Ed McBain Quotes
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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They do not understand Islam, and I think that is one area where perhaps I hope one day I will play a role in actually making people understand what we perceive Islam to be.
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I never said most of the things I said.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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My family is heavily involved in the Marines and close-combat training, and I was raised doing Japanese sword training, so I've always been of the mentality that you have to be able to defend yourself.
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You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
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I have a ranch, which is my favorite place in the world.
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My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.
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Music has always been around with me.
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The most constructive way of resolving conflicts is to avoid them.
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The young people I teach now know they are being sold down the river before we even start studying the trends and numbers. That's the toughest part of being a high school economics teacher... being a witness when our children realize that the greatest deficit of all is a deficit of leadership.
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I'm not good at finding 'encouraging' features in American culture. I doubt that aesthetic literacy has much of a future here.
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I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.
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I'm not going to give up doing interesting things. I'm going to do it as long as I possibly can and hopefully have longevity in this business.
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Of course there's racism in this country, and we have a terrible history of that in this nation.
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No, I don't run all the way. I'm not like an Olympic class runner.
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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.
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I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting.
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Very early on, I was writing stories, and I was amazed at Spielberg's movies when I was young. Coming from the countryside, I was so impressed with the way he was able to tell stories and the way he was able to deal with le merveilleux - the wonders. Very quickly, he became for me a massive hero, and he introduced me to the world of a director.
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I think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music.
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I'm really not livable with when I'm rehearsing because I'm living the character.
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Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?
