Leon Uris Quotes
I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.
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When think about the Frank Oceans of the world, it's not like we don't have gay men within the hip-hop community.
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It is by a wise economy of nature that those who suffer without change, and whom no one can help, become uninteresting. Yet so it may happen that those who need sympathy the most often attract it the least.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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I'm hardly macho. I present myself as very unnoticeable.
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The last Pan Am Games in 2011 was one of the best experiences in my career. It was the first time women's boxing was in the Pan Am Games and any major games, and I had the opportunity to box in the first women's boxing fight and then went on to win gold.
Mandy Bujold -
If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go, and that is down.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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There are certainly things labels can still provide that indie artists can't. They can pave the way to radio and pay big bucks for promotion.
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It's become a habit to make films where the father is absent. My father impresses me, but the father figure does not.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I do not play golf regularly, but I feel that hitting the moving ball in cricket is tougher than hitting a stationary ball as in golf, which requires more concentration and steady hands.
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I miss driving to Goodison Park. I miss just the positive energy of the fans walking into the stadium and how much they care about that club and the team. And I miss the players a lot.
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Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
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I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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I've always written about animals. I'm still trying to process why that is.
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I refuse to admit that I am more than fifty-two, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.
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I live in Greenwich Village in New York City, but I rarely write at home, where there's too much else to do.
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My actual personality probably lies someplace between the two.
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Confidence is everything. From there, it's a small step to winning.
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I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail.
