Harry S Truman Quotes
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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I don't want to argue with my wife about her car - or my driving.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.
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The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.
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Stay in your heart.
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Yale? I was at Yale on a scholarship.
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Mother or Murderer, you havegiven or taken life - Now all is one!
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Extremes, though, are always risky and ordinarily downright baneful, and the dangers of prolonged contact with any poetry that seems to exceed what we most familiarly know of the first-class are formidable.
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Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know - I've been using it for years.
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What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: 'Paint me just as I am.' Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.
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I grew up playing squash. I have all these squash trophies in my room... I was, like, third in the country.
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I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.
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What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives.
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When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.
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I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
