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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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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Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
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For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry - shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.
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The people of Missouri said they expect their elected leaders to support public schools because they know that education is the best economic development tool there is.
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The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.
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And I'm so excited to remind people and even gain new fans who find out about Dharma - a new generation who could find out about Dharma and enjoy her and all the characters on the show.
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The loss of anonymity is something that nobody can prepare you for. When it happened, I recognized that I'd lost one of the most valuable things in life. To this day, I'm not all that happy about it...
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The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested.
