Ernest Hemingway Quotes
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
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I stayed three weeks in Paris, fell in love with the city, and decided that I was born to live in Paris.
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Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.
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In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.
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Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more completely human traits are now born.
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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Many young adults I have communicated with - both in-person and over email - constantly apologize before stating their idea, or finish each sentence with a question. Unfortunately, doing so in business puts you at an immediate disadvantage with your boss and work colleagues.
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Writing is agony. I hate it.
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I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.
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I have to earn re-election. That's the way I see it.
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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
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I realised I had to work in something creative, but with a business and global element. And that I had to do it while I was still young and had an appetite for risk.
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I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage.
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I love Memphis, I guess you could say, in the way that you love a brother even if he does sometimes puzzle and sadden and frustrate you. Say what you want about it, it's an authentic place. I was born and raised in Memphis, and no matter where I go, Memphis belongs to me, and I to it.
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I've always been really picky about roles and make a point of reminding myself that it's not about the money - because, obviously, there's a lot of money to be made in this business if you're willing to do anything.
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I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it.
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There's no room in my life for feeling sorry for myself.
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I'm just always looking for something that I've never done, or something that feels unique and special. A lot of it is gut and what you emotionally connect with, and that can be a variety of different things.
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On the other hand, I'm very tolerant as well. I expect that everybody can play what they want. I'm only not tolerant when it comes to myself and what is presented on my album that I have to listen to for the rest of my life.
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Actually, I went from doing a lot of movies early on in my career, then to doing TV, and I don't know whether we'll get back to some movies or not.
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It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
