Ed McBain Quotes
Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
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We continue to be bullish on China.
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I definitely go with the flow because I feel like I have been so lucky, and so many things have happened to me that just never should have happened.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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Stupidity is a talent for misconception.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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The whole point of all of this - why we are here, why the world is here, and why we have the political system and leaders that we do - is to achieve change. This is the purpose of life.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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Giving children a fair chance to achieve their dreams and reach their potential is everyone's responsibility.
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Do you know what it's like to love and be alone?
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You can't meditate on walking or certain human habits. You concentrate too much on the way you walk, and you'll start walking pretty weird.
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Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always remember and be inspired by the remarkable friendship I had with Connie Bush, an outstanding Indigenous leader from Groot Eylandt on who was on the National Women's Advisory Council with me.
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I've played such good golf, and it was hard coming up and it wasn't easy in any matches or any shots. It means a lot. I think hopefully it will mean a lot to New Zealand because I'm the next winner of the U.S. Amateur after Danny Lee.
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It's going to be hard for someone like me to run for president.
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Whatever the reason, we are not doing a good enough job getting to women early enough in their careers, supporting them, and enabling them to pursue careers in directing.
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When will we realize that the fact that we can become accustomed to anything, however disgusting at first, makes it necessary to examine carefully everything we have become accustomed to.
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I suspect our human 'thinking processes' often 'break down,' but you rarely notice anything's wrong, because your systems so quickly switch you to think in different ways, while the systems that failed are repaired or replaced.
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Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
