E. W. Howe Quotes
The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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I like to do everything myself - I'm very hands-on with my housekeeping, my children, travelling, how I do things.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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But once the ants and termites jumped the high barrier that prevents the vast variety of evolving animal groups from becoming fully social, they dominated the world.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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There are still times in my life where I pull back from being totally honest, and I can't imagine a single straight person who would understand that.
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I always say that I don't like it when people follow trends too much, just because it is on the runway. I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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The advantage is I have my family with me all the time. When your daughter takes her first steps or says her first words and your son is going through potty training, I'm not missing any of those things.
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I was a normal American nerd.
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I'm the youngest of five – three girls and two boys. There was one record player for the seven of us. It was good for me, because I got to hear everyone else's music.
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Soon, if we are not prudent, millions of people will be watching each other starve to death through expensive television sets.
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As we were developing 'Umbral', and I was delving into the mythology and legends, I had a sudden realisation. 'Wasteland' is about people who fervently believe new myths and legends, but they turn out to be false; whereas 'Umbral' is about people who reject ancient myths and legends, but they turn out to be true!
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If at the end of your first ten or fifteen years of fighting and working and feeling, you find you've written one line of one poem, you'll be very lucky indeed.
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Cowardice was undoubtedly one of the most terrible vices - thus spoke Yeshua Ha-Nozri. 'No, philosopher, I disagree with you: it is the most terrible vice!
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I hate to say they're done, because Lord only knows what's next. They have achieved a large part of their objective.
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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
