Elmore Leonard Quotes
If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
Elmore Leonard
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Law gave me some structure... all these rules and internal disciplines.
M. J. Hyland
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
Sally Kirkland
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I'm not comparing myself at all to him, but I like the idea that Ernest Hemingway always wrote about certain things he knew, he knew the ins and outs, back to fronts of what he was talking about. I love that as an inspiration for myself, to keep it true to what you know.
Imelda May
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Quinoa is great for lazy day cooking because it's packed with complete proteins, but it cooks in only 20 minutes. And, you can flavor it any way you wish! I make mine with onions, lots of ground ginger, turmeric and coriander, and then whatever dried fruit and nuts I have around.
Aarti Sequeira
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The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pleases.
Larry Wall
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My personal view is that I am opposed to the death penalty.
Kate Brown
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
Valerie Plame
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I would enjoy having dinner with the poet/playwright Derek Walcott.
Walter Dean Myers
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'
Dan Webster
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
Victor Cruz
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The one thing that the president continues to diminish, which I think is unfortunate, is the fact that the Russian government, at the highest level, deliberately interfered with our election in 2016, and according to all of our experts in the intelligence community, they are coming back with more force in 2018 and 2020.
Jack Reed
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Anywhere in life, for girls there's pressure to keep your weight and to keep yourself feeling and looking good.
Kate Upton
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I spent most of the '60s, when I was starting to try to write novels, living and working in Greece and Turkey. These are countries where the ancient past is interfused with the daily present, and I remember being struck with wonder at the constant sense of continuity and connection, the reminders that lie in wait for you at every turn.
Barry Unsworth
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Let your children go if you want to keep them.
Malcolm Forbes
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I want to play in a place people want to hear me.
Luther Allison
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The whole Bible is the story of men and women trying to get back to God, to overcome that sin with sacrifices, good works, sermons, prophesy, witnessing, giving all kinds of things. It never worked.
Keith Miller
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If work was a good thing, the rich would have it all and not let you do it.
Elmore Leonard
