H. P. Lovecraft Quotes
Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects.
Quotes to Explore
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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I'm not a gun person by any stretch of the imagination, and it's not something I feel comfortable participating in.
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It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I write about real people in disguise. If anything, my characters are toned down-the truth is much more bizarre.
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To have a sense of style, it shows you know yourself. People like that.
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My greatest concern is that the emergence of this technology without the appropriate public attention and international controls could lead to an unstable arms race.
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My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
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It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
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I'm from a very small village in the middle of nowhere, four hours by airplane from Moscow. Yemanzhelinsk - you wouldn't find it on the map. Don't even try it. It's super, super tiny.
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We are going to position ourselves as a world-class financial institution. We want to do things that are comparable to the best in the world. At the same time, we want to have very strong human qualities.
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The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?
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We don't want to repeat the unintended consequences that surfaced following the NAFTA agreement.
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I often wonder that if I had met Hitler, I reckon I might have found some streak of decency in him.
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The Yankees are my team.
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You can name your own salary in this business. I call mine Fred.
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The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.
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Not all Muslims may be terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims - at least all terrorists capable of assembling a murderous plot against America that leaves 7,000 people dead in under two hours. How are we to distinguish the peaceful Muslims from the fanatical, homicidal Muslims about to murder thousands of our fellow citizens?
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Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects.
