Erich Maria Remarque Quotes
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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I wonder if there'll ever be a time where you're not judged by your appearance. It seems that wherever you've got to, your appearance is always discussed. It's never said about men. We talk about a man's charisma, not his looks.
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Proclaiming a sexual preference is something that straight men never really have to bother with.
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Remember that the good angels do what they can to preserve men from sin and obtain God's honor. But they do not lose courage when men fail.
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No woman has ever been an authentic genius of the stature of men, but that does not enrage me.
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One of my theories is that men love with their eyes; women love with their ears.
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.
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I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.
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We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.
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I like real people - salt-of-the-earth men.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.
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The women are stepping up their degree of difficulty more than the men. A lot of us do the same dives as the men now.
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I'm not an inventor. I just want to make things better.
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The Gettysburg Adress has been included, of late, in several anthologies of poetry. It actually meets the major requirement of all poetry: It is a mellifluous and emotional statement of the obviously not true. The men who fought for self-determination at Gettysburg were not the Federals but the Confederates.
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Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.
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An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.
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You have to invest in yourself and your surroundings.
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This is a very crucial period and we have got five fantastic candidates. All of them would make excellent leaders of the Party.
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The things men did or felt they had to do.
