A. E. Housman Quotes
The difference between an icicle and a red-hot poker is really much slighter than the difference between truth and falsehood or sense and nonsense; yet it is much more immediately noticeable and much more universally noticed, because the body is more sensitive than the mind.

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Sport fosters many things that are good; teamwork and leadership.
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Less make-up is better, and it's always better to let your natural beauty shine. Essentially, be happy with your appearance.
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I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, they want a lot of it, and when they don't, they regard the whole thing as somewhat immoral.
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Men weren't always happy for me. It was very challenging to watch a woman be so successful.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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I would caution all of us or I would remind all of us that any candidate that we support, they are going to be flawed.
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Our laboratory is a place that celebrates diversity and is totally open to all differences, not just sex but also age, ethnicity, religion and other traditions.
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I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
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There's no sex in Middle Earth.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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Things forbidden have a secret charm.
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I found in one of the tombs an inscription saying, 'If you touch my tomb, you will be eaten by a crocodile and hippopotamus.' It doesn't mean the hippo will eat you, it means the person really wanted his tomb to be protected.
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Political development should start at the grassroots.
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I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
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It's my own personal unconscious that ultimately creates the novel's aesthetic facade.
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Certainly, I read a lot and follow the news. But as a writer, I am not interested in a political story. I am searching for the humanity of the characters. I never set out to write a book about an 'issue.'
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I expect most psychiatrists have a patient or two they'd like to refer to me.
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I've always loved words. I ate up all the books I could get my hands on, and when I couldn't get books, I read candy wrappers and labels on cereal and toothpaste boxes.
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One of your greatest protections against making bad choices is to not put on any mask of anonymity.
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The difference between an icicle and a red-hot poker is really much slighter than the difference between truth and falsehood or sense and nonsense; yet it is much more immediately noticeable and much more universally noticed, because the body is more sensitive than the mind.