O. Henry Quotes
If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
Quotes to Explore
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Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway.
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Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.
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I just have to go out and fight my fight and fight to win.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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As with lemon juice, the more sorrel you use, the more it has to be balanced with something sweet, starchy or creamy - it's a yin-yang approach to cooking that I find rather calming.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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If we desire a society in which men are brothers, then we must act towards one another with brotherhood. If we can build such a society, then we would have achieved the ultimate goal of human freedom.
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I can do whatever I want.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.
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I love 'Chaplin'; I mean I really love 'Chaplin.' I just think there's a grace and an elegance that's almost never been matched.
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Those boos really motivate me to make something happen.
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I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer.
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When I was young, I was extremely scared of dying. But now I think it a very, very wise arrangement. It's like a light that is extinguished. Not very much to make a fuss about.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.
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Of course you want to be good and you want to do the best you can, but I am inspired by great writing. If there's something about the script, that's what I go for, although I know that that doesn't always translate because sometimes it's about the vision of the director.
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I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.
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I know what it's like not to have food in the fridge or money to buy more.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
