The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

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One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

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A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

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There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

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When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

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Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

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The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

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Greatest Humiliation Life Work

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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

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Never Tell Bride Groom

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As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.

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Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

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Anywhere Cinema Hollywood Medium

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Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job done. I'm completely in love with CGI. It's great for conveying a cartoonist's sense of reality.

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The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.

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What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.

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Mighty cultures never - are almost never conquered. They crumble from within. And frankly, I think that a lot of Americans are acting like spoiled brats because everything isn't working out perfectly every time.

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We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led to a kind of - and generally, that America was to be known for its flaws rather than its virtues.

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When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.

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But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

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Mermaid Tears Suffer More

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When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.

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Just living is not enough,

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Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

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Enjoy Life Plenty Time

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Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.

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Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.

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Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

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Life Itself Wonderful Fairy

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She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.

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The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

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Whole World Series Miracles

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Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

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Everything Look Fairy Story

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To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

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Use World Happy

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Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.

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Death Faster Wind Returns

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It doesn't matter if you're born in a duck yard, so long as you are hatched from a swan's egg!

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My life will be the best illustration of all my work.

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Life Work Best Illustration

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Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

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Brave Solder Fear Death

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You are a dreamer, and that is your misfortune.

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You Dreamer Misfortune

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But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

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I only appear to be dead.

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Appear Dead

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Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater.

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Never Danced Beautifully Sharp

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Travelling expands the mind rarely.

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Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

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Some Created Beauty Use

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Almighty God, thee only have I; thou steerest my fate, I must give myself up to thee! Give me a livelihood! Give me a bride! My blood wants love, as my heart does!

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Almighty God Sheerest Fate

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In the days of Moses and the prophets such a man would have been counted among the wise men of the land; in the Middle Ages he would have been burned at the stake.

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Days Moses Prophets Counted

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Now, if we only had as many casks of butter as there are people here, then I would eat lots of butter!

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Now Casks Butter People

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He now felt glad at having suffered sorrow and trouble, because it enabled him to enjoy so much better all the pleasure and happiness around him;

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How Glad Suffered Sorrow

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Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.

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Born Duck-yard Matter Hatched

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When we get to the end of the story, you will know more than you do now...

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Get End Story Know

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Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps.

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People Children Walk Keep

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She was so young that love was still a game to her. . . . She was being neither fair nor clever, but Babette was only nineteen years old.

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Young Love Still Clever

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Her tender feet felt as if cut with sharp knives, but she cared not for it; a sharper pang had pierced through her heart.

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4391 Novelist Quotes

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.

Edgar Watson Howe

Edgar Watson Howe

One of the surprising things in this world is the respect a worthless man has for himself.

Edgar Watson Howe

A good scare is worth more to a man than good advice.

Edgar Watson Howe

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

Edgar Watson Howe

It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.

Edgar Watson Howe

When people hear good music, it makes them homesick for something they never had, and never will have.

Edgar Watson Howe

Every successful person I have heard of has done the best he could with the conditions as he found them, and not waited until next year for better.

Edgar Watson Howe

The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it.

Edgar Watson Howe

Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.

Edgar Watson Howe

As a cartoonist, I'm a caricaturist. First you find out what somebody really looks like, and then you find out what they 'really' look like.

Frank Miller

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

Frank Miller

Comic-book pages are vertical, and movie screens are relentlessly horizontal. But it's all the same form. We use different tools, but we get the job done. I'm completely in love with CGI. It's great for conveying a cartoonist's sense of reality.

Frank Miller

The Spartans were a paradoxical people. They were the biggest slave owners in Greece. But at the same time, Spartan women had an unusual level of rights. It's a paradox that they were a bunch of people who in many ways were fascist, but they were the bulwark against the fall of democracy.

Frank Miller

What's happened with computer technology is perfectly timed for someone with my set of skills. I tell stories with pictures. What I love about CGI is that if I can think it, it can be put on the screen.

Frank Miller

Mighty cultures never - are almost never conquered. They crumble from within. And frankly, I think that a lot of Americans are acting like spoiled brats because everything isn't working out perfectly every time.

Frank Miller

We're constantly told that all cultures are equal, and that every belief system is as good as the next. And it led to a kind of - and generally, that America was to be known for its flaws rather than its virtues.

Frank Miller

When you think of what Americans accomplished, building these amazing cities and all the good it's done in the world, it's kind of disheartening to hear so much hatred of America, not just from abroad, but internally.

Frank Miller

But a mermaid has no tears, and therefore she suffers so much more.

H.C. Andersen

When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.

H.C. Andersen

Just living is not enough,

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.

H.C. Andersen

Every man's life is a fairy tale, written by God's fingers.

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.

H.C. Andersen

She laughed and danced with the thought of death in her heart.

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.

H.C. Andersen

To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.

H.C. Andersen

Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.

H.C. Andersen

H.C. Andersen

My life will be the best illustration of all my work.

H.C. Andersen

Brave soldier, never fear. Even though your death is near.

H.C. Andersen

You are a dreamer, and that is your misfortune.

H.C. Andersen

But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?

H.C. Andersen

I only appear to be dead.

H.C. Andersen

Never had she danced so beautifully; the sharp knives cut her feet, but she did not feel it, for the pain in her heart was far greater.

H.C. Andersen

Travelling expands the mind rarely.

H.C. Andersen

Some are created for beauty, and some for use; and there are some which one can do without altogether.

H.C. Andersen