George Pelecanos Quotes
I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
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Skin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my roles, then how will I do it? So, with all my roles, somewhere I feel comfortable about them, and that is why I play them.
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I would really love to play a superhero. That is definitely up there on my list. Captain Marvel especially. That would be so cool.
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It all depends on how we look at things, and not how they are in themselves.
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I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don't have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don't eat any extra protein, just because I'm trying to get the weight off. That's the only real diet I have.
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The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
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I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.
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With her foot on the threshold she waited a moment longer in a scene which was vanishing even as she looked, and then, as she moved and took Minta's arm and left the room, it changed, it shaped itself differently; it had become, she knew, giving one last look at it over her shoulder, already the past.
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I do this profession. I'm an actor. And it is, for me, an opportunity to meet people.
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The only way to 'find out if it will work out' is to do it.
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You are a beautiful person, Doctor. Clearheaded. Strong. But you seem always to be dragging your heart along the ground. From now on, little by little, you must prepare yourself to face death. If you devote all of your future energy to living, you will not be able to die well. You must begin to shift gears, a little at a time. Living and dying are, in a sense, of equal value.
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
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I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care.
