John Buchan Quotes
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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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Well, I decided to stop. And I did. I stopped smoking, and I stopped speed at the same time.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.
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The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.
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Thanks to President Obama for joining a unanimous Congress and signing S 2195 into law.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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I think all actors have a similar deal. You want some people who understand. Although it looks great - and is great - there are also shoddy moments when you feel really rotten, and when it's going well, you're not allowed to complain.
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Let not the 12 million Negroes be ashamed of the fact that they are the grandchildren of slaves. There is dishonor in being slave-owners.
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What do we lose without wild animal acts at the circus? Absolutely nothing, except the opportunity to be haunted and heartbroken.
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There must be a thread in everything I choose to take on, and I can't say it's a calculated thread, but I think you end up doing the work that's resonating with you.
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You're a hundred percent correct about our show being tops in quality.
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I didn't want to kill a man. I'm not capable of killing a man. I wanted to kill a tyrant.
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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There's no big splashy renaissance in Italian films. We have good young actors and directors. What we lack are screenwriters. It's hard to write about Italy.
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I am making myself less frequent in the Lady World than I have been. I must keep up my dignity, or rather, I must attend more to politics and less to love.
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Tory plans to cut 'further and faster' would wreck recovery and roll back Labour's many successes.
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Talk to any black person in my age group, and they'll say 'A Different World' is why they went to college. The show literally changed my life, and it boggles my mind that it doesn't get the kind of love it deserves.
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If I wanted to pitch that bad, I probably would. But I don't think I'm in that stage.
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I never mind choler in a man if he have also honesty and good sense.
