Samuel Butler Quotes

Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

Samuel Butler

• Men
• Truth
• Fear
• Continual
• Overexposure

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• I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.

  

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• I just loved officiating, and I hope what I did helped make it better. That's what I tell young umpires: you can have fun. I never spent a day where going out on a baseball field didn't make me feel better.

  

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• Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Men
  • Truth
  • Fear