Ernest Miller Hemingway

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"'The world is a fine place and worth fighting for.' I agree with the second part."	Argument, Art, Conflict
"'We're always lucky,' I said and like a fool I did not knock on wood."	Miscellaneous
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."	Education, School, Teaching
"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools."	Change, Intelligence, Men
"Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports. . . all others are games."	Argument, Conflict, War
"Be fully in the moment,open yourself to the powerful energies dancing around you."	Men, Power
"Before we take to the sea, we walk on land. . . Before we create, we must understand. . ."	Miscellaneous
"But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated."	Destruction, Men
"Courage is grace under pressure."	Age, Courage
"Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination. Learning to suspend your imagination and live completely in the very second of the present with no before and no after is the greatest gift a soldier can acquire."	Ability, Age, Death
"Do not ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee."	Miscellaneous
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."	Happiness, Intelligence, Joy
"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."	Happiness, Intelligence, Joy
"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."	Excellence, Learning
"I wish I could write well enough to write about aircraft. Faulkner did it very well in Pylon but you cannot do something someone else has done though you might have done it if they hadn't."	Hope, Wishing, Writing
"If two people love each other, there can be no happy end to it."	Happiness, Joy, Love
"My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."	Miscellaneous
"Never mistake motion for action."	Mistakes
"Only that which makes you feel bad after doing is immoral."	Evil, Good
"Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent."	Ability, Talent, Writing
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Ability	Age	Argument
Art	Change	Character
Conflict	Courage	Death
Desires	Destruction	Education
Evil	Excellence	Good
Happiness	Honesty	Hope
Humor	Imagination	Intelligence
Joy	Knowledge	Learning
Lies	Life	Love
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Mistakes	Monarchy	Power
School	Strength	Talent
Teaching	Time	Truth
Wants	War	Wisdom
Wishing	Writing