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I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible… — John Green
There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death. — Epicurus
Safety razors make it hard to grow beards in America: America would be a better place if there were a few bearded, savage, terrible old… — Lewis Mumford
Whoever had known sexual jealousy, that most destructive of emotions-and this would be so for men no less than women-had known madness and had now… — Diana Trilling
Behind the contained and orderly lives we lead as members of the respectable middle class there's a terrible human capacity that may one day overwhelm… — Diana Trilling
The Earth is beautiful, and bright, and kindly, but that is not all. The Earth is also terrible, and dark, and cruel. — Ursula K. Le Guin
To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is… — Wendell Berry
Is there anything more terrible than a "call"? It affords an occasion for the exchange of the most threadbare commonplaces. Calls and the theatre are… — Miguel de Unamuno
I had a terrible stammering problem when I was young, and as a result I spent a lot of time alone. — Ken Venturi
Suffering has roused them from the sleep of gentle life, and every day fills them with a terrible intoxication. They are now something more than… — Georges Duhamel
I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta… — Norman Lear
I think that those of us who are what are called intellectuals make a terrible mistake in overvaluing the yen we have for the arts,… — Sherwood Anderson
I'm a terrible punster. And I love to rhyme. I just can't help myself. — Duane Michals
A wicked mortal is not the idea of God. He is little else than the expression of error. To suppose that sin, lust, hatred, envy,… — Mary Baker Eddy
Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence… — Russell Hoban
I can say, I am terribly frightened and fear is terrible and awful and it makes me uncomfortable, so I won't do that because it… — Barbra Streisand
How terrible the need for God. — Theodore Roethke
I had been warned about Jews by my gentile friends - they did terrible things with knives to boys. — Paul Engle
Power immobilizes; it freezes with a single gesture-grandiose, terrible, theatrical, or finally, simply monotonous-the variety which is life. — Octavio Paz
Some people who've read my story think I had a terrible childhood and that I was neglected or even abused, while others feel that my… — Jeannette Walls
The most terrible fight is not when there is one opinion against another, the most terrible is when two men say the same thing --… — Soren Kierkegaard
Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to… — Ilka Chase
I had a terrible motorcycle accident, in San Francisco as matter of fact. Doing a picture called... oh, this is terrible. It's a very well-known… — William Lucking
I am the god of being messy - I'm trying to get better. I was terrible in my 20s. My kids are much tidier than… — Kevin McKidd
My hands look terrible but I can do anything I want to do, so, you know, I just think I'm playing all around with more… — Marian McPartland

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