Letters Quotes - Page 16

• I know of no sorrow greater than that occasioned by a delay of the post.

  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne

  Sorrow, Delay, Posts

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• Our first love-letter ... There is so much to be said, and which no words seems exactly to say - the dread of saying too much is so nicely balanced by the fear of saying too little. Hope borders on presumption, and fear on reproach.

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon

  First Love, Littles, Too Much

  Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1831). “Romance and Reality”, p.232

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• I prefer to make no new declarations [on southern policy beyond what was in the Letter of Acceptance]. But you may say, if you deem it advisable, that you know that I will stand by the friendly and encouraging words of that Letter, and by all that they imply. You cannot express that too strongly.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Acceptance, Encouraging Words, Southern

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• Busy replying to letters from divers office-seekers. They come by the dozens.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Office, Dozen, Busy

  Rutherford B. Hayes (2016). “Conspicuous Gallantry: Civil War Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes (Abridged)”, p.512, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• I love man-kind, but I hate the institutions of the dead unkind. Men execute nothing so faithfully as the wills of the dead, to the last codicil and letter. They rule this world, and the living are but their executors. Such foundation too have our lectures and our sermons, commonly.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Education, Hate, Men

  Henry David Thoreau (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated)”, p.109, Delphi Classics

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• The bulk of mankind believe in two gods. They are under one dominion here in the house, as friend and parent, in social circles, in letters, in art, in love, in religion; but in mechanics, in dealing with steam and climate, in trade, in politics, they think they come under another.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Believe, Technology

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1981). “The Portable Emerson: New Edition”, p.265, Penguin

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• You know I am given to antiquarian and genealogical pursuits. An old family letter is a delight to my eyes. I can prowl in old trunks of letters by the day with undiminished zest.

  Rutherford B. Hayes

  Family, Eye, Zest

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• The FBI is urging all Americans to beware of any letters or packages that have badly misspelled words. Man, this is going to be terrible news for the rap industry.

  Jay Leno

  Rap, Men, News

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• Courtroom for Ted Bundy's trial is packed with women, trying to meet him and give him love letters and wedding-fucking-proposals...and the first thought that enters my mind is, "And I'm not getting laid." What am I doing wrong?

  Bill Hicks

  Kings, Giving, Mind

  "Arizona Bay". Comedy album by Bill Hicks, 1997.

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• I believe in sending a lot of letters and notes to friends.

  Hedy Lamarr

  Believe, Notes, I Believe

  Hedy Lamarr (1966). “Ecstasy and me: my life as a woman”

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• Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.

  Richard Simmons

  Men, Discrimination, Overweight

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• I receive a lot of letters on tour, and read about a lot of people hurting.

  Alex Gaskarth

  Hurt, People

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• Companies watch what consumers are doing like a hawk. Just as one letter to a politician can signal an insipient problem, for companies, a trend where people are beginning to switch away from one of their key products to a rival offering on the basis of either claims or real improvements on performance, that's significant.

  John Elkington

  Real, Keys, Offering

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• My name came from me wanting a 'double-letter' artist name. In search of the ultimate L-word to put in front of my real name Luke, I heard Snoop Dogg rapping in Gin and Juice 'Laaaaiiidbackk...' and I was sold!

  Laidback Luke

  Real, Rap, Artist

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• Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Song, Writing, Self

  "Writing away again in Margaritaville". Interview with Tom Corcoran, bookpage.com. June, 1998.

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• I don't have a Facebook or a Twitter account, and I don't know how I feel about this idea of, "Now, I'm eating dinner, and I want everyone to know that I'm having dinner at this time." or "I just mailed a letter and dropped off my kids." That, to me, is a very strange phenomenon.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Kids, Ideas, Want

  Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• I tried something when my career was really struggling: reaching out to people, to filmmakers I wanted to work with. I genuinely wrote a letter to Clint Eastwood saying, "Hey man, I'm a fan and I would be an extra in your movie."

  Josh Lucas

  Struggle, Men, Careers

  "Josh Lucas on American Psycho, Russell Crowe, and the disastrous Poseidon set". Interview with Sam Fragoso, film.avclub.com. August 27, 2015.

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• To the extent that we consume, in our present circumstances, we are guilty. To the extent that we guilty consumers are conservationists, we are absurd. But what can we do? Must we go on writing letters to politicians and donating to conservation organizations until the majority of our fellow citizens agree with us? Or can we do something directly to solve our share of the problem? I am a conservationist. I believe wholeheartedly in putting pressure on the politicians and in maintaining the conservation organizations.

  Wendell Berry

  Believe, Writing, Organization

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• I used to get letters from guys in prison. Anymore now I don't even open them. They'd ask me to please sign a couple of cards for their children. Then I see them on eBay two weeks later. Or the people that write and say, "You is one of my favorite cartoonists. I would like a drawing, please." I guess they encourage inmates to write letters to celebrities. It's like a way to make money by selling autographs or something. Give me a break.

  Mike Royer

  Children, Couple, Writing

  "Interview: Mike Royer Talks Classic Cartoons, Jack Kirby and Much More". Interview with Bryan Stroud, comicsbulletin.com. January 30, 2015.

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• I just started doing this one-man show, and I wanted to be able to score it, so I bought a guitar, and got a keyboard and got a harmonica. I remember when I started that I didn't understand why a harmonica had different letters on them.

  Demetri Martin

  Men, Guitar, Different

  Source: www.isthmus.com

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• In fact I'm in too much of a mental muddle to know where I am - an idealist or not. I'm a mere man of letters, and I do what I can with those subjects.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Men, Too Much, Facts

  Jorge Luis Borges, Richard Burgin (1998). “Jorge Luis Borges: Conversations”, p.79, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• I have no personal system of philosophy. I never attempt to do that. I am merely a man of letters.

  Jorge Luis Borges

  Philosophy, Men

  Source: denisdutton.com

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• The Bible contains legendary, historical, and ethical contents. It is quite possible to consider them separately, and one doesn't have to accept the legends in order to get the ethics. Fundamentalists make a grave mistake to insist on the letter of the writings, because they drive away many who can't swallow the Adam-and-Eve bit.

  Isaac Asimov

  Mistake, Writing, Order

  Isaac Asimov (1995). “Yours, Isaac Asimov: A Lifetime of Letters”, Doubleday Books

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• My knowledge of the letter of the Shastras is better, but of true religion they are able to give me but little.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Giving, Religion, Littles

  Mahatma Gandhi (1993). “Gandhi on Nehru”

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• I saw a lady on TV, she was born without arms. That's sad, but then they said, "Lola does not know the meaning of the word 'can't'." That, to me, is even worse in a way. Not only is she missing arms, but she doesn't understand simple contractions. It's easy, Lola - you just take two words, put them together, take out the middle letters, put in a comma, and you raise it up!

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Humor, Simple

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