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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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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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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As a younger actor you want to be approved of, you want to gain respect, be admired. All of those things. To say: 'This is me playing this character. And aren't I fantastic!' I don't feel that so much now.
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The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.
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I am not unhappy that my contribution was not recognized. I am sure it helped my career.
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The supreme rulers are hardly known by their subjects. The lesser are loved and praised. The even lesser are feared. The least are despised.
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We have seen this complete right wing takeover of modern liberalism, and it is an ugly spectacle to behold.
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I'm a great admirer of cartoons, because I can't do cartoons.
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While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
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I've had a few setbacks in my life, but I never gave up.
