Donna Leon Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I feel like most creative people are total freaks.
-
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.
-
People should be able to express their culture without getting into all that chauvinistic thing.
-
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.
-
People realize this man knows what the hell's going on and nobody else does.
-
I love London, I love the British people.
-
Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
-
I used to sit in front of McDonald's and ask people for dollars to get me a cheeseburger. It was bad.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I like doing a bunch of different things, being all over the place.
-
Most people don't have that willingness to break bad habits. They have a lot of excuses and they talk like victims.
-
People talk fundamentals and superlatives and then make some changes of detail.
-
Men are separated by so many petty things.
-
Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition.
-
One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace' premiered in July, so that I could go and meet people that I wanted to meet: the writers and the directors and the people that are doing things.
-
The Dutch are a very practical people.
-
The best way to eat is to eat lots of different kinds of foods. Except for breast milk, no one food is perfect.
-
I stumbled into soul music at a very young age. It had something that really spoke to me. Nowadays it's not only American gospel or soul music, it's whenever somebody decides to do music in a way that's honest and passionate. I got into the Motown songs. It had to do with where I come from - we don't really have that where I come from, the sense of mystery and the pain. Sweden has been a wealthy and happy country for some time now. I think I got really drawn to that.
-
I want to make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing.
-
A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences.
-
There are so many unbelievable words... But that doesn't mean I have a favorite word.
-
Favors are always for ourselves. Especially when we ask for things for other people.
