William F. Nolan Quotes
The excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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Since I was a child, I have had this feeling that the most important work I'd do would be with my family.
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Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction.
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I have the feeling of being a very small item on this planet, and literature enables me to express that.
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If someone is being absolutely critical of me as a driver, what could they say? I am also critical of myself to try and keep things in perspective. That is very important.
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I think luck is a great part of it because I think that the particular makeup of the person that you are attracted to, and that you fall in love with, is very important. Even down to that old bromide of a sense of humor and all of that.
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Literature is memory written down. All literature is memory.
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I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.
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Wherever you look there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.
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I think it is very important for all actors to complete their studies side by side.
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It's really important to me to keep growing as a writer, to look for new challenges and be harshly critical of my own work in order to learn and tell better stories.
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If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
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California is a very important state. As goes California, so goes the nation. We need to have strong leadership. Someone who can hit the ground running.
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At one point in my life, I was very involved with social causes. I'm still involved, but now I have a family and it's important to me.
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The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.
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I grew up in Jerusalem and went to school here. I studied at the Hebrew University - mostly Islam and Arabic: Arab literature, Arab poetry and culture, because I felt like we are living in this region, in the Middle East, and we are not alone: There are nations here whose culture is Arab.
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Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.
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For me, it is important to win titles and for that I need to work hard, stay healthy and be able to compete. The rest, I always say, it comes.
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I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.
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In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.
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Anytime you put your mind on the results, you lose something in the moment.
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The fundamental loss of a desire for God is the heart of original sin.
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To the vast majority of people a photograph is an image of something within their direct experience: a more-or-less factual reality. It is difficult for them to realize that the photograph can be the source of experience, as well as the reflection of spiritual awareness of the world and of self.
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The excellence of this important contribution to genre literature CANNOT be overstated A masterwork.
