Leon Uris Quotes
There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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I am the only one in my family to graduate college. It was a proud moment for me to receive a degree.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Always farm fresh eggs, never store bought.
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Definitely, I think I'm a life coach for real. The lessons I give are lessons you can take to the bank.
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I don't like denial. I don't like repression.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I think the reason they cast me as the good girls is because they couldn't find any in Hollywood.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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I truly believe that my songs bring the answers and the solutions, as opposed to just talking about the problems. My music at its core is joyful.
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All the religious wars that have caused blood to be shed for centuries arise from passionate feelings and facile counter-positions, such as Us and Them, good and bad, white and black.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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The strips about the military do seem to provoke moving and thoughtful responses. It's nice when the strip resonates, but more importantly, I need to know when I'm getting something wrong. The last thing I want to do is contribute to the suffering that wounded warriors already endure.
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I would be concerned if any speech to Congress related any information that's new to the president of the United States.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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I love Mickey Mantle. Would I have felt the same if I had known when I was eight years old what I know now?
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Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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Hitler appeared, a man with limited intellectual abilities and unfit for any useful work, bursting with envy and bitterness against all whom circumstance and nature had favored over him....In his desperate ambition for power he discovered that his speeches, confused and pervaded with hate as they were, received wild acclaim by those whose situation and orientation resembled his own. He picked up this human flotsam on the streets and in the taverns and organized them around himself. This is the way he launched his political career.
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There is in us all that line that prevents us from fully understanding those who are different.
