Carl Hiaasen Quotes
All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.
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For a long time, I thought I was going to play basketball. There's not many 6-4 white guys playing the three spot in the NBA, so I realized I probably didn't have much of a future in basketball and that football was probably going to be my best bet.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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I gave up on the delusion that these players enjoy soccer as much as I do, that they play for the love of the game.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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In the final analysis this congressional race is always going to be a close race, whether there's a presidential race or governor's race or not. But is this a better year? Yes, this would probably be a better year.
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I'm ambitious, I want to play in the Champions League, and that's the aim with Tottenham - to start qualifying for the Champions League on a consistent basis.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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I grew up in a funeral home, born and raised, and everyone was always like, 'Well, what was that like?' and I was like, 'It was normal', because it's all I knew.
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The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
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Put variety into your mental bill of fare as well as into your physical. It will pay you rich returns.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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Some of the most significant advances in molecular biology have relied upon the methodology of genetics. The same statement may be made concerning our understanding of immunological phenomena.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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I was friends with all different people and all different groups. And that led me to being friends with a few people who didn't even go to my school. Now I have the most amazing collection of friends of all ethnic backgrounds and upbringing and financial backgrounds.
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We believe in constitutional action in normal times; we believe in revolutionary action in exceptional times. These are exceptional times.
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London is one of the most exciting cities in the world, with a melting pot of cultures and diversity.
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There's a huge wave of anti-establishment feeling. There's an enormous amount of anger. And it's collapsing governments and political movements across the world right now.
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All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.
