William Dean Howells (The Dean of American Letters) Quotes
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If history remembers me at all, in any way, I hope it will be as a man who loved the Land of Israel and watched over it in every way he could, all his life.
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We must always embrace individual liberty and enforce the constitutional rights of all Americans-rich and poor, immigrant and native, black and white.
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If I'm brave, 99% of it comes from my mother.
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I'm intrigued by the dark. Out of darkness comes creation.
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These days I seem to think a lotAbout the things that I forgot to doFor youAnd all the times I had the chance to.
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Congratulation, n. The civility of envy.
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Welfare makes you dependent upon someone to take care of you.
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The garden is growth and change and that means loss as well as constant new treasures to make up for a few disasters.
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I love Neil Young. His songs were the first songs I learned to play, and I recommend anyone who is starting guitar to learn Neil Young songs first.
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I inhaled books. I loved Classics Illustrated comic books. These were books that I could afford to buy after I turned in pop bottles for change. 'The Prince and the Pauper,' 'Robinson Crusoe,' 'A Journey to the Center of the Earth.' Male narratives filled with adventure and self-discovery.
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You can't live for a moment that may not happen. You need to live in the moment.
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People see my photos and think I labor over my image and I'm this cool, brooding artist. But I'm just having fun with it.
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There's a gotcha piece in every interview that the press has, more or less, with President Trump.
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April 25th is DNA Day. I know, you probably had no idea.
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Acting was truly all that I ever wanted to do. I've always acted in plays and sang and played music, and you get to a certain age and think there's nothing else that you'd rather do.
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In 1985, if you were a wrestling fan, you were into Hogan; that's just the way it was.
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Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.
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I've always thought a hotel ought to offer optional small animals. I mean a cat to sleep on your bed at night, or a dog of some kind to act pleased when you come in. You ever notice how a hotel room feels so lifeless?
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I started reading all these men's magazines, trying to follow all the tips: what you're supposed to wear, what you're supposed to have, things you're supposed to say, and all the exercises you're supposed to do.
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Desire, a function central to all human experience, is the desire for nothing nameable. And at the same time this desire lies at the origin of every variety of animation. If being were only what it is, there wouldn’t even be room to talk about it. Being comes into existence as an exact function of this lack.
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Enjoyment and innocence are the most bashful things: both do not want to be sought.
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If ever the public was betrayed by its press, it's ours.
