William Dean Howells (The Dean of American Letters) Quotes
There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I like being unconventional.
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When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
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Futurists don't consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I truly enjoy. You can find something that sort of excites you, that's half the battle of life.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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Sweden is the home of my ancestors, and I have reserved a special place in my heart for Sweden.
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We're looking for people out there who have demonstrated that they are leaders, have track records of achievement, and want to be part of a force... of a much larger force of determined people who want to bring about, ultimately, institutional change.
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Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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Redemption just means you just make a change in your life and you try to do right, versus what you were doing, which was wrong.
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I'm generally not a fan of didactic art because it papers over many of the hard experiences about war or anything else in life. I wanted to explore various aspects of the experience without an eye towards delivering any particular message.
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You need good training partners - because you’re only as good as your training partners - and a strong desire to always get better.
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What a song is is a subjective thing. There's no one real definition for it.
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When I received the news of the Nobel Peace Award, I could not believe it. I told my father, 'I think they have the wrong name, Dad. Please, can you talk to this man on the phone? I'm busy cooking!'
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There will presently be no room in the world for things; it will be filled up with the advertisements of things.
