Helen McCloy Quotes - Page 2

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• the true and the plausible are rarely the same.

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  Truth, Plausible

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• Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life.

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  California, Larger Than Life, Thunderstorm

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• Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.

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  Children, People, Interesting

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• Privacy is like sleep - something you don't appreciate until you have to go without it.

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  Sleep, Appreciate, Privacy

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• Were modern cities only beautiful after darkness hid everything but their lights?

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  Beautiful, Light, Cities

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• That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and share all the popular political superstitions of the moment as ardently as he can. But he must not have principles. He must never let the people suspect that they cannot eat their cake and have it. He must promise them a defense program and a higher standard of living. He must never use that dreadful little word or.

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  Political Opinions, Cake, People

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• Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

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  Stronger, Lessons, Habit

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