E. W. Howe Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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I love to walk into Borders or Barnes & Noble and see my books there. It's fabulous.
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When the depths are upheld by the Holy Spirit, then the reaction is Christian.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I think as long as I have a creative outlet, I'm happy.
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My eye is ever on those who love me.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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When people use their hurt and make a triumph in their song, that helps other people.
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I was quite short and chubby until I was 14, when I shot up.
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I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see.
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If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
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Do not try to do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not to win it for them.
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We must start to treat climate change as what it is - a threat to United States security. And we must not delay.
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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I love the Queen. I've had a crush on her since I was eight.
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When you work with people who are so passionate about their product it's kinda inspiring.
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My 50th birthday approaching felt like a big milestone to me. I've lived half a century. If I write about food and use my life as a fulcrum to move the story along, maybe I've lived long enough to fashion a narrative that has a happy ending.
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I love Nelly. He's such a great performer. He's so hyper and so am I.
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Living up to ideals is like doing everyday work with your Sunday clothes on.
