Ed McBain Quotes
The weekend is not a good time for dying, you should never die anytime between Friday evening and Monday morning. Wednesday is the best day for dying except in some towns in Connecticut where even the barber shops are closed on Wednesday.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Television is democracy at its ugliest.
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Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doctrine for organizing world affairs.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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I don't cry at books or movies. Ever. So imagine my shock and awe when I read 'The Time Traveler's Wife' for the second time, and I knew the ending, and I started to cry.
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Bipartisanship helps to avoid extremes and imbalances. It causes compromises and accommodations. So let's cooperate.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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Minor Threat was an important band, believe me that it was important it in my life, but it belongs to an era that no longer exists. I'm not nostalgic. I think music today is much more important, because something can be done about it.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is called 'strained yogurt.' But because it was introduced in this country by a Greek company, they called it 'Greek yogurt.'
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I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.
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When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.
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I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.
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To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day.
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People ask about dictators, 'Why?' But dictators themselves ask, 'Why not?'
Garry Kasparov -
I don’t have all the answers. I don’t know anyone who does. But this is certain: too many people have lost their lives who shouldn’t have.
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I've been writing and making my own music for a long time.
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I would like to think that in America, as time goes on, you gain freedom, not lose freedom.
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There's an incredible comfort level that I have on film sets because it's where I've grown up.
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There is meaning in all things. But are you paying attention?
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I lived in New York for five years; I've lived in Barcelona, Rome, and Paris at different times. When I was 18, I was dying to live in a city.
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The weekend is not a good time for dying, you should never die anytime between Friday evening and Monday morning. Wednesday is the best day for dying except in some towns in Connecticut where even the barber shops are closed on Wednesday.
