Donna Leon Quotes
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I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
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The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that international doors have opened, and that from now on, literate people will consider Arab literature also. We deserve that recognition.
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People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
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What gets people into trouble with records now is that they want to build something up without substantial musical ideas. Without that as a foundation, you can add all the layers of sound you want - it's still going to sound like a mess.
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I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.
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People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
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I love London, I love the British people.
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I've never seen anyone handling pans in the streets of New York, and if I did I doubt I'd give them money, unless I needed a pan. I do give money to homeless people, whether they ask or no.
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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
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There's a picture there that people realize that, we stop helping Israel, we lose God's hand, and we're in big time trouble.
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Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
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I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
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Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
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People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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Starbucks is my main fix and it's usually you people working in there - sometimes they're actually shaking. It just makes me feel horrendous because I've been in that situation.
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There were 84 original episodes. It was rated No. 1 and No. 2 on the Fox Children's Network. We figured it was time to make it available to people who have never watched it.
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I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything.
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People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.
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Favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.
