William Dean Howells (The Dean of American Letters) Quotes
The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
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From the day of its birth, the anomaly of slavery plagued a nation which asserted the equality of all men, and sought to derive powers of government from the consent of the governed. Within sound of the voices of those who said this lived more than half a million black slaves, forming nearly one-fifth of the population of a new nation.
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The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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Instead of assuming that emotional intelligence is always useful, we need to think more carefully about where and when it matters.
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On Earth, men and women are taking the same risks. Why shouldn't we be taking the same risks in space?
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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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I really wanted Michael Jackson to be in the first Men in Black, but he didn't want to be considered as an alien!
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Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks - are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other.
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Eighty percent of married men cheat in America. The rest cheat in Europe.
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Learn about the world, the way it works, any kind of science and anthropology, it's really an interesting place we live in. Evolution is a really fantastic idea, even more than the idea of God I think.
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Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.
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We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.
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If you want to bring down the prices of healthcare and education, the answer will be more innovation, more technology, which will then have the effect of freaking everybody out and saying, 'Oh, my God, you're going to kill all the jobs.'
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.
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Feminism has been so co-opted, but the fact is, feminism benefits men as well.
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It is an interesting thing. Every time I try and stray from the path of food, I get whacked.
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The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.
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Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of lucifer.... An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself because it thinks it knows the tune better than the Musician
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He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them.
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The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
