Harry S Truman Quotes
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Picking up a guitar brought a lot of balance into my life.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I always wanted to be a scientist. I don't really have any writer friends.
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My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of 'Dawson's Creek.' I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, 'Did I really have to do all that studying?'
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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I like to think of myself as classy.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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I went out to Mount Kilimanjaro, which I thought was very beautiful, but there were a lot of people there.
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Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be in the foreclosure process and potentially lose their home. And that always weighed heavily on my mind.
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I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
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Today, I saw a spark of decency. Let's blow on that spark and give it fuel.
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It did something to me. I thought it was the most glorious melody.
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I want to be a little bit brave. I want to feel scared sometimes. That's what's going to change the music business, if we have that kind of attitude.
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Between them, my parents had 10 marriages.
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Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
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There's a lot of books that I've purchased simply because of the cover design. On the other hand, there's certain books that, even if I'm very curious about the content, I can't bring myself to buy if I really dislike the cover.
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I overheard things in the Woolworths when I was a child, people saying, 'Oh, poor, little thing,' as if they had some understanding that I was being born biracial into a world that was still very difficult for interracial marriages and biracial children.
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Far too often, children with developmental disorders are diagnosed solely on the basis of their observable behavior, slotted into broad diagnostic pigeonholes and provided generalized treatments that may not always meet their specific needs.
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I am an average mother in almost every way, so yes, much to my regret, I do yell at my children.
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Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.
