William Dean Howells (The Dean of American Letters) Quotes
Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.
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Every study on crime and or firearms proves time and time again, that 99.99999% of American gun owners do not commit crimes or use our firearms in any dangerous or improper way.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Representative Willis has introduced a bill, modeled after a Chicago law, to hold gun stores accountable for flooding our streets with weapons. Thousands of guns recovered by the Chicago Police Department can be traced back to just a handful of stores.
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Anyone with a gun can go out and commit an act of terrorism, even without a political affiliation.
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If you write any kind of fiction about America, you immediately have to start doing some research about guns, so in some ways, 'Gun Machine' is just the culmination of 20 years of reading about guns.
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Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
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Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered.
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The older I get, the more I appreciate my rural childhood. I spent a lot of time outdoors, unsupervised, which is a blessing.
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High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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Bitterness and unforgiveness block the flow of God's blessing in your life and actually hinder your prayers.
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Somebody has to look out for and protect our kids, and I feel blessed to be a blessing to someone else.
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We all suffer. It's part of life. The blessing is - while evil exists, Divinity does, too, and it is stronger.
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I was born in 1950, so there were tons of Westerns on TV by the time I was 6, 7, 8 years old. In terms of television, 'Maverick' and 'Have Gun - Will Travel.' But filmically, classics like 'High Noon' and 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' - that's one of my favorite films.
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The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.
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I mean you can learn how to build a bullet or build a gun or build a bomb on the Internet.
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I would love to play a crazy Russian spy, run with a gun. That's something I would love to do.
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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.
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There is no mystery about successful business.... Exclusive attention to the person who is speaking to you.
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Africa is an article of faith. I believe in this continent.
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You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to.
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Some directors, like Stevens [George Stevens], shoot full circle, 360 degrees, and that's what's right for them. I generally shoot at about a seven to one ratio. But part of that is because I've worked on every screenplay, so I'm further along in the visual concept.
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A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.
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Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.
