James Lee Burke Quotes
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.James Lee Burke
Quotes to Explore
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If a superhero knocks over a building, and there are 5,000 people in the building that we can presume are now dead, does it matter? Because they're not people we know. But if one dog we like gets run over by a car, it's the worst thing we've ever seen. I totally understand where that visceral reaction comes from. I have that same reaction.
D. B. Weiss -
I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
L'Wren Scott -
My favorite book is 'Go Away Big Green Monster.' I wrote it for my granddaughter Adrian, who was in the third grade at the time.
Ed Emberley -
I am an American, not by accident of birth but by choice. I voted with my feet and became an American because I love this country and think it is exceptional.
Fareed Zakaria -
I'm very passionate about the use of sports in young people's lives to build self-esteem and self-discipline and self-confidence. It's been a big thing for me.
Ed Skrein -
If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future.
Abdullah II of Jordan
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I pick up on other people's discomfort.
Carice van Houten -
I love it when people travel to see one of my works, and I always make time to meet and talk with them.
Florentijn Hofman -
I don't believe in just ordering people to do things. You have to sort of grab an oar and row with them.
Harold S. Geneen -
There are people who think I am Israeli. That's rubbish.
Zubin Mehta -
I believe that life is short, and there is too much time wasted bearing grudges, and I like to move on.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
Yoko Ono
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Personally, I know how challenging it can be to find free time in today's uber-busy, espresso-chugging world to tend to our spirits, to nourish our souls.
Karen Salmansohn -
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
Ian Fleming -
My upbringing made me think that real legitimate music is written, not heard.
Dan Fogelberg -
Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.
Dalai Lama -
The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
Samuel Gompers -
You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.
Jerry Moran
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I love to feel clean. Whenever I was touring and doing shows, the minute I was done, I would immediately shower, take off all my makeup, and put on my PJs.
Jessie James Decker -
Doris Lessing really doesn't care what the critics say. In fact, she orders her publishers not to send her the reviews and gets cross with them if they do because she doesn't want that in her head. She's going where she's going, and that's where she wants to go.
Salman Rushdie -
We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.
James Lee Burke