Thomas Harris Quotes
What does he do, Clarice? What is the first and principal thing he does, what need does he serve by killing? He covets. How do we begin to covet? We begin by coveting what we see every day.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.
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Once, when I tried to calculate the height of the balcony, I broke my arm. Another time, I wanted to see if water moves faster than kerosene. When my father came out to smoke, a fire broke out.
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We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.
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She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.
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I complain about my life. I used to complain about boys or not being able to drive or failing a test. Now I complain about boys, not being able to drive, and leaving home so much.
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Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be worthy of the trust of thy neighbor, and look upon him with a bright and friendly face. Be a treasure to the poor, an admonisher to the rich, an answerer of the cry of the needy, a preserver of the sanctity of thy pledge.
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You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.
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Life is a child moving counters in a game.
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I can show you that the art of calculation has to do with odd and even numbers in their numerical relations to themselves and to each other.
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The insolence of the vulgar is in proportion to their ignorance. They treat everything with contempt which they do not understand.
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I've studied golf for almost 50 years now and know a hell of a lot about nothing.
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Hinduism is not a codified religion.
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My love for nonviolence is superior to every other thing, mundane or super mundane.
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I believe unconditionally in the ability of people to respond when they are told the truth. We need to be taught to study rather than believe, to inquire rather than to affirm.
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Good people were also capable of doing very bad things.
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The way that I make films is that I sit down and I think, "How much money could I get with less consequences?" And that's how I start. I'd rather have less money and total autonomy than more money and start having to answer to things, because then I'm not being true and the money men are not being true.
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I'm frightened of interviews.
