O. Henry Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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We are asleep with compasses in our hands.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
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I interviewed Johnny Knoxville once. I was kind of scared to interview him because I thought he might be a real jerk, but he was really nice, and I ripped his chest hair out.
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If I was to do anything besides acting, I would be a fireman or a beat cop. I'd do a regular job.
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You could put all of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's angry sermons on to one loop. You could put that loop up on the big screen at Radio City Music Hall and let it play there 24 hours a day, seven days a week and Barack Obama will still emerge as the next president of the United States.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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I get bored. We seem to have been having a little bit more time off this winter than last winter. I'm always itching to get back in the car. It's going to get harder, so I've got to make sure that I'm doing everything I possibly can do to make sure I can start next season how I ended this season.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Democracy is not about one party dominating.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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I'm not an overnight sensation. I'm a Texan. And I'm a Texas success story. I am the epitome of hard work and optimism.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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I love cars, but I love bikes more.
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I won't leave any unfinished manuscripts.
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I've got that Beethoven energy, that Stravinsky energy. And it's all a gift from the Creator.
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When I'm working, on sets or stages, my contracts specify in the rider that no plastic bottles be used. When I'm playing with my band, we all use metal and non-plastic containers for drinking to be ecologically sensitive and show others that this is the way to go.
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Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.
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I miss being able to play my instruments - I'm too much of a physical wreck these days. Playing the vibraphone gives me backache, leg ache, and everything-else ache, and the asthma means I no longer have enough puff to play harmonica.
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Sometimes I do give in to a scoop of sitaphal ice cream from Naturals or a chocolate chip cookie.
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We want to see Thailand emerge as a bastion of freedom and democracy, not as a ... partner with the Burmese dictatorship. Friends don't let friends enable dictatorship.
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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
