Ernest Hemingway Quotes

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Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
- Ernest Hemingway

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In modern war… you will die like a dog for no good reason.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.
- Ernest Hemingway

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I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
- Ernest Hemingway

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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
— Ernest Hemingway

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Bullet I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open her lips; they were closed tight.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Or don’t you like to write letters. I do because it’s such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Somebody just back of you while you are fishing is as bad as someone looking over your shoulder while you write a letter to your girl.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Cowardice, as distinguished from panic, is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend the functioning of the imagination.
- Ernest Hemingway

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One cat just leads to another.
- Ernest Hemingway

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This beer is good for you. This is draft beer. Stick with the beer. Let’s go and beat this guy up and come back and drink some more beer.
- Ernest Hemingway

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Never mistake motion for action.
- Ernest Hemingway

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In order to write about life, first you must live it!
- Ernest Hemingway

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Live life to the fullest.
- Ernest Hemingway