Lawrence Block Quotes
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I love pretending to be other people. The more unlike me they are the better - I find other people endlessly fascinating and myself incredibly boring.
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I've been things and seen places.
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I have three brothers, and they'd torture me if I ever told them I liked a boy.
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I think your most intimate thoughts are only honest when they're in your head.
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You know, my faith is one that admits some doubt.
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Tonight, I want to say to every member of the democratic party, who believes in limited government, in personal opportunity and the united States constitution, and a safe and secure America, come home. To the Reagan Democrats, your party has left you. And the Republican party wants you, we welcome you back.
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Each time I told them I didn't kill my wife.
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As far as actors who pop up again and again in Japanese dubs, and because they're really good actors, people like Steve Bloom, not only in 'Cowboy Bebop,' but also he's sort of the de-facto Wolverine. If you're doing an animated Wolverine anything, Marvel usually just goes to Steve first because he's recognized as that voice.
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High-stakes lying is out of control. And it's costing us big bucks in one way or another. It's not simply a matter of quantifying losses in dollars. It's costing us emotionally and psychologically as well.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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It's easy when you have suffered to feel the link with what others have gone through.
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When I'm working, I always read stuff that's as far away from what I'm working on as possible, so I'll read American crime fiction at bedtime, or Emily Dickinson.
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When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'
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I didn't have a record player.
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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All those things they say about a baby changing your perspective - it does!
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I'm extremely happy that I could win the gold medal. It's a special moment in my career.
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Markets are, in the end, man-made devices for utilitarian purposes, not a force of nature that we should not try to resist. If they end up serving the interests of only a tiny minority, as is increasingly the case, we have the right - and indeed the duty - to regulate them in the interest of greater social good.
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It is not necessary that the scion of a singing family, even if he sings, can excel in it. In order to reach his peak he has to work very, very hard.
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Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism.
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What the other teams do is something that I can never control, so I just keep focussed on my direction.
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I just want to try to hold this society and hold it together, so that they’re enjoying themselves together and appreciating the same things. I mean, we’re all part of the creation of God or whatever.
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I've always essentially been a New Yorker.
