James M. Cain Quotes
I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.
James M. Cain
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I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.
Victor Salva
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Being an individual takes effort. Most people are pretty lazy. And that's OK! I mean, there are more important things than fashion. If it's going to stress you out to have a sense of style, don't do it. The important thing is to be comfortable so you can get on with your life.
Iris Apfel
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I've learned that if one is arrogant and if something bad happens to him, people won't want him to succeed. They will make more of an effort to bring him down.
Lapo Elkann
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Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
Gabby Douglas
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I wish I could say I was one of those people who loves working out, but I don't; it's just not that fun. But I make an effort to work out aggressively three times a week.
Gail Simmons
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California is a queer place in a way, it has turned its back on the world, and looks into the void Pacific. It is absolutely selfish, very empty, but not false, and at least, not full of false effort.
D. H. Lawrence
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Nothing has gotten me out of Philadelphia. I moved 20 minutes away from Philly. That's about it.
Jill Scott
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Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain
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Usually when I'm painting something it takes a lot of focus. I have the room I go into called the white room. In my imagination when I'm really focused I go into that white room and all that's there is me, my painting, and my tools. There's no distraction. When I'm really concentrated I like to have it silent but when I'm doing something that doesn't have to be necessarily perfect, I can just go for it.
Autumn de Forest
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Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class.
Mark Leibovich
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Share your presence with others, no boundaries, completely, openly, lovingly. Love is what makes us alive, that is why we feel so alive when we love. Service is being available to love. Life is the combustion of love. That we love ourselves here, that is the true magnificence in the mountains of being.
Alex Grey
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I make no conscious effort to be tough, or hard-boiled, or grim, or any of the things I am usually called.
James M. Cain