Florence Scovel Shinn Quotes
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Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood.
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When you have that connection to say, 'I'm going to play for something bigger than myself,' man, you have a chance to do something good.
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The sports page records people's accomplishments, the front page usually records nothing, but man's failures.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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The 'Islam vs. the West' dialogue ceased to be about real people a long time ago.
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Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.
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The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.
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It took a long while for me to even put out a record because there were so many options of how to do a song, and in some respects, I'm never totally happy with the outcome.
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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To deal with local pollution, China has put on the agenda the capping of coal, which has long been a sensitive issue.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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When I want a long ball, I spin my hips faster.
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I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man!
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I was not in 'Iron Man 2,' but I take a daily iron supplement.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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A curious mind is the most important attribute any man or woman can possess.
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It doesn't take me long to write songs.
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It's like having a pet dog for a long time. You get attached to it, and when it dies you miss it.
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The art world's quite elitist. I tend to skirt around that world.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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What's love if not the thing you'll do anything and everything to get back once lost? What's hate if not the thing you'll do anything and everything to get rid of once found?
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So long as man resists a situation, he will have it with him.
