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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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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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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When I'm not surfing or sailing, I am to be found at the harbour working on my boat.
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The Synod of Bishops has existed for forty years. In that long span of time it has been for all of us a good school for introducing us to the universal dimension of the Church.
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Appreciation of works of art requires organized effort and systematic study. Art appreciation can no more be absorbed by aimless wandering in galleries than can surgery be learned by casual visits to a hospital.
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I teach a lot of graduate creative writing classes, and on the first day, I like to go around the room and ask everybody what's the last book you've read that you really loved. And all of the women tend to give me chick lit titles. And to me, that's sort of disappointing because it's their only exposure to fiction somehow.
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
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I don't believe the majority always knows what's best for everyone.
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I believe my subject is bewilderment. But I could be wrong.
