E. W. Howe Quotes
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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Most Americans have no memory of the designs Franklin Roosevelt's New Dealers had for postwar-American foreign policy. Human rights, self-determination and an end to European colonization in the developing world, nuclear disarmament, international law, the World Court, the United Nations - these were all ideas of the progressive left.
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My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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'The Road' is about that fear that all parents can have. What's going to happen to your child if you're not around? It takes those concerns to an extreme. In the film, without me the boy has no food, no shelter, no resources at all.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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No matter who you are, black, white, green, there's going to be things in your way, you know what I mean?
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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Part of the reason for moving to New York was the sense that it just didn't matter how much work I did in England, I continued to be seen simply as a Redgrave. I did feel I could be who I am in New York and we all like to feel appreciated.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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Romney still enjoys the Republicans' traditional advantage among voters who are veterans, but the Obama campaign is confident it can chip away at that.
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Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life.
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Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I have a place where I can release all of these emotions. When I was playing Ira Hayes, I didn't have to think about the death of my parents directly. It's just there. I can blend it into Ira's character. I can use Ira's emotions as an outlet.
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Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.
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I like that the 'Underworld' series created a whole other world that's totally different yet familiar to our own.
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I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
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I made up 'Badlands'; anything I say, goes. I came to realize I was materializing a metaphor for my mental state.
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The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.
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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
