Charles Henry Fowler Quotes
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I taught up in Maine a couple of times and wasn't able to take a single picture. All that blue sky! Ugh. Sparkling clear air, just terrible. I couldn't do it.
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The philosophy of life is this: Life is not a struggle, not a tension... Life is bliss. It is eternal wisdom, eternal existence.
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The question that we must ask is whether we are making progress toward the goal of universal peace. Or are we caught up on a treadmill of history, turning forever on the axle of mindless aggression and self-destruction?
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You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people.
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I love rehearsing; it's the best part of the job.
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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
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The modern rise of Alzheimer's Disease in the twentieth century is not a sign of failure. It's a sign of success. Success in living long enough to see that disease expressed.
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If I was a star, it would be difficult to go off and do 'Coronation Street.' So I guess I'm not a star.
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You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.
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Forecasting by bureaucrats tends to be used for anxiety relief rather than for adequate policy making.
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I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we should know them. Then, though we are conscious of having faults as glaring as theirs, we can believe that that is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues.
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The world of the happy is quite different from the world of the unhappy. (6.43)
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I'm into crystals and good energy and harnessing more. It's just like prayer. It helps you be grateful, think about good things, and keep that positive energy around you.
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By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.
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I know now why I stopped writing short stories. It was at the point when I recognised how difficult they were.
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There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
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Indian standards of artistry, and Indian standards of humanity, and Indian standards of love, and of family, devotion, commitment, stand for me as the standard for how one should behave.
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I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.
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The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men.
