Leslie Fiedler Quotes
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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When I did 'The Cell' - no matter what you think of that movie, because I have my opinions of it too - it was, you know, I still have nightmares from the research that I did. Not from playing the part, just from the research.
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Most people consider me an optimist because I laughingly state that I would take my last two dollars and buy a money belt.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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You cannot be seeking yourself when you're making money.
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When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by.
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The Ukraine has a long history of either being part of the Soviet Union or within that sphere.
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Most of our songs are about relationships.
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Any investment bought via credit always runs the risk of margin calls and, eventually, liquidation.
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There are many Sheriff Arpaios. People who have taken to local city, county, and state governments across the county the idea that immigrants are the problem. That immigrants are to blame.
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Wanting to is the whole lesson; all the rest is practice.
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Until work has reached its previous stage nympharium privileges are denied to all.
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If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can.
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I was able to afford a car that didn't break down every five minutes.
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Opinion is a light, vain, crude, and imperfect thing.
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What is greatness? I will answer: it is the capacity to live by the three fundamental values of John Galt: reason, purpose, self-esteem.
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Truth is a new word in Europe (and elsewhere).
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The dark does not weep for itself because there is no light. Rather, it accepts that it is the dark. It is said that even the gods must die.' He winks. 'But not without one hell of a fight.'
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Well, I always say that the two things I was most disastrous at in my life, being a teenager and being a wife, were the two things I really wound up cashing in on when I was writing fluffy magazine pieces.
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The whole system of society tells you what to do.
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I read recently that all of us can be defined in adult life by the way others perceived us in high school. I know [people] who had the popular, good-looking path in high school; they tend not to do so well. It was a little bit too easy for them, where for those of us who struggled in every sense, perhaps our determination and self-reliance and discipline were reinforced by that.
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There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.
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There's this perception that there's a pipeline problem for women and people of color. I don't buy into that. I think we have a broken doorbell problem, and there are plenty of women and people of color standing at the doorstep trying to get in the door, and nobody's opening it.
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Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.
