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Joseph Epstein has 48 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Culture means, I think, that you have widened your experience enough through reading and through being a little bit thoughtful about these…
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All men and women are born, live, suffer and die; what distinguishes us one from another is our dreams, whether they be…
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A cat is the only domestic animal I know who toilet trains itself and does a damned impressive job of it.
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One serious drawback about letters is that, in order to get them, one must send some out. When it comes to the…
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What all great teachers appear to have in common is love of their subject, an obvious satisfaction in rousing this love in…
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Of the seven deadly sins, only envy is no fun at all.
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I myself think anti-Semitism is about envy.
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In recompense, envy may be the subtlest - perhaps I should say the most insidious - of the seven deadly sins.
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Envy is never general, but always very particular - at least envy of the kind one feels strongly.
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High standards generally -- about workmanship and creation of objects, about what is owed in friendship, about the quality of art and…
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I was recently asked what it takes to become a writer. Three things, I answered: first, one must cultivate incompetence at almost…
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I am afraid I am one of those people who continues to read in the hope of sometime discovering in a book…
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My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.
— Jim Carrey
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It was such a leap in my career when 'Truman Show' came along. It's always been a long process for me insofar…
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My favourite president, and the one I admired most, was Harry Truman.
— Jimmy Carter
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Bipartisanship on behalf of an imprudent policy can be folly, just as partisanship on behalf of a just cause can be wise.…
— Unknown Author
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Foreign policy of a pluralistic democracy like the United States should be based on bipartisanship because bipartisanship is the means and the…
— Zbigniew Brzezinski
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For The Truman Show, I worked for a few weeks, do my gig, then I was done.
— Ed Harris
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I've reached a point in my life where my Truman Show boat has hit the painting.
— Kanye West
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Almost everything Truman did in foreign affairs I approve of.
— Stephen Ambrose
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Harry Truman once said, 'There are 14 or 15 million Americans who have the resources to have representatives in Washington to protect…
— John F. Kennedy
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We have got to accept Big Government for the duration-for neither an offensive nor a defensive war can be waged, given our…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.
— Lord Mountbatten
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I am the heterosexual Truman Capote.
— Joseph Epstein
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