Viola Davis

I feel that confidence in women - especially young girls of color - but women, in general, is so important. It is so important for us to arm ourselves and become powerful at a very young age.

American Actress

Francis Bacon

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

English Philosopher

Samuel Johnson

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

English Writer

Mahatma Gandhi

Increase of material comforts, it may be generally laid down, does not in any way whatsoever conduce to moral growth.

Indian Leader

Dale Carnegie

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

American Writer

Benjamin Disraeli

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

British Statesman

Napoleon Bonaparte

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

French Statesman

Bill Gates

The general idea of the rich helping the poor, I think, is important.

American Businessman

Eve Arden

I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.

Erin Heatherton

I love lipbalms in general; they're very important!

American Model

Use 'general' to indicate that something applies widely without specific details.

Broad Application

'General' often suggests there may be exceptions to the statement you're making.

Implied Exceptions

'General' isn't absolute; it leaves room for variations or changes.

Not Absolute

'General' describes what's normally true, but not necessarily always true.

Usual Situations

Use 'in general' to talk about the big picture, ignoring small details or outliers.

Overall Trends

In a military context, 'general' refers to a very high-ranking officer.

High Military Rank

'General' as a noun carries connotations of command and decision-making authority.

Authority Implication

In law, 'general' can make terms less precise, which may be intentional or a point of contention.

Legal Ambiguity

Legally, a 'general' designation could mean broad applicability unless specifically limited.

Non-specific Approach

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 Yogurt is another fermented food that can introduce helpful bacteria into our guts. That doesn't necessarily mean that all yogurt is good for us, though. Brands with too much sugar and not enough bacteria may not actually help. These are just general guidelines. More research is needed before we fully understand

How the food you eat...

 us understand how it works your brain stores information in general categories like colors tools or furniture in each category has its own best example these examples help your brain quickly and efficiently find what it needs without having a dig through everything you know for most people the

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 While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language, they can be classified into three general types.

The benefits of a...

 Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates, they would be less successful in a purely cooperative world, eventually disappearing from the population. So by correctly predicting the distribution of left-handed people in the general population,

Why are some people...

 But over the next few decades, the understanding of nostalgia changed in two important ways. Its meaning expanded from indicating homesickness to a general longing for the past. And rather than an awful disease, it began to be seen as a poignant and pleasant experience.

Why do we feel...

 But accidents can and will still happen, and when they do, their outcomes may be determined months or years in advance by programmers or policy makers. And they'll have some difficult decisions to make. It's tempting to offer up general decision-making principles,

The ethical dilemma of...

 just before being arrested and crucified. The resulting idea that having thirteen people at a table was bad luck eventually expanded into thirteen being an unlucky number in general. Now, this fear of the number thirteen, called triskaidekaphobia,

Where do superstitions...

 about the possibility of those young soldiers going into combat as being theoretical was now very, very real -- and leadership seemed important. But things had changed; I was a 46-year-old brigadier general. I'd been successful,

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 so reptiles and insects generally fare better in the cold when they're small some species though just can't help but defy convention remember the gargantuan bird eating cricket of the kalahari

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Broad Application

Implied Exceptions

Not Absolute

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