Sinclair Lewis (Harry Sinclair Lewis) Quotes
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
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Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
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When I entered into office mid-recession, my No. 1 focus was Utah's economy. We set bold goals, and we've built one of the best-performing economies in the nation.
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At first, I didn't really have a passion for acting.
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I'm into menswear slacks that are comfortable.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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I am willing to lend that hand, I will continue to stay involved with my charities as long as they need me.
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I always try to give my songs as gifts.
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My dog Tucker likes to walk late at night because it is a good way to keep me awake. Apparently, the one time I took him for a stroll around midnight represented, to him, a commitment similar to marriage.
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I do think, however, that there's a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There's a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don't claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.
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I visited Jobs for the last time in his Palo Alto, Calif., home. He had moved to a downstairs bedroom because he was too weak to go up and down stairs. He was curled up in some pain, but his mind was still sharp and his humor vibrant.
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My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.
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Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.
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The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.
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Challenging the meaning of life is the truest expression of the state of being human.
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We can't get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we can't just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare.
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I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
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I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.
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You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.
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It is a noteworthy fact that kicking and beating have played so considerable a part in the habits which necessity has imposed on mankind in past ages that the only way of preventing civilized men from beating and kicking their wives is to organize games in which they can kick and beat balls.
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I think people who have good parents come into the world with a strength, yes, and an advantage.
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I didn't grow up in a wealthy family at all. Being at home all day and watching movies, that was a luxury.
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The most important part of living is not the living but the pondering upon it.
