Horace Greeley Quotes
Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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The beauty of the Democratic Party is in the mix.
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Country ham is baked whole, usually with a glaze, sometimes studded with cloves, and served as the centerpiece of Christmas and Easter feasts.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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I guess rumors are more exciting than the truth.
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I increasingly see organized religion as actually my enemy. They treat me as their enemy. Not all Christians, of course. Not all Jews, not all Muslims.
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At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.
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Even if a sense of honor and duty were not the primary motivating factors in the Warren Commission's work, simple self-interest would naturally have induced its members not to try to cover up the existence of a conspiracy if, in fact, they found one.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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I accept reality and dare not question it.
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I love track and field, but I also know the day will come when I will have to do something else.
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Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.
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I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
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Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.
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A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. But it is unbecoming in an artist to talk about inspiration; that is the reader's business.
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There is no country that has the best men.
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I absolutely believe that, come November 2012, I'm going to be governor of New Jersey and not in any other office. But the fact of the matter is, if Gov. Romney, who's going to be our nominee, picked up the phone and called me to talk about this, I love my country enough and I love my party enough to listen.
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Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have made for dividend payouts, but it also is money that's uplifting and improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas where we operate and work. We owe them that.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I have gotten a number of invitations to be on television shows as 'the dad,' but that was Kryptonite to me. I was like, 'This would be the death of me. I'll be a cesspool of niceness.' It doesn't feed me.
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Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.
