Donald E. Westlake Quotes
It was apparent ... that, all over America, thousands of people threw down a book or got up from a television show and said, 'I can write better than that!' It was amazing how many of them were wrong.Donald E. Westlake
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
Dale Archer -
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
When I was drafted to Smackdown, I was like, 'Hell yes, I'm going to captain this ship.' Then I was like, 'Oh, wait, you're losing your best friend and travel partner and the person you enjoy having matches with the absolute most.' That's Charlotte. We travel together, and she is my best friend.
Becky Lynch -
Where having been an actor was extremely helpful to me was in casting. That's where I think a director who has acted can really shine, and casting is the most important thing you do.
Taylor Sheridan -
Isolation is a self-defeating dream.
Carlos Salinas de Gortari -
I think my father was somewhat disappointed in not having had a son, and in that way I was the nearest thing he had.
Irene Rosenfeld
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
Sam Graves -
I don't drink coffee.
Waris Ahluwalia -
When you're mid-season, in very intense situations, it's hard not to take that home with you. Especially when you're sleeping, you can't control what you dream about. And it sneaks into the unconscious.
Aaron Paul -
I am a journalist.
Patricia Cornwell -
Sometimes I thank God... for cheeseburgers.
Garth Brooks -
E-governance is easy governance, effective governance, and also economic governance. E-governance paves the way for good governance.
Narendra Modi
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
Cameron Russell -
My theory is that balance is key - nothing in excess.
L'Wren Scott -
I was in Vietnam, and I was exposed to Agent Orange. And there's a high relationship between people that were exposed to Agent Orange and the kind of lymphoma that I had. The prostate cancer was genetic in my family. My father had prostate cancer, my - three of my four uncles had prostate cancer.
Hamilton Jordan -
My life is so full of sacrifices.
Zubin Mehta -
In some causes silence is dangerous.
Saint Ambrose -
When it's good, cinema can be one of the most important things in a person's life. A film can be a catalyst for change. You witness this and it is an incredibly spiritual experience that I'd never lived before; well, maybe only in a football match.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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I like a certain grandeur to a landscape, which both the Arctic and coastal BC have. I like it to be at all times clear that people aren't the dominant fact of a particular geography.
Kevin Patterson -
How about keyboards in your mouth? How fast can you type with your tongue? People will think you're just masticating, when you're really talking to your girlfriend.
Nolan Bushnell -
Anytime I listen to my gut and I don't do something, or I do, it always tends to work out in my favor.
Mandy Moore -
We are not in the business of iron ore. Whatever captive iron ore sources we have, we use it to make steel.
Lakshmi Mittal -
Myspace hurts my eyes.
Jimmy Wales -
It was apparent ... that, all over America, thousands of people threw down a book or got up from a television show and said, 'I can write better than that!' It was amazing how many of them were wrong.
Donald E. Westlake