Elmore Leonard Quotes
I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.

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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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Working with Angela Bassett is by far the best. I've watched and admired her for years. I'm very intrigued by her work. She's so cool. I still call her 'Mom' when I see her.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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If America is a nation of laws as we proclaim, then our immigration laws are part of the package.
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For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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In human years I am 29. In actress years I'm the ripe, promising age of 18 to 35. That's how it works here in Hollyweird.
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Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
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I acted when I was a real little kid. My mother was an actress in a Miami theater company comprised of actors from Cuba like her and I was the default kid.
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Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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I didn't go into the theater to be a producer, I went into the theater to be a director.
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So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
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I love playing. The keyboard is my journal.
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There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it.
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I think it's probably best to work out in the morning to get it out of the way. My ultimate top tip is to drag yourself, even if you have to roll yourself out of your bed and in to a sit-up - it's really not that bad once you start.
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I have to say, it seems to be the older I get, the better the work gets. When has that been true?
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One is proud to worship when he cannot be an idol.
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I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.