Leon Uris Quotes
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.Leon Uris
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
Wayne Dyer -
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention.
Nathan Myhrvold -
One of the things I wonder is whether it's good that the whole free model makes a lot of people listen to more of your music. I'm wondering if it devalues it, it becomes disposable, because you can get it so easily.
Tablo -
When you begin to write poems because you love language, because you love poetry. Something happens that makes you write poems. And the writing of poems is incredibly pleasurable and addictive.
C. K. Williams -
Anyone can call himself a promoter. Anyone can call himself a promoter and stage a fight. Unlike other professional sports, whose owners collude out of mutual interest in their sport's image and general welfare, there are no real alliances or partnerships in boxing.
Tahl Raz -
Keep your energy levels high by adding bananas and egg whites to your diet.
Nargis Fakhri
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There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence from women in their lives.
P. J. O'Rourke -
This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
T. C. Boyle -
I just take it one day at a time. Austin Powers has given me a lot of opportunities as far as my career.
Verne Troyer -
Whenever I did sitcoms, that always happened on your show. Once the show was on the air, it takes on a life of its own. It develops, and it becomes something else.
Larry Wilmore -
I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
Wale -
Religion is the opium of the masses.
Karl Marx
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
Olivia Williams -
If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
Yehuda Berg -
I have a record I love, 'Limbo,' which is very catchy.
Daddy Yankee -
I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something.
Carly Rae Jepsen -
An awful lot of Republicans, both in Washington and outside Washington, are resigned to leaving Obamacare in effect.
Ted Cruz -
They call me Fearless Felix.
Felix Baumgartner
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I talk to myself out loud at times, and feel embarrassed when people overhear me.
Walter Dean Myers -
To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be who have tried it.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
Venom first made his appearance some years ago in a Spider-Man book, and was a huge best-seller.
Peter Milligan -
There was never anything like it before in history. It was a different kind of joyous, happy screaming.
Jo Stafford -
My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.
Leon Uris