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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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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Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
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I care about being able to play. If you're playing with integrity in the music, then that's what matters. But it wasn't that great for me because it was kinda like going back into the old times without the guy.
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I have a theory that you can tell what the head of a company is like by the people who work there. I knew a publishing house that was run on fear and paranoia, and I felt sorry for everyone who worked there. Needless to say, the person at the helm was not known for kindness, warmth, or grace.
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Have they defected? They have not gone yet.
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I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book - the smell and the world of association. Even when e-books are perfected, as they surely will be, it will be like being in bed with a very well-made robot rather than a warm, soft, human being whom you love.
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Many persons believed, or pretended to believe, and confidently asserted, that freed slaves would not make good soldiers; they would lack courage, and could not be subjected to military discipline. Facts have shown how groundless were these apprehensions. The slave has proved his manhood, and his capacity as an infantry soldier, at Milliken's Bend, at the assault upon Port Hudson, and the storming of Fort Wagner. The apt qualifications of the colored man for artillery service have long been known and recognized by the naval service.
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Nothing is more important in our national life than the welfare of our children.
