E. M. Forster Quotes

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

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• It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.

  

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• I even have a Harmony Rocket and a Stratocaster with a scalloped neck back in Florida.

  

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• Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.

  

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• Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.

  

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• It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

  

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• But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.

  

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• I'm developing artists for my new record label, my son's band, Intangible, being one of them.

  

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• I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.

  

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• In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.

  

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• I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.

  

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• When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.

  

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• A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.

  

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• Hope is a great falsifier. Let good judgment keep her in check.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
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• Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.

  

  Carl Hiaasen
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• Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.

  

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• That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.

  

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• I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.

  

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• Walking in love means giving the other person what he or she needs the most when it is least deserved, because that’s exactly how God has treated you.

  

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• I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.

  

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• I would rather do a project that I've invested so much time to, rather than try to get a part on another show.

  

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• Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy, always living a life of praise.

  

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  • Music
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  • Poetry

• What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

  

  E. M. Forster
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