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 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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Japanese people cut their energy use by 25 percent immediately after Fukushima. They showed there was huge opportunity there. And instead, the government simply wants to get those plants up and running again.
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Give a man a beer, waste an hour. Teach a man to brew, and waste a lifetime!
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I feel I've always got to keep my stand-up because I never want to lose it.
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Just be patient. Let the game come to you. Don't rush. Be quick, but don't hurry.
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I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.
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I love the way a story's ending can force you to read backwards. It's as if you are slowly adjusting a kaleidoscope until a random scattering of colored crystals suddenly falls into a beautiful symmetrical pattern.
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I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go.
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I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
