Lewis Tappan Quotes
You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!
Quotes to Explore
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Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer.
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It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.
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I don't have a definition for depression. I'm productive, and that's not a sign of depression, right? And I don't have weeks where I don't leave my bed. It seems like depressed people have those.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I am thrilled to get the chance to write comics - and to tell Forgotten Realms tales, to boot!
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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I just like a good story. I want the story to be good, and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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It is one thing to tell the citizens of some faraway country to go to hell, but it is another to do the same to your own citizens, who are supposedly your ultimate sovereigns.
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Legolas is fantastic to dress up in - of course he is - and I've had the best time playing him.
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I gave a funny speech at my wife's birthday party, and I'm thinking, 'Hey, I've still got it.'
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Every morning during certain seasons of the year, the thrushes and blackbirds on all the lawns throughout the country draw out of their holes an astonishing number of worms; and this they could not do, unless they lay close to the surface.
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I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns.
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Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven.
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The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin.
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You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend!
