James Cecil Dickens ('Little' Jimmy Dickens) Quotes
By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, the people of Louisiana are not racists.
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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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 bought a girl roses once.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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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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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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Your connections to all the things around you literally define who you are.
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I was born in Argentina where polo is popular, and my father always loved horses, so he encouraged me to play. He's the main reason I started to play polo and get involved with the sport.
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Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.
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I am a very selfish person.
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We shot 'Telusa Telusa' song in Bolivia. It took us 50 hours to get to the location. We shot in high altitudes, and oxygen cylinders were kept handy.
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I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
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At fourteen, you really do start realising that the world is not a safe and protected place or not always.
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The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
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My favorite affirmation when I feel stuck or out of sorts is: Whatever I need is already here, and it is all for my highest good. Jot this down and post it conspicuously throughout your home, on the dashboard of your car, at your office, on your microwave oven, and even in front of your toilets!
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In the end, We're all the same.
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By the by, who ever knew a man who never read or wrote neither who hadn't got some small back parlour which he would call a study!
