Donald E. Westlake Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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Life is not about dwelling on the bad.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite.
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I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations.
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If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.
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With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.
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I stuck out more in an English public school than I would have had I marched in a May Day parade with the Red Army in Moscow or sashayed the Yves St. Laurent catwalk with supermodels or hunted seals with the Inuit or - well, you get the idea.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
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Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
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Jesus pioneers internally and outworks externally. The Bible describes him as the pioneer of our salvation, the pioneer of our faith. And I would describe him as the pioneer of our hearts. Salvation is something that Christ does in our heart that changes our eternal destiny. It changes your reason for being, it changes your sense of purpose, it changes the way you live, it changes the reason for our gifts and talents, it changes our families and our marriages. Ultimately salvation that starts in the heart has an impact on generations to come. What is it that is in your heart?
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Translation makes me look at how a poem is put together in a different way, without the personal investment of the poem I'm writing myself, but equally closely technically.
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You become what you believe. You are where you are today in your life based on everything you have believed.
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We were in love with 'Mean Streets' and 'Taxi Driver.' We had no idea why nothing remotely like that was done in Denmark.
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The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.
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I believe my subject is bewilderment. But I could be wrong.
