Thomas Harris Quotes
The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.
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You should seek approval from yourself.
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If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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My job is to notice echoes and notice resonances. Scientists are not supposed to do the same thing that cultural critics do.
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The Puritans left behind so full a record of what they thought and did that scholars cannot resist the temptation to make the most of it.
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Movies can provide tear-inducing or comically-entertaining representations of love, but many agree that its deeper conflicting complexities often seem unfathomable.
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Critics don't buy records. They get 'em free.
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Lebanon is a Syrian protectorate. The Lebanese dare not do anything without the approval of Damascus.
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Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.
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For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity.
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Everyone wants to be liked; everyone wants approval. No one likes being ignored.
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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
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They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage.
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The mainstream media may have trouble resisting the temptation to declare that Karl Rove has been demoted, but the truth is quite the contrary. By giving up his role as deputy White House chief of staff, Rove has been freed to do what he does best: shape big issues and develop strategies to win elections.
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There is always a temptation to take things for granted, to get lazy, and to presume that the reader knows more than they do.
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We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.
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Temptation to behave is terrible.
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People are fascinated with eternal life and physical power - the idea of having no vulnerability. We all feel small and powerless in the world at times, so the temptation to be a vampire is compelling.
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The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.
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Critics like Elvis Costello because critics are like Elvis Costello.
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She was laying on the floor and she'd be having her arm around me.
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The military authorities of NATO are contemplating all the possibilities so that an embargo can be guaranteed, not only by NATO-friendly countries but also for other things.
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In the first place, [his eyes] never laughed when he laughed. Have you ever noticed this peculiarity some people have? It is either the sign of an evil nature or of a profound and lasting sorrow.
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The worm that destroys you is the temptation to agree with your critics, to get their approval.
