E. W. Howe Quotes
People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
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The world needs some help.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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I try and spend a lot of time with my kids. I try and have fun with my kids. I try to put father time in there.
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Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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I do believe that the coal industry sees the cultural shift toward cleaner energy and global warming solutions as a threat to their interests.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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Archeology and ecology can go hand in hand.
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I didn't feel like I was meant to be a nurse or a secretary.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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Writers have been in terrible situations and have yet managed to produce extraordinary work.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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We have plenty of technologies we could use to destroy the planet, and we don't. There's more love on this planet than hate; there's more creativity than destructive power.
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
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It's always inspiring when people all come together and be strong as a group. This is why I feel so strongly to put the message to people that we need to stand together in tough times.
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I've made a point of trying not to play the same part, and of moving between theatre and film and TV. The idea is that by the time you come back, you have been away for a year and people have forgotten you. If you like having time off, which I do, that's a good career strategy.
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When you see people on the street, they're living in their phones. They aren't living where they are - they haven't got the energy of the past. And so it's something that needs to be reestablished.
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People never have confidence in a Big Talker. They know his statements must be cut down, but they can never tell how much.
