Lawrence Block Quotes
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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Music is not a work for me - it's a form of meditation, and you don't need to work hard for it.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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My great hope would be that Quebec would realize itself fully as a distinct part of Canada, and stay Canadian, bringing to Canada a part of its richness.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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We must come to the point where we realize the concept of race is a false one. There is only one race, the human race.
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In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.
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After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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I played soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was 8 and played for 8 more years. I was pretty good. I used to train with Atletico Nacional, which is one of the most important teams in Colombia. I used to train every day.
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I'm just glad that the whole John Wayne persona of a man is sort of old school now, because I'd never be able to do that. If that was the going rate today, I wouldn't be working.
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Fly Heisenberg Airlines – we don’t know where we are, but we’re making damned good time.
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Today - and it's happening very rapidly - money, wealth, position, birth are of no importance at all. The thing that is important is the individual you are.
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Cost is more important than quality but quality is the best way to reduce cost.
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As a kid, I grew up middle class, but my father was a great innovator with an entrepreneurial spirit, and it wasn't long before my family became part of the infamous 1%.
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When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.
