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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'My darling one....I shall be thinking of you while you are away and hope you will remember to wrap up warm when you go out at night.'
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I'm not really too worried about what I'm gonna do next, because I just think of my career as, like, having sixty years ahead of me.
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I'm a big music fan outside of the music I make.
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I hope they can see that as a consumer, if they express themselves, they may make an impact and leverage their impact on the brands, and the brands can leverage their buying power on tens of thousands of polluters - suppliers - in China.
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When I am in the Scottish Parliament chamber, I often feel the need to sit for the entire debate. It's only courteous to listen to what everyone has to say, although I often find myself desperate to say something but too scared to stand up in case I regret it.
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Since all motives at bottom are selfish and ignoble, we may judge acts and qualities only be their effects.
