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.Elmore Leonard
Quotes to Explore
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
Garry Shandling -
I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
Gail Porter -
Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
Larry David -
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.
Karen Salmansohn -
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.
Gaby Hoffmann -
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.
Tamron Hall
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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.
Fetty Wap -
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
Ramakrishna -
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
Harrison Ford -
Not obsessed with particularly Nike, but sneakers in general. I love them.
Idris Elba -
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.
Laura Ramsey
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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.
Patrick Wang -
One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
Gail Z. Martin -
The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
Narendra Modi -
Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
Malcolm Boyd -
The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
Warren Buffett -
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.
Calvin Coolidge
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Some roles are easier to choose, some roles are more difficult because they are more daring. Sometimes you have to dare.
Isabelle Huppert -
Volunteering is a great way to look outside your own problems. Giving back to makes you happier by both giving you a sense of purpose and helping to put your problems in perspective.
Karen Salmansohn -
Man knows that love is, but not what it is.
Emanuel Swedenborg -
You're an artist when you're writing, a businessperson the rest of the time.
Laura Anne Gilman -
I think the next little bit of excitement is flying. I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.
Samuel Beckett -
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.
Elmore Leonard