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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TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all.
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Consciousness is an end in itself. We torture ourselves getting somewhere, and when we get there it is nowhere, for there is nowhere to get to.
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When I was pregnant. I exercised and was healthy, but it was also the first time since I was 14 that I wasn't on a diet.
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If you don't know much about the field, you're able to ask a set of questions that an expert would never ask, and that allows you a very different thought process and a fresh approach.
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Its a matter of style. The Evan Hunter style and the Ed McBain style are very, very different.
