Ed McBain Quotes
I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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It would definitely be fun to do a musical one day.
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I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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There are no major cities I haven't been in - at least once. I'd be just as happy not to go out of town for a couple of months and play with toys.
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I am a believer in the journey and enjoying the journey.
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I loved wrestling in Philly. It was such an exciting time in my life. That really helped me grow and think differently. It was also just a lot of fun.
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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
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Men who are not loyal to their wives are foolish.
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I've been in therapy. I know enough about myself now to know that I really don't need to know anymore.
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A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction.
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That's a part of success: figuring out what success means to you.
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If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity.
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In Africa, the rangers shoot poachers.
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I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting than the drama of Hollywood movies. So I began looking at documentary films.
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Fortunately, I have always played a lot of sports, so I keep my lungs in good shape. That translates to singing as well.
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On my songs, they always start on the Voyager and I start with a simple loop and build it up from there. I usually give the whole thing to Erin finished, often with lyrics and she makes the vocal melody work with the song.
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The hip hop industry is most likely owned by gays. I happen to think there's a gay mafia in hip hop. Not rappers - the editorial presidents of magazines, the PDs at radio stations, the people who give you awards at award shows.
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Some comics don't like it when people talk during the set, and it does get a little bit annoying after awhile, but I basically let people dictate what jokes I'm going to do.
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I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.
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I have always said that I want to finish my career with the Dolphins and this put me closer to that goal. I have been fortunate to break many personal records, but my overiding goal is to win a Super Bowl here in Miami.
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I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.
