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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One of the treasures of nature is beauty; this, too, should be preserved.
Yehuda Levi -
A little tantrum in real life seems so much bigger online.
Joanne Harris -
St. Peter: “Who is knocking at my gate?” Voice: “It is I.” St. Peter: “Go away, we don’t need any more school teachers here!
Bel Kaufman -
To the voices in our heads that tell us we aren't good enough: do be quiet.
Carrie Fletcher -
You can be stopped if a police officer reasonably suspects a crime is about to be committed, is being committed or has been committed. Every law enforcement agency does it. It's essential to policing.
Raymond Kelly -
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