O. Henry Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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Anytime you have a Pat Riley running things, calling the shots, you are not going to question things because he has been through it. He knows what it is all about and what it takes to win. All we have to do on our end is play basketball because we know the right calls and the right decisions are going to be made up top.
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I just have an inability to lie.
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I think there are certain business matters which we must now conduct differently than we used to.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many.
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I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary storehouse because they might come in handy.
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Most misfortunes are the results of misused time.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I'm a tropical weather cruiser. I like surfing, you know. I like being on the beach.
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We may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
