Frank Morrison Spillane (Mickey Spillane) Quotes
Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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I have always found photography magical, and became more taken with it whilst modeling.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.
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I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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An economy genuinely local and neighborly offers to localities a measure of security that they cannot derive from a national or a global economy controlled by people who, by principle, have no local commitment.
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When women criticized men, I called it 'insight'... When men criticized women, I called it 'sexism' and 'backlash.'
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There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.
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I always want to become better. If never being satisfied is a problem, then I have it. At least it's a good problem.
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My father was king of the guidebooks and our holidays were always planned, taking us from a great gallery to an ace cafe to a beautiful view. And as an actor, I loathe improvisation because there's no structure and no one knows what's going on.
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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At school I used to avoid dance lessons. They were the worst.
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Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself.
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If 10 years ago I was told I'd be where I am now, I would've been pretty happy.
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I have a sweet tooth. Milk chocolate with the caramel fillings - that's my guilty pleasure right there. But I think that's all right; we have to let ourselves indulge sometimes.
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I love going away with friends - it gets a bit raucous and fun.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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Patricia Nixon gave up a career to become a political wife. She rose to the pinnacle of glory and then fell to disgrace because of deeds over which she had neither control nor knowledge.
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I believe, as they say, that you can't be what you don't see, and since I saw a lot of smart women in my life, education being at the center, I just mimicked that behavior.
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Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.
