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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I love the trick of painting. You can have the movement within the still thing, but it is completely fixed. And that illusion is constantly exciting.
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The feminist spirit still lives! It shows most boldly among younger women from the millennial generation.
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The law does not expect a man to be prepared to defend every act of his life which may be suddenly and without notice alleged against him.
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I think law enforcement should respect their undercover agents and listen to what they have to say.
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I'm old and boring in London and get really tired around midnight. But in Berlin, I had this new lease of life because there's something electric about the place.
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I'm not going to write for posterity. I'm going to write to make a buck.
