Leon Uris Quotes
I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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To be honest, I think that I am a bit of a singer, coming from Wales; being Welsh, we are all very proud of our singing heritage.
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I don't think I'm that intelligent. I think I'm semi-intelligent.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Through the years of experience I have found that air offers less resistance than dirt.
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I've been watching 'The Cosby Show' and 'Roseanne' a lot right now, and those work so well because they're not, like, jokey comedies; they are coming from real characters. We want our show to be like that. A family show.
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Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
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It's very likely that I will finish my career as Swiss national coach.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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My thinking has always been that the worst problem we have with regard to lack of inclusion is the terribly low labor force participation rates and terribly high unemployment rates of young men, especially young men in ethnic minority groups and, in particular, young black men.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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There were mornings in the make-up trailer where I'd have fits of laughter because of the extraordinary daily events of the shoot. Sometimes, it was all too much to believe. But the wildest things happened.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl. I am now competing in an arena where I can hold my head high. I feel quite confident in what I'm doing now, much more than the singing. I was never going to give Mariah Carey any competition.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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I rise near dawn, make a strong cup of coffee, wander to my desk and come fully awake by reading something written the day before.
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I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.
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Most of the people who write to me are really clever, really engaged. They just want to say that they have read my book and liked it.
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Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it!
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I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.
