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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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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If I'm characterized as a character actor, that's fine with me. Whatever they want to call me is fine.
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Coach Capel's got style. He's always got fresh Nikes on. He's got some pretty sweet suits.
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If I learned anything from Betty coming into my life, it's to just be open to all the things that come along.
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A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected directed child may live to blight and blast mankind, and leave influences of evil which shall roll on in increasing volume till they plunge into the gulf of eternal perdition.
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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.
