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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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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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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In the real world, immeasurable hurt is caused by terrorists based in Pakistan who attack countries like India.
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I feel bad that I'm the one always blamed for the failure of the space business - even though there are problems with government policy toward the space business.
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We would not give up our own country - Ireland - if we were to get the whole world as an estate, and the Country of the Young along with it.
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Americans relate all effort, all work, and all of life itself to the dollar. Their talk is of nothing but dollars.
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I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.
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Follow that will and that way which experience confirms to be your own.
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I write as straight as I can, just as I walk as straight as I can, because that is the best way to get there.
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If a man has money, it is usually a sign, too, that he knows how to take care of it; don't imagine his money is easy to get simply because he has plenty of it.
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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.
