Elmore Leonard Quotes
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
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My desire to experiment comes from my attention-deficit approach to cosmetics. I just get really bored, really easily.
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The good thing about SUVs is they have storage.
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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To transform yourself is to transform your destiny.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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My most joy that I have is dancing.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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My own conviction is, confirmed by a very close study of parochial registers, that some of the very best blood in England is to be found among the tradesmen of our county towns.
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Date syrup is a natural sweetener that has wonderful richness and treacly depth; I drizzle it over semolina porridge.
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Many of the problems of poverty and need are really problems of physical infrastructure: not enough hospitals, too few schools, insufficient roads, bridges, and a lack of tools. This is what makes traditional philanthropy so daunting. You could build a thousand new hospitals in some parts of the world and barely make a difference.
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I was thinking on the rollers today that, before a race, if I could just pick my brain up and put it on the side of the track for four minutes, it would be perfect.
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I've always felt a little misrepresented in the world.
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One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.
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I don't have regret about things I've done that are successful or not successful or what people perceive or don't know or whatever. I just know for me it had to be the right choice at the time. Sometimes that choice is just about getting a job.
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Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.
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That which I have set out in Latin is not my words but the words of God and of apostles and prophets, who of course have never lied. He who believes shall be saved, but he who does not believe shall be damned. God has spoken.
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People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.
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The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on science.
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I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
