Carl Hiaasen Quotes
I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.
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The thing about doing anything artificial to your hair is that you have to look after it. So you're always vulnerable to the weather and time.
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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You just try to play tough and focus point for point. Sounds so boring, but it's the right thing to do out there.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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Major labels didn't start showing up really until they smelled money, and that's all they're ever going to be attracted to is money-that's the business they're in- making money.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.
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I have never thought of a full-fledged career in Bollywood because boxing has never left my mind. But you never know.
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Keep fighting for animals by making compassionate, cruelty-free choices every day and encouraging those around you to do the same.
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Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.
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I think generally, in life, I try to always ensure that there are periodic moments where I do venture out of my comfort zone, because that's what keeps you alive. That's what keeps you from getting stale.
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Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.
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I wasn't a very good student in elementary school and had a hard time with reading and writing.
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Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the long-term interests of our people.
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You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
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If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay.
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Good things, you can't rush into them.
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The Hussein regime's support for terrorism, within and outside of its borders, its appetite for the world's most dangerous weapons, and its openly declared hostility to the United States were a combination that was a gathering and growing danger to our country.
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We've been doing something every year. We had a rock concert a few years ago to benefit the Garden of Dreams. And then we had the mask event.
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I never laugh or smile when I am writing. When I come home for lunch after writing all morning, my wife says I look like I just came home from a funeral. This is not bragging. This is an illness.
