"He loved the people just as much as……" — Sinclair Lewis
"He loved the people just as much as he feared and detested persons."
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61 Quotes by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis has 61 quotes on this site.
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It is, I think, an error to believe that there is any need of religion to make life seem worth…
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People will buy anything that is one to a customer.
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Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's…
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It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to…
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
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Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If…
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A sensational event was changing from the brown suit to the gray the contents of his pockets. He was earnest…
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Pugnacity is a form of courage, but a very bad form.
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When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.
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Most troubles are unnecessary. We have Nature beaten; we can make her grow wheat; we can keep warm when she…
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It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation…
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Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. In protest, I declined election to the…
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More Detested Quotes
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one of 43 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.
— Duke of Wellington
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I can't say that I was my happiest on court, but I felt completely free. Free from family obligations, free…
— Jimmy Connors
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The slave-breeders and slave-traders, are a small, odious and detested class, among you; and yet in politics, they dictate the…
— Abraham Lincoln
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The power is detested, and miserable the life, of him who wishes to be feared rather than to be loved.
— Cornelius Nepos
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I only knew classical music, which to me was the only true music. The only way I could survive at…
— Nina Simone
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Abnormal, adj. Not conforming to standard. In matters of thought and conduct, to be independent is to be abnormal, to…
— Ambrose Bierce
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A man’s got to keep up appearances. I’ll be universally detested if everyone realizes how perfect you are.
— Julia Quinn
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Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word - heed well! - this mine…
— Angelus Silesius
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The Negro. The South. These are details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls…
— John Howard Griffin
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The composers hated me. The singers detested me. The guitarists were terrified by me.
— Unknown Author
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Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again -…
— Neal Boortz
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It is horrible to see everything that one detested in the past coming back wearing the colors of the future.
— Jean Rostand
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