Harlan Coben Quotes
I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I am a man of tomorrow, but I also live my past.
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There is nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than an agreement.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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Movies are a director's medium, and they end up getting less credit than actors. They get the flak if the movie doesn't do well, and the actor walks away with most of the credit if the film does well.
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We're seeing a crazy appetite for people to acquire and invest in British businesses.
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It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.
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Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
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I want minimum information given with maximum politeness.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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A pitcher will never be a big winner until he hates hitters.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous. I just wanted to have mastered the art of sketch comedy.
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My mother is the reason I'm in fashion. She worshiped it. Unfortunately, she infected me.
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.
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My parents are so cool, so chill, super hip. They know what's up.
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Early in my investment-banking career, I realized I was on a path that others had set out for me.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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No matter what you thought your plans were, that's not how things are going to work out, and that's the only way you can really, I think, live successfully.
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It's madness to hand in a script to a director, leave them alone, and for the director not to want the writer there with rehearsals and the shoot.
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Growing up, there were TV shows that were very funny but very traditional. Classic things like 'Fawlty Towers,' obviously, and 'Blackadder' were pretty traditionally shot. And then there were the ones that start to break the mold or be really ambitious. The ones that spring particularly to mind would be 'The Young Ones.'
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I was beginning to think I was typecast in everyone's mind out there as a serial killer. I played a serial killer in one movie, I was the ghost of a serial killer in another and in a third, a computer-generated serial killer. The stage looks pretty good after those roles.
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I have not heard that even the New York abortion has done very much in the States where it has been enacted.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
