Elmore Leonard Quotes
There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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I was really excited to get to shave my head - it's something I'd wanted to do for a while and now I had a good excuse. It was nice to shed that level of vanity.
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I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.
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My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of myself.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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Writers always have confidence issues - it comes with the territory. We never know where we fit in, or what the actual value of our work might be. So we hit lulls, or slogs. Throw in the idea that many creative people are somewhat manic-depressive, and it can get pretty dark at times.
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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I've had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.
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The average American worker has fifty interruptions a day, of which seventy percent have nothing to do with work.
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I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I've completed a paragraph, realized I don't know what comes next, and start opening a browser tab without even realizing it.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop until I feel like I've made it. I'm never satisfied.
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Men we shall have only as we make manhood the object of the work of the schools - intelligence, broad sympathy, knowledge of the world that was and is, and of the relation of men to it - this is the curriculum of that Higher Education which must underlie true life.
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I like to tell young people to work hard for your goals and live in the moment.
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People understand what is good for them in the long run. In the long run, what is good for people is that India's economy continues to grow at clipping pace, 8% and above, that itself brings host of benefits to the people. It brings better roads, it brings better schools, brings more money to the communities, it brings more jobs.
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We expected to have a good time with Clive Anderson 'cause I've always liked him, his shows.
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If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good.
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I think people like to be scared. I think people like tension and suspense in a movie.
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In general, I enjoy athletes who have a strong character who let their abilities speak for themselves.
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I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.
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There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.
