Elmore Leonard Quotes
I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing.
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Though social eugenics was discredited long ago, we still often think of the genome in quasi-eugenic terms. When we read about the latest discovery of a link between a gene and a disease, we imagine that we've learned the cause of the disease, and we may even think we'll get a cure by fixing the gene.
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Humans are insane. We kill our own people, starve our own people, sell them, work them to death, beat them, don't give them affordable/free/good healthcare, and let them live in misery, while a few of us have - we have all we want. We are evil.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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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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Who has fully realized that history is not contained in thick books but lives in our very blood?
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For gay people, we learned about our lives in secrecy and a lot of fear.
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I can sometimes feel like I'm an aggressive man inside. I'm not going to show that on social media.
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Best Buy is just too Western! They do not stock enough Chinese brands, and Chinese people do not want to buy foreign brands.
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You do have to learn how to wear a kilt, and it's certainly very liberating and very freeing, but surprisingly very comfortable to wear, to ride a horse in a kilt. I was surprised by that.
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I understand that anything actors are doing, good or bad, is motivated by fear.
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They hate whom they fear.
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Art is born of humiliation.
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Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.
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You have to determine what you are and send the messages out to people, like, 'Hey, I'm a screenwriter - look at this.' You can't sit around, wondering why people aren't calling and asking about my writing.
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When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time.
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I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing.
