Elmore Leonard Quotes
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Writers should provoke disagreement.
V. S. Naipaul -
Consciousness is indeed always with us. Everyone knows 'I am!' No one can deny his own being.
Ramana Maharshi -
I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
Queen Elizabeth II -
If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
Samantha Morton -
In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
Bebe Rexha
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Some people might not like him because he's my son. But be respectful, go out there and enjoy the game.
Karl Malone -
I loved Judy Garland. I thought she was such a classic beauty. I thought she was so endearing and charming, and I loved her voice. She was such a dreamer, and I think I was, too - and I am.
Kara Lindsay -
And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
Oliver North -
It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
Warren Christopher -
I grew up in a joint family of 60 people with one kitchen. So I am a firm believer in the family concept.
Uday Kotak -
'Mahershala' is my nickname.
Mahershala Ali
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
Zig Ziglar -
I have deep emotions about the American people. If I were to cry for anything, I would cry for them and the policies that they're about to face.
Nancy Pelosi -
I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am.
Abbas Kiarostami -
I love being in a courtroom.
Kamala Harris -
A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.
Salman Rushdie -
Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
Fabrizio Moreira
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It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.
Umberto Eco -
Everyone's life experience is different.
Billy Eichner -
I can't stand people that do not take food seriously.
Oscar Wilde -
Here's the perversity of Wall Street's psychology: The more Wall Street is convinced that Washington will act rationally and raise the debt ceiling, most likely at the 11th hour, the less pressure there will be on lawmakers to reach an agreement. That will make it more likely a deal isn't reached.
Andrew Ross Sorkin -
We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country.
James F. Byrnes -
I have fun writing. I don't make it a chore. I don't have to struggle with it.
Elmore Leonard