Edmund Wilson Quotes
The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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I view myself primarily as a trial lawyer who happens to be writing, as opposed to a writer who happens to be a trial lawyer, so the audience is like a jury to me.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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Cursive writing does not mean what I think it does.
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I came of age as a male lead actor just as the TV landscape dramatically shifted.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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I am very much a Republican.
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My parents would have loved it if my brother or I had become a doctor or lawyer.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.
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And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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It's morally wrong to allow a sucker to keep his money.
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We all have hourglass figures; your sand just settles in different places.
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At 39, I was back in a Red Wings uniform and loving it.
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A secure pluralistic society requires communities that are educated and confident both in the identity and depth of their own traditions and in those of their neighbours.
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I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the perfect democracy. We're never going to create some ideal society. We are simply there for our own national security.
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However, leaving everything to the market is not necessarily good for society.
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If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.
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The human imagination has already come to conceive the possibility of recreating human society.
