Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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Well, you know, I've had a very checkered career.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight.
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Israel has a fantastic film industry, and many times we are known for our political films or films that have to do with the army. I love the fact that we can show that there are films coming out of Israel that are just for fun.
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You won't find me in a romantic comedy. Those movies don't speak to me. People don't come to talk to me about those scripts, because they probably think I'm this dark, twisted, miserable person.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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If Clinton is elected or if Trump is going to get elected, I think the polarization in Congress will be greater than ever. Nothing is going to get done. It is going to be so ugly, so partisan, so back-biting. Well what if you elect a couple of Libertarians?
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Self-respect knows no considerations.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between news and entertainment. People who project themselves as journalists on television don't know the first thing about journalism. They are just there stirring up a hockey game.
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The Ukrainian community is tight-knit by nature.
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At D.O.J., we don't want to go after the corporate wrongdoers simply as an end unto itself; we want to decrease the amount of corporate wrongdoing that happens in the first place. We want to restore and help protect the corporate culture of responsibility.
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I think Shakespeare is really the one. Words as music and music as words. Everything he wrote was good, which is really frightening.
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Thank God I'm with the love of my life. That's why I know I'm right where I'm supposed to be.
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I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients.
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I acquiesced in this on the grounds that the most anyone can expect from a holiday is a change of agony.
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I guess I'm bothered by how fans react to certain things and how they're interested in certain things over true talent. I've always appreciated talent over everything else.
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As reforms have come into India, as India has started opening up, prosperity is increasing, as is demand for urban housing.
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My mother's sympathies were strongly with the Union. She knew that war was bound to come, but so confident was she in the strength of the Federal Government that she devoutly believed that the struggle could not last longer than six months at the utmost.
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Go through the proper motions each day and you'll soon begin to feel the corresponding emotions!
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I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
