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> [“He found himself smiling and talking politely to people who desired to show their respect and admiration for his uniform-instead of ignoring them and turning away. His sense of separation from and annoyance with these men and women who talked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/he-found-himself-smiling-and-talking-politely-to-people-who-desired/)

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## More by Howard Fast

> [“The easiest way to hide a relationship is not to attempt to hide it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/the-easiest-way-to-hide-a-relationship-is-not-to-attempt-to-hide-it/)

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> [“He found himself grinning at her. His nervousness had disappeared, and suddenly he had a sense of his own size, his physical strength, his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/he-found-himself-grinning-at-her-his-nervousness-had-disappeared-and/)

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> [ “Geronimo \[is\]...an example of our practice of destroying those who oppose us and then honoring them.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/geronimo-is-an-example-of-our-practice-of-destroying-those-who-oppose/)

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> [A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/a-mountain-still-in-the-distance-can-appear-as-a-molehill/)

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> [“Your life is nothing, just a little makeshift that you play with for a while, a machine that you put to use. And if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/your-life-is-nothing-just-a-little-makeshift-that-you-play-with-for-a/)

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> [“Let us say that kindness costs me so little and rewards me well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/let-us-say-that-kindness-costs-me-so-little-and-rewards-me-well/)

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> [“I suppose I have cause you grief and misery at times, but I have never intentionally caused you embarrassment and discomfort.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/i-suppose-i-have-cause-you-grief-and-misery-at-times-but-i-have-never/)

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> [I am a man of peace \[so he told Mother, but it always appeared to me that he was the most belligerent man of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/i-am-a-man-of-peace-so-he-told-mother-but-it-always-appeared-to-me/)

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> [“When I kissed her, I felt that my heart would tear through my chest for excitement and wonder, and then I felt a good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/when-i-kissed-her-i-felt-that-my-heart-would-tear-through-my-chest/)

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> [“It wasn't that they were unpleasant people; indeed, they were the sweetest things ever; they just enjoyed melancholy and seemed to take heart and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/it-wasn-t-that-they-were-unpleasant-people-indeed-they-were-the/)

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> [“There is nothing more important than being a man, just a plain, ordinary, human man. I know you think Spartacus is something more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/there-is-nothing-more-important-than-being-a-man-just-a-plain/)

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> [“Will you keep this?" he asked, holding up the pendant. "Please. Don't show it to your folks. But keep it, please. I'm not asking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/will-you-keep-this-he-asked-holding-up-the-pendant-please-don-t-show/)

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> [“Politics, as he occasionally said, required three unchanging talents and no virtues. More politicians, he claimed, had been destroyed by virtue than by any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/politics-as-he-occasionally-said-required-three-unchanging-talents/)

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> [And finally, be assured that Zen asks nothing even as it promises nothing. One can be a Protestant Zen Buddhist, a Catholic Zen Buddhist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/and-finally-be-assured-that-zen-asks-nothing-even-as-it-promises/)

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> [“The first rule is never to split your forces unless it is necessary to survival. The second rule is to attack if you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-fast/the-first-rule-is-never-to-split-your-forces-unless-it-is-necessary/)

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