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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..holding a book but reading the empty spaces.
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That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.
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Having a kid is like falling in love for the first time when you're 12, but every day.
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A life sentence without parole protects public safety while sparing us the barbarity of killing our own. It teaches our children that violence will be punished, but not by emulating the violent. This seems eminently more consistent with American ideals than continuing to share the killing stage with some of the world's worst human rights violators.
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This Syrian circus/crisis we are going through is hilarious... It’s like watching some thug killing another person and asking him for his bullets but releasing him free.
