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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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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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 suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession which I entered before my husband was in public life.
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God was conceived of a most pure Virgin … it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived.
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I've spent most of my life playing with Tom Petty, and he's a damn good songwriter.
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I stand on stage hoping to give good energy to the audience, but if I cannot give good energy anymore, I will have to leave right away.
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Allegations become facts, and facts become truth in the eyes of the public, whether they are true or not.
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What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.
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Everybody in New York is looking for something. Once in a while, somebody finds it.
