Pete Hamill Quotes
One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don't just stand there like an oaf.
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I know when it's getting close to game time, I create a different playlist for each and every game. Before the game, to game time, to warm-ups, going to the stadium, I have a different playlist that puts me in a different mode.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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When all are wrong, everyone is right.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I knew from the first episode that 'Longmire' was something special - I met the writers/exec producers, read the script, and knew it was special, so to have the network and the studio and the fans get behind it in the way that they have has been really amazing.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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Losing people is dark, but some things you just have to accept.
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Success is not measured by what you accomplish, but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I don't really think about anything too much. I live in the present. I move on. I don't think about what happened yesterday.
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I love to walk around New York. Honestly, that's like the best thing, to walk over to Park Slope and go visit my friend Betty and take her dog out in the park or go walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. I really dig being outside and getting to see everybody in the street.
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It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
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It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.
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It took me a long time to figure out how to act, and how to conduct myself in the business so I could get what I felt I needed to support my potential and give them what they wanted.
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I'm not playing for other musicians. We're trying to reach the guy who works all day and wants to spend a buck at night. We'll keep him happy.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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All you've got to do is own up to your ignorance honestly, and you'll find people who are eager to fill your head with information.
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One thing I learned working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard was to be on time. If the day begins at 8 A.M., be there early, get there, punch the time clock; don't just stand there like an oaf.
