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E. M. Forster Quotes

Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: January 1, 1879 - June 7, 1970

Topics

Sunshine Adventure Unknown Railway

Part of my strength as an actor comes from what I've learned all these years: when you play a villain, you try to get the light touches; when you play a hero, you try to get in some of the warts.

Strength Light Hero Villain You Try

The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made in pursuance of the constitution, form the supreme law of the land.

Government Law Action Constitution

Before I had crossed the threshold of my church I was made to realize that I was shepherd of a divided flock.

Anna Howard Shaw

Church Realize Shepherd Divided Made

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you.

Jeanette Winterson

Change Yourself You Write Fiction

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

Stuart Symington

Going Would Rather Than Our Them

I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Confidence Power Moving Forward Think

I, quite frankly, am grateful for every day. I don't take anything for granted.

Day Grateful Every Day Anything Take

Yes, people will pay for the Fox News Channel, despite the fact that the general feeling, one created by the Internet, is that everything should be free.

People Free Internet Feeling News

My constant battle is putting aside time wasters, and I have to watch out for procrastination. Staying on the path of something you're trying to create has much to do with having confidence in yourself and in your capacity to realize the things you want out of life.

Life Confidence Path Time Yourself

I think that with the proliferation of writing programs, people tend to forget that you also have to get used to working alone, and you have to be your own support.

Alone Support People Writing Think

I've never believed it's a fiction writer's job to create an exact replica of the past, a diorama the reader can step right into. But it is my responsibility to learn everything of the world I'm writing about, to become an expert in the politics and history that formed my characters' identities.

History Responsibility Politics Job

Some things you know about, you know what the ingredients are - maybe not all of them. But it's up to you to put in the amount. It's up to the director to nag you until you get it right.

You Know Right Director Ingredients

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