E. M. Forster Quotes

A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.

E. M. Forster

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• I still love my little home on YouTube, really.

  

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• I have not fully had the opportunity to evaluate the impact of cameras in the courtroom.

  

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• Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.

  

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• Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?

  

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• Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.

  

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• Is it written that equality between men and women means one can change sex? Obviously not.

  

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• Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.

  

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• I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.

  

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• One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.

  

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• As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.

  

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• As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.

  

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• For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.

  

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• A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should fall in love and remain in it for the ever and ever that fiction allows, and in this sense, Maurice and Alec still roam the greenwood.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Men
  • Writing
  • Happy