Mark Leyner Quotes
Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.
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There are no classes in life for beginners; right away you are always asked to deal with what is most difficult.
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Gene Hackman is one of the great American actors of all time.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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You go down South, and they're quirky; they have culture, and it's not uniformly true of our country. Our country has gotten a little blanded out, big sections of it. Even if you disagree with the politics, you have to appreciate the cuisine, the music, the literature.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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I don't know that on-demand sports is remarkably better than live sports.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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I am pretty tough as a boss.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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Medical debts are the number-one cause of bankruptcy in America.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.
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Some billionaires like cars, yachts and private jets. Others like newspapers.
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Profound questions regarding the purpose of life have led many individuals and families throughout the world to search for truth. Often that search has led them to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and to the restored gospel.
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I've had some friends that are actually homosexual. And, I mean, they know where I stand, and they know that I wouldn't have them anywhere near my children. But at the same time, they're people, and they're going to do their thing.
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Sometimes I think my purpose is as a saboteur when I'm working with other people, derailing what they're trying to do or taking things to a ludicrous extremity.
