Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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Most people today still believe, perhaps unconsciously, in the heliocentric universe every newspaper in the land has a section on astrology, yet few have anything at all on astronomy.
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I'm an Irish Catholic and I have a long iceberg of guilt.
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The religions that fascinate me and, you know, could possibly tempt me are not the ones that involve faith or belief. They're the ones that offer you the opportunity to know the spirit or deity.
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You're miserable, edgy and tired. You're in the perfect mood for journalism.
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Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.
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So to me, fat just seems to be right to the point and the most descriptive way to say it.
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We rarely grow when we're happy, we grow when we hurt.
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I am one of the 11.5% of New Yorkers who remain traumatized by the events of September 11.
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All men are born equally free.
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution.
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I am not an academic who happens to have written a novel. I am a novelist who happens to be quite good academically.
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I'm not in charge of judgments in Iran. The judicial system in Iran is an independent body of its own, and it follows the laws, and it must operate according to the law.
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For far too long, virtually every time Americans have been asked to make 'tough choices,' it has resulted in disproportionate harm for hardworking Americans and retirees.
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People can save the world by the way they think and by the way they behave and what they hold to be important.
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For me, there is no hope without faith. Faith is a higher good. Faith in our divinity.
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I was definitely inspired by Madonna.
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When I finally make up my mind that I want to do something, it's never been hard for me to do.
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Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.
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I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.
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By all means be experimental, but let the reader be part of the experiment
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To read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.
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I love books. I've always been involved with books and I wanted to help the library in any way possible. I'm an avid reader.
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Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.
