people make movies about the '80s, they go back and look at '80s films, [but] those look nothing like the '80s. It's some watered-down version of reality. -- Brett Morgen
Oftentimes, the way it seems to be is that our artists in particular point themselves out as spokesmen for a certain constituency in a community, and thereby place themselves in that vulnerable position. -- Gil Scott-Heron
I have always been very entrepreneurial minded. Oftentimes, while I was sitting in class listening to my professor ramble on, I would think to myself: I could be out there making money right now. -- Shay Carl
Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it's great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I'm not. -- Zachary Levi
Oftentimes what happens actually is people say to me, 'I didn't know if it was you or not, and then I heard you laugh, and then obviously I could tell it was you.' -- Seth Rogen
I have always been very entrepreneurial minded. Oftentimes, while I was sitting in class listening to my professor ramble on, I would think to myself: 'I could be out there making money right now.' -- Shay Carl
Oftentimes, your choices are down to two less than ideal outcomes, but you have to choose which one is the best one for the country. I personally believe he continues to struggle to articulate that. -- Marco Rubio
Oftentimes, when music is just blasting out it seems like it's overcompensating for something missing in the song's structure. When I think of the music that I listen to constantly, it's never like an assault. -- Babatunde Adebimpe
Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do. -- Cameron Diaz
Oftentimes we say goodbye to the person we love without wanting to. Though that doesnt mean that we've stopped loving them or we've stopped to care. Sometimes goodbye is a painful way to say I love you. -- Kezia Dugdale
Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail: The Tale of the Three Gates is a look at humankind's relationship to the elements which surround them. Oftentimes, these elements encroach on them in a way that is not normal. -- Evan Jacobs
Oftentimes, when people cut a record from analog tape to vinyl, they digitize the music first; I did a little investigating and discovered that most vinyl records that I've ever heard were digitized before they were put onto vinyl. -- Kevin Shields
Oftentimes the fascinating thing is that people who are seen as commanding figures at the moment that they were considered for President and did not run turned out to be treated by history as much more minor figures politically. -- Stephen Ambrose
Oftentimes we will get to the rink when the sun comes up and leave when the sun is setting, so on a weekend, I really like to spend at least one day outside and not be stuck indoors all day. -- Meryl Davis
[Saddam Hussein] could have easily reconstituted a program. He was a threat to peace before we went in. He'd have been a threat to peace had we left him in power. Oftentimes history judges you on the decisions you make. -- George W. Bush
Oftentimes, heavy weights can tear the muscle fiber causing it to bulk, but using a lighter weight for a longer duration and allowing your body to move in many different ways to target all of the muscles will lengthen them without tearing. -- Tracy Anderson
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was doing right-and then do more of the right stuff. I needed to live more in the solution. -- Jenni Schaefer
Whenever I organize or participate in public protest I get really worried that it will just suck, be really small, embarrassing, and the media will laugh at me. Oftentimes, it is really small and most of the time the media laughs at us. -- Rachel Corrie
Oftentimes, when constituencies or sectors of opinion are distinct, when they are confronted with a situation where they're going to have to make a serious compromise, they react very negatively publicly, but they also recognize when they step back that this is right. -- John Hickenlooper
Pretentiousness isn't always just big words and meaningless jargon, but also pretty words that either when put into action don't mean beans or hurt you in the long run. Oftentimes, the former appeals to the intellect whereas the latter appeals to the heart. -- Criss Jami
Oftentimes, even as a little kid, I would get up before anyone else. My brother would still be sleeping, my mom would still be sleeping, so I would literally play 'Monopoly' by myself. I would play board games; I would do things by myself. -- Will Ferrell
Some think the only way to get even, to get attention or advantage, or to win is to bash people. This kind of behavior is never appropriate. Oftentimes character and reputation and almost always self-esteem are destroyed under the hammer of this vicious practice. -- Marvin J. Ashton
Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a memoir of some kind. And doing so almost always deepens my enjoyment of the author and her work. -- Brad Listi
Oftentimes we don't manifest what we want in our lives, because our energy is too focused on what others are doing in their lives. This lack of focus in our own life, dilutes our energy and we leak our creative potential into other people's soul experience. -- Sabrina
Oftentimes the quality of the light tells the story: the time of day, the weather, whether sun is streaming through the window. It can also help you appreciate what the actor is feeling, what the playwright wants you to feel. Any engineer can put a spot on someone. -- Jules Fisher
Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they dont sing to you. Ive got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this. -- Antony Starr
Oftentimes, you read these pilot scripts that come through for American work, and they don't sing to you. I've got to be honest, not many of them ignite the flame or give you that burning feeling of, 'Oh, God, I really want to be a part of this.' -- Antony Starr
"A closed mouth doesn't get fed." Oftentimes, we feel not worthy or we don't want to bother people. We forget to ask for help or what we need or would like. My grandmother used to say that quote to us as kids. It's kind of always stuck with me. -- Kevin Daniels
Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. -- William Wordsworth
We are all one. We're not as separate as we oftentimes think. -- Alicia Keys
And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. -- William Shakespeare
When God speaks, oftentimes His voice will call for an act of courage on our part. -- Charles Stanley
I do find that the mainstream media oftentimes is what I would consider off base or has a bias. -- Dick Cheney
I think a lot of people who feel as though they desperately want to be married oftentimes simply desperately want to have a wedding. -- Elizabeth Gilbert
For I have learned to look on nature, not as in the hour of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes the still, sad music of humanity. -- William Wordsworth
When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character. -- Ashton Kutcher
And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them. -- Robert Boyle
I am oftentimes the ear for some people that I know and love. Which I like being. I don't know if I'd like being a marriage counselor, though, because that's too deep for me. -- Jurnee Smollett
Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. -- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
I think the reason why a lot of young people are such screw ups... is oftentimes they didn't have the luxury I had of forming important relationships and opinions and life experiences before having success. -- George Clooney
I am but one member of a vast team made up of many organizations, officials, thousands of scientists, and millions of farmers - mostly small and humble - who for many years have been fighting a quiet, oftentimes losing war on the food production front. -- Norman Borlaug
Roald Dahl pioneered a new kind of literature for youngsters, one that dispensed with cant and solemnity, favoring anarchy and joy over duty and humbuggery while acknowledging that oftentimes no good deed goes unpunished. But ultimately, it was his sheer joie de vivre that carried the day. -- Paul Di Filippo
In music you have people exposing this very vulnerable part of themselves, and you also have the lifestyle is so fast that oftentimes people search for whatever the easiest way to feel relaxed in the midst of all of it, or the easiest way to have energy. -- John Frusciante
I am writing to make sure that kids don't lose very important traits like curiosity that can drive social change because oftentimes I think parents emphasise more on doing well in school, which is important, but perhaps that sometimes comes at the cost of a child's natural curiosity. -- Adora Svitak
Women oftentimes are the ones making those economic decisions, sitting around the kitchen table and trying to figure out how to pay for rising gas prices or food prices or the health insurance costs. And I think that they see where they expect their leaders in Congress to also make those tough decisions. -- Cathy McMorris Rodgers
As musicians and artists, it's important we have an environment - and I guess when I say environment, I really mean the industry, that really nurtures these gifts. Oftentimes, the machine can overlook the need to take care of the people who produce the sounds that have a lot to do with the health and well-being of society. -- Lauryn Hill
Oftentimes, if you're talking to a seasoned interviewer who asks you a question, they may do a follow-up if they didn't quite get it. It's rare that they'll do a third or fourth or fifth or sixth follow-up, because there's an implicit, agreed-upon decorum that they move on. Kids don't necessarily move on if they don't get it. -- Brian Greene
The narrative oftentimes is that everything that comes out of the hood is 'real,' and so I thought, 'I'll base it on the absurd, the not real. I'll twist the idea of real on its head and see if I can get away with it. I'll make paintings that come not from a place but through an abstract gaze.' -- Mark Bradford
Niggards are oftentimes neat. -- Herman Melville
Diseased Nature oftentimes breaks forth In strange eruptions. -- William Shakespeare
But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity. -- William Wordsworth
More oftentimes than not, you're automatically guilty before innocent. -- Anthony Anderson
To be called one thing, is oftentimes to be another. -- Herman Melville
Human madness is oftentimes a cunning and most feline thing -- Herman Melville
Looks and words may be, and oftentimes are, false witnesses. -- Thomas Hoby
Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts. -- William Shenstone
Weakness is oftentimes so palpable as to be equivalent to wickedness. -- George Sand
Poisons and medicine are oftentimes the same substance given with different intents. -- Peter Latham
Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity. -- Daniel Defoe
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse. -- Miguel de Cervantes
But oftentimes I'm asked: Why? Why do you care what happens outside of America? -- George W. Bush
I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves. -- Patrick Rothfuss
In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld. -- Charles Keating, Jr.
In film and television we are oftentimes so pampered that the truths are withheld. -- Charles Keating, Jr.
Even little children repeat that oftentimes people are hanged for having told the truth. -- Joan of Arc
Storms are not punishment for lack of obedience; oftentimes they are the result of obedience! -- David Jeremiah
Sometimes holiness demands that we speak up, but oftentimes it calls us to shut up. -- Mark Hart
Man is oftentimes weak-minded enough to be caught in the snare of greed and honeyed words. -- Mahatma Gandhi
I care for my dogs as if my life depended on them. And oftentimes it does. -- Susan Butcher
I can certainly be my own worst critic and oftentimes forget to enjoy the here and now. -- Tricia Helfer
My dad was a big believer in treating people well, oftentimes even when he himself wasn't well. -- Neil Cavuto
Anyone who doesn't agree with the Left's approach to immigration oftentimes gets stigmatized as anti-immigrant or anti-Hispanic. -- Marco Rubio
It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes. -- Joseph Cook
We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty. -- Judith Hanson Lasater
I am interested in intense, unbreakable emotional connections and oftentimes, such connections can be found between siblings. -- Roxane Gay
I have been uncompromising, peppery, intractable, monomaniacal, tactless, volatile, and oftentimes disagreeable... I suppose I'm larger than life. -- Bette Davis
What annoys us most in other people is oftentimes the same area God wants us to grow in ourselves. -- Mark Hart
With public figures involved in a relationship it seems that there is a machine behind their love so oftentimes. -- Joaquin Phoenix

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