Sloan Wilson Quotes
Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
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A lot of writers, especially crime writers, have an image that we think we're trying to keep up with. You've got to be seen as dark and slightly dangerous. But I'm not like that and I've realised that I don't need to put that on. People will buy the books whether they see a photo of you dressed in black or not.
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I survived only a year in Berkeley, partly because I declined to sign the anticommunist loyalty oath.
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I never considered the working class anything other than something to get out of.
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I've never necessarily chosen to be a bachelor. I've had girlfriends throughout the last 20 or 30 years. It's just that there were times when I met people that fascinated me and times I didn't.
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I had a restaurant in Georgia for a while, and I really miss feeding everybody.
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Kids will ask us 'How do you become famous?' It's the wrong question. Focus on the craft, not on the fame.
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I don't ever want to be like a peasant. I want to always be all right. But motivation is fans - not your kids, your mum, none of that. All of that matters, but number one is your fans.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
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The great fun for me is these collaborators. I'm nothing by myself. Being with these people, whether it's the 'Homeland' cast or stage collaborators, they make you everything you are. They make you come to work. They make you be alive.
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I don't know where my fashion sense comes from, exactly. I've always been interested in, not necessarily being unique, but not necessarily sticking to the preexisting paradigm - whether it be clothes or music or whatever.
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I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
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I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.
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I'm happy to be here. I'm happy to be anywhere. I'm not kidding.
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It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.
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Push yourself again and again. Don't give an inch until the final buzzer sounds.
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Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.
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Isn't there such a thing as social liberation?' 'Of course there is,' said the Master. 'How would you describe it?' 'Liberation from the need to belong to the herd.'
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When I was 17 I sent a picture up to an agency, and within a week I was in The Sun five days in a row.
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I want to thank you, especially those people who are agnostic or atheist. I don't mean any offense by the things I said of the spirit world. Thank you for allowing me to speak about the spiritual, because I can't talk about my life or writing without mentioning that.
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It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
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So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
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Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.
