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Related We came up with three core touchy feely words. JAMES FRANK My own parents were touchy-feely. BEN STILLER This is a touchy-feely case. This is not an egregious kind of physical contact. DANIEL DAVIS During the Olympics they're really strict about what you're allowed to wear. You get a lot o... HENRIK LUNDQVIST We want to believe that we're invulnerable, and that people who get tricked deserve it. Well, th... WALTER KIRN Men are attached to two types of women : those who wear well and those who wear little. VIKRANT PARSAI Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? AL BOLISKA Everything passes by, and we are left with just our memories BEN OAK Humans are nervous, touchy creatures and can be easily offended. Many are deeply insecure. They beco... MICHAEL LEUNIG Women who are inclined to write poetry at all are inspired by being mad at something. 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If you cheated on a man, he would be like, 'Y... ADRIENNE BAILON I can't emphasize enough how easily overlooked these ticks are. BOB LANE We're supposed to be an entrepreneurial company; we're meant to be expanding and looking for... GERRY HARVEY I'm very touchy feely with my fandom, in part because they've never done me wrong or hurt me... CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE We owe a lot to Thomas Edison - if it wasn't for him, we'd be watching television by candlel... MILTON BERLE Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to ... AUDRE LORDE Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important ... LAURA LINNEY I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to d... SAMUEL BARBER There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can r... HENRY R. LUCE There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can... HENRY R. LUCE We want to search things that may be overlooked. We need to search and re-search again. MADE MANGKU PASTIKA In difficult times, we're not supposed to quit believing; we're not supposed to quit growing... JOEL OSTEEN Comic strips are like a public utility. They're supposed to be there 365 days a year, and you... GARRY TRUDEAU Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round. CARINE ROITFELD Are shadows a shadowy reflection of the soul or is it a reflection of who we really are, or possibly... GARY F EVANS... This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped.... DORIS LESSING Modern women are just bombarded. There's nothing but media telling us we're all supposed to ... JAMIE LEE CURTIS I know a lot of single people who are not miserable as society tells them they're supposed to be... EDITH PEARLMAN Do you realize if it weren't for Edison we'd be watching TV by candlelight? AL BOLISKA People are attracted to who we are more than what we do. LORRIN L. LEE You cheat yourself when you don't do what it is you're supposed to do. You have an obligatio... MARLA GIBBS We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justific... ELVIS COSTELLO Female athletes are supposed to be toned down. You're always supposed to talk about the team and... HOPE SOLO We are far from perfect but willing to be different. CRAIG GROESCHEL I would rather write or record something great and have it overlooked than do mediocre work and have... PATTI SMITH We don't read and write poetry because its cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of ... N.H. KLEINBAUM One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry. 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