Bill Vaughan Quotes
Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
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The worst situation you can have in a thriller is a lead who looks like he can handle himself.
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I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
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Stress is the reason for crime and all other kinds of frustration. To relieve it will eliminate everything else.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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Ottawa is a hot spot of Canadian crime writing, with perhaps the greatest concentration of active, involved, published crime writers anywhere.
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The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
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When I was born, my father was a copper miner in Butte, Montana. It was a hard-core, blue-collar situation.
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A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I like to see how they impinge on people.
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If I would go up on a high note, Eddie would want a low one. That's how petty the situation had become.
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Being a humorist is not a voluntary thing. You can tell this because in a situation where saying a funny thing will cause a lot of trouble, a humorist will still say the funny thing. No matter how inappropriate.
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There has been talk of lack of consensus, but we all know that this is the veto of foreign powers, the intolerable situation in our 21st century America.
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A zombie apocalypse isn't the most jovial situation.
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Let's be cautious about dreaming up extreme scenarios. The situation in Iraq is still salvageable.
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For me, I've been known as a very well-rounded fighter, and I think that's really important, that you're well rounded and comfortable in every situation that a fight can go. A lot of people focus on just one discipline, and when they get out of that, they're in a difficult position.
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I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
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If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.
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What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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We know what you want to accomplish... The real question is, 'what are you willing to push through the dip for?' What are you willing to stand up for, bleed for, commit to and generally be unreasonable about? Because that's what's going to actually get done.
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O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.
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Perhaps the crime situation would be improved if we could get more cops off television and onto the streets.
