William Dean Howells (The Dean of American Letters) Quotes
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.William Dean Howells
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I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
Viggo Mortensen -
Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
D. H. Lawrence -
I tend to lean toward strong female stories. I want to make things that don't already exist out there.
Natalie Portman -
Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
Ibrahim Rugova -
English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
Rachel Johnson -
By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
Sam Hunt
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When men I have dated over the years whined about, 'Oh, you make no time for me' - see ya! I just dumped them. I don't need that pressure in my life.
Rachael Ray -
I do like being busy. I'm not the kind of person who just sits around and goes to a spa when I'm not working.
Kate Winslet -
I don't like messing up. I think that's just a part of my personality. I don't like to mess up or do anything wrong. When I'm in gymnastics, I like to see my hit percent as high as possible.
Jacob Dalton -
People my age, we would hear from our parents and grandparents who were raised in Detroit about how great this city was from 1900 to the '60s.
Dan Gilbert -
You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.
Harold Ramis -
French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
Vincent Cassel
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I'm not somebody who gets teared up or anything, but I still look up at the stars, and it gives me hope, and it gives me energy. I think one of the things that we have to think about it is, we are all a part of this universe.
Mae Jemison -
I don't understand why people really get upset about something that doesn't affect them at all.
Wanda Sykes -
You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
Kalpana Chawla -
I copied my brother. He was a natural dancer. Graceful. People always asked did we study ballet. We never did.
Harold Nicholas -
If the FBI gets the 'back doors' it wants, Internet services would be required to create a massive online infrastructure for law enforcement to spy on members of the public.
Adam Cohen -
Showbiz can be cruel.
Nadia Bjorlin
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When I first came into the league, I followed my parents for everything. Now, I'm really doing stuff on my own.
J. R. Smith -
I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
Dan Reynolds Imagine Dragons -
Kids get influenced by other kids.
Paul Pierce -
It is the still, small voice that the soul heeds, not the deafening blasts of doom.
William Dean Howells