Elmore Leonard Quotes
I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
Elmore Leonard
Quotes to Explore
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
Ed Westwick
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I have already seen death, and I know that death is supporting me in my cause of education. Death does not want to kill me.
Malala Yousafzai
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Just for you to know, people, models, are very smart. We're investing money in the right way, and, you know, a modeling job I'm taking as a businesswoman. So it's not fun for me; it's work.
Irina Shayk
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I can ask for a £25,000 advance, but then you spend a year writing the book, and £25,000 is a loan against sales, and you can easily spend five years earning out. So that's £25,000 for six years.
Mal Peet
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
H. L. Mencken
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Some people seem to see compassion as being mushy.
Laura Schlessinger
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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a wild affair! No, not seriously, sometimes the deal is more interesting with a new publisher, and other times they have more enthusiasm for your books.
Jackie Collins
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Just when did I get to the point when staying at a hotel wasn't fun?
Ira Glass
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
Bear Grylls
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I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero, but he's also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he's a romantic.
Barbara Broccoli
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In all, I was in 16 movies, including 'The Bishop's Wife' with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven; I was in 'Rio Grande' with John Wayne, 'Albuquerque' with Randall Scott, 'Blue Skies' with Bing Crosby and 'Hans Christian Anderson' with Danny Kaye.
Karolyn Grimes
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
Abba Eban
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If production be capitalistic in form, so, too, will be reproduction.
Karl Marx
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No, it's not terrible. There's fantastic news. Come to my place, you'll see some of it. Go investigate the American Tree Farm System. There are 65,000 members that are absolutely fantastic, exemplary stewards of the land.
Charles Alfred Leavell
The Allman Brothers Band
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Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
Kate Winslet
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As we run, we become.
Amby Burfoot
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So often, we take photos on our iPhone, and then they're gone in a year, and we don't even remember them. I like to experience life and disconnect from that.
Karamo Brown
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I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.
Elmore Leonard
