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Gene Fowler Quotes

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.

Gene Fowler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: journalist
Nationality: american
Birth: March 8, 1890 - July 2, 1960

Topics

Life Heart Men Past Why More

I'm just a hired actor who was hired for a particular job, but I think one of the joys of reading the script was the way that the personal and the global are woven together.

Jeremy Northam

Together Job Reading Think Personal

I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future.

John McEnroe

Life Future Me Thought My Life Help

I take things one step at a time.

Simone Biles

Time Step Things Take

Single matches, I feel, have always been the ones where I can shine more. Three-way, four-way, you have to split your attention with some other guys, and it can be totally great, but when you get into a battle royal with 20 or 30 other guys, it's just so different from what your agenda is when it's one on one competition.

Rob Van Dam

Great Competition Shine Battle You

The avantgarde are people who don't exactly know where they want to go, but are the first to get there.

Romain Gary

People Go Know Want First Get

The fact is I tried for years to work with the financial industry on reasonable swipe fee reform, but the industry wouldn't have it.

Dick Durbin

Work Financial Years Industry Reform

My faith keeps me strong.

Cissy Houston

Faith Me Strong Keeps

I've won a world championship, I know how that feels. I don't know how it feels to win a gold medal. I want to feel that; I want to know that.

Ariane Fortin

Gold Win World Feel Know Want

As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.

August Wilson

Good White Play Say Soon Theater

Really great entrepreneurs have this very special mix of unstoppable optimism and scathing paranoia.

Astro Teller

Great Optimism Special Paranoia Mix

Never assume the obvious is true.

William Safire

True Never Assume Obvious

Each one of us had a little story to tell and each recording was based on that. Lou played all of the music but we both sort of kicked around some cords during the writing phase.

Phil Harris

Music Writing Story Tell Little Us