Bruce Hornsby Quotes
While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.
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I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.
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I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.
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When a writer declares that his first book is his best, that is bad. I progress successively from book to book.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.
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The one thing that I've always kind of had, ever since I was a kid, was that I lack a certain degree of self-consciousness, which is alternately good and bad.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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The idea of collaborating with anyone else was quite daunting. If Battles had any trepidation in asking me, I can assure you I had more after agreeing to do it.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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The hour of the liberal interventionists like Hillary Clinton in Libya, like the neocons' hour of power in the GOP, is over.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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On occasion, I used to give presents to the kings, besides the hire that I gave to to their sons who accompany me; and nevertheless, they seized me with my companions.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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If a farmer fills his barn with grain, he gets mice. If he leaves it empty, he gets actors.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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Americans have a casual vibe that I love so much.
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Big Government is the small option: it's the guarantee of smaller freedom, smaller homes, smaller cars, smaller opportunities, smaller lives.
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I don't really worry what outside groups who score votes think. My job is to represent the people.
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I was the Specials' founder, main songwriter and keyboard player.
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When I first encountered the 'Sigma Force' novels - long before I became friends with Jim Rollins - a bookseller told me that these stories were about 'geeks with guns.' While not entirely accurate, that's pretty close to the mark, and that really speaks to me.
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While housing discrimination and segregation in 2005 still affect millions of people, that's not the way it has to be. Some things can change and should.
