Leslie Fiedler Quotes
I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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I don't think a lot of actors talk about it, but there's usually a process where you essentially purge yourself of the character that you played prior to the movie.
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He has the finest, fundamentally sound golf swing I've ever seen.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Nobody can write better jokes putting me down than me.
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In the finance world, we used to spend all of our time looking backwards, reporting on what happened. Can I book it? What are the numbers? Now it's about looking into the future. It's about planning and integration. The role of finance is now that of a partner in the business.
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I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh the most.
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It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.
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I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.
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I started modeling with a very negative part of me – I didn't really like myself or how I looked because I was very tall for a Japanese girl.
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People think computers will keep them from making mistakes. They're wrong. With computers you make mistakes faster.
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The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it.
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Since the time of St. Jerome, it was mandatory for any kind of scholar or thinker to spend time out in the desert in solitude. It's no coincidence that the desert has been a major part of the visionary or mystical experience from the beginning of time.
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Looking back on everything that happened with me and coach, 99 percent of the time it was my fault. I see that now, definitely. ... Now that he's gone, you understand you lost a lot.
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Vicky Donor or Madras Caf, John's films have been path-breaking. I have full faith in the script of my movie, and my director, too, is a debutante. I like the conviction with which they work, and that gives me a lot of confidence.
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The simple life on the farm was everything to me. Nothing was more relaxing after a long plane flight than to reach the winding driveway that led up to my house. The quiet of the night was more soothing than a sleeping pill.
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I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.
