Donald E. Westlake Quotes
Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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When you are talking about someone's art, it is usually so personal.
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I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it.
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Thomas Davis was a great man where poetry is concerned, and a better than Thomas Moore. All over Ireland his poetry is, and he would have done other things but that he died young.
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Educate yourself: Read up on current events and books.
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Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson blood, songs that are filled with biblical wording that's no longer understood by a lot of people.
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One of the great rewards of a writer's life is that it lets you read all the books you want to without feeling guilty.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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LeBron James needs to go to another team with two superstars already so he can win a championship.
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Boys with a 'failure to launch' are invisible to most girls. With poor social skills, the boys feel anger at their fear of being rejected and self-loathing at their inability to compete.
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The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
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There's a tiny number of Bitcoin wizards and an enormous number of smart developers that have no onramp to Bitcoin. We need to make that onramp easier.
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I love to have a band, but dancers are my priority because I really want a show, you know?
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Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.
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I also meet with city officials, representatives from governors' offices, really anyone in that sort of position who has shown an interest in youth fitness, to let them know why this sort of program is so important. I give the same message when I speak at conferences.
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The same intact culture that made them good businessmen also made many of them lousy parents.
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To use the established phrase, three months of uninterrupted happiness glided away-a phrase, though in frequent use, whose accuracy I greatly doubt ; there being no such thing as uninterrupted happiness any how or any where.
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I had a great chemistry teacher and found it really interesting to learn how things are made up and how they work.
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The problem is that, over time, big pieces of business that have to get done without leadership from Washington, don't get done.
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I have never made an inflammatory statement in my life.
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I had an audition for Mary Jane Watson in 'Spiderman' and ended up playing Betty Brant in that series. I auditioned for Amy Adams' role in 'Catch Me If You Can' and, you know, ended up playing the bank teller. So there were a lot of times early on where I felt like I was always sort of the bridesmaid, never the bride - never quite right.
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Everyone I know who skis is dead.
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Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.
