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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.
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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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I've learned that you can never predict what will happen to a film. You can never predict if people will love it, if they'll hate it. It's an act of ego if you're hoping for everyone to love the film and tell you how great you are.
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Actors just need each other to act together.
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One of the great things about the X Games and the Olympics is being on the international stage. It gives you a cool opportunity to express, not only your personal style, but also your faith and what you believe in and your values.
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There is a kind of structure for a story that was peculiarly compelling for the radio. I thought I had invented it atom-by-atom sitting in an editing booth in Washington on M Street when I was in my 20s. Then I found out that it is one of the oldest forms of telling a story - it was the structure of a sermon.
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I like cows very much. I like their big eyes and they moo a lot and they don't do any harm.
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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.
