Harlan Coben Quotes
That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.
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I am not content to entrust our free-speech rights to the good graces and whims of Congress and hope that politicians don't abuse their power.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
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Individuals can spend their money more wisely, efficiently and more humanely than can government.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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By no means do I want to try to leave country music. That's absolutely where I want to stay.
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Over my career, I've had to do a lot of shows that involve stunts, and I so enjoy stunts.
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The end of my playing career was May 28, 2017. That, for me, was an historic day. I'll carry it with me forever. It will be hard to explain to people the feelings and emotions I felt that day.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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So many large movies come to you with a huge marketing campaign and it's like you have to see this movie this weekend, otherwise you'll be culturally bankrupt and can't converse with your friends.
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I have been fortunate to experience a wide range of characters. What more can an actor ask for?
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Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it....
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My style is to stay on the offensive: to take risks, to recover very fast when you make a mistake, but to keep moving forward.
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Think of your work life therefore, not as separate from your spiritual life but as central to your spiritual life. Whatever your business, it is your ministry.
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That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.
