Sinclair Lewis (Harry Sinclair Lewis) Quotes
It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

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We lived in Atlanta for a couple of years, and had a lot of fun, but my best work happens when I isolate myself. It's all about turning inward.
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What's upsetting about an autobiography is that the final chapter is always missing. I mean, you want the death, don't you?
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Well, first of all, let me say that I might have made a tactical error in not going to a physician for 20 years. It was one of those phobias that really didn't pay off.
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My main thing is I'm going to compete on every play, try to be focused on both ends of the court. That said, I'll always bring my excitement, my swag, to the game.
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I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.
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The investigation into the possible effects of cosmic rays on living organisms will also offer great interest.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
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Ignorance is not bliss, but in my case, that was.
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I don't worry too much about the fundamentalist principles that are in almost any discussion about jazz.
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The migratory phenomenon exists, and Europe will have to face it together. The only alternative is a 'beggar-thy-neighbor' solution, in which countries try to load the problem off on their neighbors.
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The type of renovation I do most often is opening a kitchen to the family room.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes.
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I've dated men my age, younger than me and older. The only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.
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But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.
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South India has beautiful villages.
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I wrote my first textbook in 1970. It was called 'The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy,' and over the years, many students told me that they enjoyed reading it because there were so many stories in there; often just a paragraph or a page of something that happened in a group session.
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Our Creator shall continue to dwell above the sky, and that is where those on earth will end their thanksgiving.
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Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.
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Sometimes it is harder to accede to a thing than it is to see its truth.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.