Half Quotes
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Most short stories have but one plot. The very best, however, have what I call a plot-and-a-half – that is, a main plot and a small subplot that feeds in a twist or an unexpected piece of business that ads crunch and flavor to the story as a whole.
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If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else.
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The truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
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When you have a half like that, nine times out of 10, you're going to have a good lead.
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I went to Princeton in the fall of 1930 as a half-time instructor.
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Look closely at those who patronize you. Half are unfeeling, half untaught.
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My heart is half Puerto Rican, half Canadian. That is how I feel.
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It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half.
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Who was the blundering idiot who said 'fine words butter no parsnips'? Half the parsnips of society are served and rendered palatable with no other sauce.
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I'm sure there's a hell of a party in Ireland now and I know I don't have anything to do for two-and-a-half days so I'm going to party on
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We don't need a fuel that's cleaner, we need a fuel that happens to be cleaner, but is half the price of oil.
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If a Snickers chocolate bar has 50% sugar, wouldn't it be safe to eat the other half?
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Claude Wheeler opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed.
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I intend to live the first half of my life. I don't care about the rest.
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I graduated from CUNY College of Staten Island with a 3.9 GPA in three and a half years.
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More than half of the world’s population, struggle for food – but we expect privilege.
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Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory.
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Even half a chance beats none.
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A friend of mine, a friend of yours. My better half, Richard Stephen Sambora
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There's also the issue of tech titans throwing their weight around in Washington and lobbying. There was just a Reuters poll that reported that more than half of Americans are concerned that tech companies are "encroaching too much on their lives." That's pretty major, considering these companies were universally loved not that long ago.
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I don't know why I've spent over half of My life talking about dying
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It is better to be doing the most insignificant thing than to reckon even a half-hour insignificant.
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No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
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For many, an album is no longer a considerable feat of an artist but just sounds to be half-listened to while one is halfheartedly engaged in something else.
