Nelson Rodrigues Quotes
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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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What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I'd always gone to the theater as a child every month to see whatever was on. I think that's where the passion for it came from.
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I'm cool with myself. If I can't have the body of Angie Bassett, so be it.
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I commanded an Army unit, and I placed the highest priority on a commander's authority to lead, manage, and discipline the men and women under his or her command within the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
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They say that gardens look better when they are created by loving gardeners rather than by landscapers, because the garden is more tended to and cared for. The same thing goes for cooking. I only cook for people I love.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.
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Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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It is up to God to reveal a religion, but up to us to understand and realise it.
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We recognised Urdu as the second official language and made it a medium of examination in all Bihar Public Service Commission tests.
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Teetotallers lack the sympathy and generosity of men that drink.
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After university, I was working as a stylist in the Paris theatres when I had a flash of inspiration. I made necklaces from the bikinis designed for the cabaret performers of Folies Bergeres. I was so happy with them that it was only then that I sought out formal training in jewelry.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I really can't complain about actresses who get paid to be dumb. Most of us can't get paid to be smart.
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We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence. But they hesitate, waiting for the other fellow to make the first move-and he, in turn, waits for you.
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If anything could have pulled me out of retirement it would have been an Indiana Jones film.
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Yes, I loved MASH. As we are sitting here now talking, it's playing somewhere in the world.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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Adulthood does not exist. Man is an eternal child.