Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.
Quotes to Explore
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.
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Many people decide to jump from niche to niche, as they cannot find success immediately with the niche that they have chosen for their online business.
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If we'd beaten 'em, I wouldn't be going out.
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If you consistently write 'The sun set' rather than 'The sun sank slowly in the bright western sky,' your story will move three times as fast. Of course, there are times you want the longer version for atmosphere - but not many. Wordiness not only kills pace; it bores readers.
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'It Girl' is such a weird term. It implies I go to parties and drink champagne.
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The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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Not in the mornings, I'm always so tired in the morning.
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The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
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But she wears short skirts, I wear t-shirts.She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers,Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and findThat what you're lookin' for has been here the whole time.If you could see that I'm the one who understands you,Been here all along so why can't you see?You belong with me;You belong with me.
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I wanted just a song to sing, and there came a certain point where I couldn't sing anything. So I had to write what I wanted to sing 'cos nobody else was writing what I wanted to sing.
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If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.
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Giving all of Denver's kids an equal chance at success is the best investment we can make in our community's kids and future.
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People go to the zoo and they like the lion because it's scary. And the bear because it's intense, but the monkey makes people laugh.
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There are more ways to make 'Room' badly than well.
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When people are facing a severe illness or a major surgery, that may be one of the most significant opportunities for spiritual transformation that they will encounter.
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I'm not artistic nor am I all that creative.
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It is not marriage that fails; it is people that fail. All that marriage does is to show people up.
