Leon Uris Quotes
Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love.
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I'm ready to stretch my legs. I'm ready to jump in the ring.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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We take what's shown on television as the truth, and it isn't. News isn't even the truth on television. If you look up the definition of what news is, it isn't that what we're watching on the new - it's entertainment.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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People are making judgements about Russian people based on me. This is why I never allow myself any aggression towards my opponent.
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If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.
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Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty; it is its own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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When we assess the impact of technological changes, we tend to downplay things that happened a while ago.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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We decided we don't use the term 'fat' for me. We use the term 'juicy' for me. My wife's fine with it, but the rule is when I'm over double her weight, it's over.
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I am not going to share my private life with millions of people. I don't find a need to do that and nobody else close to me does either.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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Recreational shopping is the shortest distance between two points: you and broke.
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Louie and Seabiscuit were both Californians and both on the sports pages in the 1930s. I was fascinated. When I learned about his World War II experiences, I thought, 'If this guy is still alive, I want to meet him.'
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Tact is the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
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If you're trying to please everyone, then you're not going to make anything that is honestly yours, I don't think, in the long run.
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When the first album came out and I heard 'Do It Again' on the radio, that was the greatest thing that had ever happened. After that, it was all downhill.
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Love can't mature in one room. It has to come out of the full sharing of everything: joys, aspirations, downfalls, all of it. That's the only real path to love.
