Leslie Charteris Quotes
Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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One of the biggest problems with the modern feminist movement is its failure to bring men along with us.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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It's hard to pick out one particular wrestler.
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I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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You gotta improvise in life. You gotta improv if the police pull you over.
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
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I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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Only Arab Israel, the land of Israel, is our true homeland.
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The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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What I love about Tadashi is that he isn't a designer that designs only for a double-zero. He designs for double-Ds, you know? Women of all shapes and sizes can wear him.
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We are hopeful that President Obama, in his State of the Union Address, will express a willingness to work with Republicans to enact all of these jobs bills.
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I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.
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I started writing regularly for 'The Atlantic' roughly around the time that Barack Obama got inaugurated.
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Whoever is content with the world, and who profits from its lack of justice, does not want to change it.
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Jihad should be waged in places where there is war. Bombings in places where there is no war is not a good thing.
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I stand firm behind the belief that, for me, songwriting isn't something that I do or command, it happens to me. I can either choose to stop and acknowledge it, or put it off and hope that it won't fade away. 'That Wasn't Me' is no exception - it came together more quickly than any other song I have ever constructed on my own.
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Speaking for myself, I spend a good ten minutes a day deciding whether or not to read the results of new surveys, and, once I have read them, a further five minutes deciding whether or not to take them seriously.
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My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.
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Others, amounting to four novels and a mess of short stories which I did not think worth preserving, I have done my best to eliminate from the record by refusing all requests for permission to reprint them, and I hope I have done a good job of making them hard to unearth.
