Dennis Lehane Quotes
The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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I had been playing for about a year and a half when the Beach Boys formed. When our folks went to Mexico on business, we would take the food money they had left us and we would rent instruments.
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I wake up at 5:30, 6 in the morning, but don't head into the office right away. I like to hang out with my wife, talk about things, get some coffee, you know.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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All diseases run into one, old age.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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I don't wear plaid shirts.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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It's a very hard industry, and it's very cold. It's loving for when you have a hit record, but when you don't have anything going on, there's really not much support.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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The way the Facebook network is set up, it's not as suitable for content discovery. Twitter is better, but there are too many over-sharers. Also, on Twitter and Facebook, everything comes from people you know. On StumbleUpon, it comes from people that you don't necessarily know but share your interests.
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A great thirst is a great joy when quenched in time.
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When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only get involved with young people you don't learn anything about the world.
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When you have kids it's nice to have a place where they can always return to and some place where they will grow up in, but I never had that. I'm not attached to things and places. I like that we [the family] keep moving. It's a nomadic life, and I think that's a great life. I'm excited when we take our kids to a new country and they don't just immediately look for the comforts of home. They blend into that country. Send them to any place in the world and they won't be scared. They'll just feel like they can make friends there.
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I know for sure that everything will work out. No matter how crazy or bleak the situation is, it will work out. Everything passes, good and bad.
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I work hard, I work very hard. All the books at least 30 revisions.
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The world does not have tidy endings. The world does not have neat connections. It is not filled with epiphanies that work perfectly at the moment that you need them.
