E. W. Howe Quotes
What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.
Quotes to Explore
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There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
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I'm bisexual.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.
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I love New York, I love the smell of New York... I love the subway.
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It took me a while to find myself.
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There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.
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Acting wasn't even in my world at all. My oldest sister worked at 'Glamour' magazine and said I should model, but I had no interest.
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The next time you find yourself racing quickly down the street, know that you're not only running to your next appointment, you are literally running from contact with your truest feelings, deepest needs and most valuable insights.
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I think when you go to a store and you go to the Justin Timberlake page and stream it from there, that's great, but that means you went to the store. iTunes Radio lets you discover it without you having to think about it.
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I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.
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No righteous rules, however rigid, are too stringent for me; I will live above them.
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It had never occurred to us that the Kremlin's new anti-booze campaign would apply to journalists. Now, that's a human-rights violation.
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I'm planning, you see, to try to confine myself to the truth. That's hard for an old, inveterate fantasy martyr and illegible liar who has never hesitated to give truth the form he felt the occasion demanded.
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For ne'erWas flattery lost on poet's ear:A simple race! they waste their toilFor the vain tribute of a smile.
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The fact that you can write verse is in itself a certificate that you can write prose.
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Morality, if present, should not be relied on because it will be trumped by self interest in most circumstances.
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I think to look in the future, to plan another one, it's not realistic right now. But I don't close any doors. I'm very open for what comes up. At the moment, we are so happy with this one. I really hope people will like it as much as we do.
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Readers want to have the confidence that you understand the era in which the book is set, so for 'The Perfumer's Secret,' I needed to know everything about the First World War from a French perspective. I had to understand those people and that town in 1914.
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I can fall in love in a simple way, but I can dissect it in such an intense fashion when it ends.
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Without music we shall surely perish of drink, morphia, and all sorts of artificial exaggerations of the cruder delights of the senses.
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What is common sense? That which attracts the least opposition that which brings most agreeable and worthy results.
