Elmore Leonard Quotes
Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
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The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.
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I think you cannot be too complacent. I think that's dangerous, and you cannot take anything for granted.
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Sometimes we make decisions because it seems to be the only path visible at the moment. It's only later that we see there was more than one path, but the others were blocked from our vision at the time. That's the thing with hindsight, you see. Even if you can see it clearly, there's no going back. It's at that point we need to turn around and stare ahead and make a new life.
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The planet's hope and salvation lies in the adoption of revolutionary new knowledge being revealed at the frontiers of science.
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In high school, I won a prize for an essay on tuberculosis. When I got through writing the essay, I was sure I had the disease.
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Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay.
