Charles Farrar Browne Quotes

I am not a politician, and my other habits air good.

Charles Farrar Browne

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 26, 1834 - March 6, 1867

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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

John Dalberg-Acton

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From my anger, frustration, and hurt, I wrote the short story that would later become 'The Hate U Give.'

Angie Thomas

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For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, I discovered that the implausibility and the thinness of the people distracted me unduly from the plot.

John Updike

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To have a romance, you have to have time. I'm a justice. I've written a book. The guy's gonna have to wait until I'm a little bit freer.

Sonia Sotomayor

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You can't be halfway in this business. If you don't meet the fans, you lose all you've got.

Loretta Lynn

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Our healthcare system has seen some of the greatest achievements of the human intellect since we started recording history: We're developing incredible devices and implantables to improve the quantity and quality of people's lives.

Dean Kamen

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Birds are, especially canaries, are super sensitive to hydrogen sulfide and sour gas.

David Suzuki

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I've never watched an entire episode of 'American Idol'. It's too mean.

Christina Aguilera

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Mayer Hawthorne's old school pop-R&B homages are so meticulous that it's tempting to overrate his pipes.

Chuck Eddy

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My sisters were teenagers when I was born, so the last thing they wanted was a little nappy-headed boy running around. I would imitate them or copy things off TV.

Brian Tyree Henry

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On-screen relationships are the best because you don't have to worry about saying the wrong things. And if the guy's got a girlfriend, or I'm not attracted to him, it's even better. It's just my character kissing his character.

Alicia Witt

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Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less.

Thomas Szasz

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