Elmore Leonard Quotes
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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I feel to look for perfection is a very dangerous path. More than that, it's dangerous because it doesn't exist. You can aim for it, but you already know you won't get there because it doesn't exist. Plus, I definitely think the flaws, little cracks, and accidents are a lot more interesting.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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I'm competitive. I don't like to lose.
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On the Day of Atonement, Jews are commanded to seek forgiveness from the people we have hurt.
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In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
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I love researching, I love interviewing.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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It's just really fulfilling to celebrate with a group of folks, a team, than it is personally.
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Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there.
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A good system shortens the road to the goal.
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My wife is unusually kind and generous, but she's no fool. You don't mess with her.
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Lying can never save us from another lie.
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Hanson will be associated with 'MMMBop' and long blonde hair in the same way the Beatles are associated with mop tops and suits.
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Our daily deeds as ordinary South Africans must produce an actual South African reality that will reinforce humanity's belief in justice, strengthen its confidence in the nobility of the human soul, and sustain all our hopes for a glorious life for all.
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Living in the projects helped me with this role.
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A particular piece of music attaches itself to the piece I'm writing, and there is nothing else I can listen to. Every day I return to the same space to write, the music providing both the walls and the pictures on the walls.
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Ruzzle's my therapy. When I get off the stage from a packed show and I'm exhausted, I'll just go Ruzzle for like a good 30 minutes.
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The fabric of democracy is always fragile everywhere because it depends on the will of citizens to protect it, and when they become scared, when it becomes dangerous for them to defend it, it can go very quickly.
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I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.
