O. Henry Quotes
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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Miss Sarzin was the best teacher I ever had.
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
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I went to high school, which was a good thing because I hadn't interacted with many people my age, and I didn't really have friends. I had a million acquaintances and no friends.
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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I don't know for Justin; he's always looking for meaning out of his relationships with people. I don't think he's as trapped into the drug thing as a lot of the others are.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.
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We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting.
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Idealism, unrealistic idealism, is always contrasted with the reality of the people, of the man in the street. The details of daily life are always more convincing than the political fantasies of the earlier generations.
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What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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Fascism is very much a mob movement.
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The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
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It sounds pretentious to say I 'divide' my time, but when I am home, that usually means my house in Atlanta or my cabin in the North Georgia Mountains. The latter is where I do the majority of my writing.
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I was in the gym five days a week, two hours a day. At one point, I was going seven days straight. I had put on a lot of weight, and then I started losing it drastically, so I was worried. It turned out I was overworking myself. My trainer told me that I couldn't break a sweat, because I was burning more calories than I was putting on.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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If you don't ask, you don't get.
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Finally, I told them I'd drop out of the management program if they'd give me an entry-level job in the newsroom for union wages, about fifty dollars a week.
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It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
