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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I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
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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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I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.
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I think, for the benefit of our parents, the perfect night out would be when Cate and I touch the wall and we tie. This is what they dream - that we'll both win. Because then they don't have to pick a favourite child.
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I've always wanted to go to Timbuktu. First of all I think it has the best name of anywhere in the world.
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I make it a point not to buy certain magazines, not because I am against tabloids or things like that, but I want to fill my mind with valid issues in the world.
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The day I'm inaugurated, this country looks at itself differently and the world looks at America differently. If you believe that we've got to heal America and we've got to repair our standing in the world, then I think my supporters believe that I am a messenger who can deliver that message around the world in a way that no other candidate can do.
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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.