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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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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People take things so seriously.
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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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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.
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Humor can be an incredible, lacerating and effective weapon.
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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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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I'm receiving 300 to 500 letters every week from people telling me that God used my stories to save their marriage or to introduce them to Christ or to heal a relationship that had been broken.
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Religious people are happier.
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I think it's hilarious that you would give an endorsement deal to someone who you've heard their lyrics a million times and you thought it was cool. And then they said something a little messed up and you take the endorsement deal away.
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Globalization obviously has the potential to be good. That doesn't mean it's good for everybody. There's a very large number of people in India and China who benefited directly from globalization, but it doesn't mean everybody in America benefits from globalization.
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You are your own devil, you are your own God, You fashioned the paths that your footsteps have trod, And no one can save you from error or sin, Until you shall hark to the Spirit within.
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What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.
