Harry Emerson Fosdick Quotes
I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another.
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My parents divorced when I was seven. Because divorce is messy, for good or ill, they sent me to boarding school.
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About three months before a contest, I drink a lot of water. I start to drink a lot of water.
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A cat is never vulgar.
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I hadn't thought that women were particularly dangerous golfers. Could that be the reason that the Augusta National Golf club refuses to take down its 'No Women Allowed' sign?
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Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.
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I am busier now than I ever imagined I would be, but I feel blessed in that I have found what I am supposed to be doing with my life. It's wonderful to tell stories and have people listen to them.
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Mr. Trump, like too much of the church, offers little more than an excuse to project complex problems onto simple villains. Yet the white working class needs neither more finger-pointing nor more fiery sermons.
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I just don't watch a lot of TV.
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I think it would be shocking for me to pretend not to have any past. And also, it would be a lie.
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I am deeply concerned with the diminution of the teaching strength of the country as a result of the disproportionately low salaries that are paid to teachers throughout the country.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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Urbanspoon is a nice, little application and it's perfect, of course, for CitySearch because of the reviews it contains and the ability for CitySearch to use that content.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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I always joked with my parents. I told them, 'If I don't make it as an actor, my fallback is musician.'
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Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.
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It's about players making choices as they play, and then dealing with the consequences of those choices. It's about you telling your story, not me telling mine. It's about you.
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I'd love to do a sci-fi movie, a western, or an espionage thriller. But I'm not going to limit myself. If a good script comes along, I'm not going to discount it because it doesn't fit into one of these genres.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.
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I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that must be felt when you lose a child.
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Reading computer manuals without the hardware is as frustrating as reading sex manuals without the software.
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I don't get tired of hearing that somebody liked my work.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another.
