O. Henry Quotes
It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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I should confess that I'm woefully under-read in South African fiction.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
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There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away.
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Common sense should tell us that there is no reason for civilians to have access to easily concealable handguns with the capability to shoot through body armor.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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To me, no matter who you're casting for what role, if something's authentic, usually you can mine something good there.
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That's why Tennessee Williams was a great writer. Poetically, dramatically, it was fantastic stuff. And with the landscape, the losers in life populating it. His short stories have got rhythm, something musical about them.
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I flew into New York for the Raising Arizona audition, and we just started joking around.
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André and I are still best of friends, always have been and always will be. When our 18-year-old son, Seven, started high school, we both agreed to be in the same city, so André is in Dallas all the time, and we're always all together doing something.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
