E. W. Howe Quotes
It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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Philanthropy is natural. For a mother, taking care of her children is natural. If I am rich, I take care of the poor, like a mother would.
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Life is a school of probability.
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Justice is revenge.
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The cast of 'Lemonade Mouth' was picked so perfectly. A lot of people see us as a band on camera, but not a lot of people know that Lemonade Mouth was a band off-camera, too.
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The whole point of Superman, as originally created, was to be the ally of those who had no other allies. It put that magnitude of power, the most powerful guy in the world, in the service of those who had no hope, no chance.
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While Romney has an overall deficit with women voters, his biggest disadvantage is with college educated women - wherever they work, at home, in an office, a store or a factory.
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I always knew I would act. It was just a matter of time.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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I just don't tend to cook eggplant at home.
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The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media.
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Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.
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It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
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The truth is, I'm just a rough old New Zealander who has enjoyed many challenges in his life.
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I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man I keep his house.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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There is a great insatiable hunger for good stories throughout the media.
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It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses.
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I understand that a lot of people who use phrases like resistance have found my work valuable. But my job is to look at difficult problems of national security in ways that may be useful to policymakers and the public.
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I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a new character.
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I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
