Dashiell Hammett Quotes

She seems to be having a pretty good time despite her worrying. That's Lily.

Dashiell Hammett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 27, 1894 - January 10, 1961

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Unfortunately, I'm not a person that's always capable of living up to the Boy Scout philosophy.

Stanley Crouch

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It's an amusing idea to some, this feminism thing - this audacious notion that women should be able to move through the world as freely, and enjoy the same inalienable rights and bodily autonomy, as men. At least, that's the impression given when feminism and feminists are all too often the targets of lazy humor.

Roxane Gay

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Spirit is the real and eternal; matter is the unreal and temporal.

Mary Baker Eddy

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I've never been an actor on Broadway, but it feels like you're on a stage when you play at Yankee Stadium. And that's the feeling I've always had.

Derek Jeter

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Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.

Bob Marley

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The only subject I know anything about is myself and I don't know that too clearly.

William Shatner

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I don't have the luxury of just hanging out in my primary and, once I win the primary, I'm fine. I have to talk to Democrats and Republicans.

Pete Gallego

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A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

Thomas Fuller

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Myths about the dire effects of genetically modified foods on health and the environment abound, but they have not held up to scientific scrutiny. And, although many concerns have been expressed about the potential for unexpected consequences, the unexpected effects that have been observed so far have been benign.

Nina Fedoroff

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We need a presidency which acts and protects us.

Marine Le Pen

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Two of my favourite books are Henry Miller's 'Tropic of Cancer' and 'Tropic of Capricorn.'

Lydia Lunch

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I think we will always have the impulse towards visual poetry with us, and I wouldn't agree with Bly that it's a bad thing. It depends on the ability of the individual poet to do it well, and to make a shape which is interesting enough to hold your attention.

James Laughlin

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