Alistair Maclean Quotes
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I think that in Mexico, we must change some practices that were built during the 72 years of predominance in Mexico. Former presidents would just hide away, run away or disappear. And I think it's key in a democracy that presidents face people, see eye to eye to citizens and work to keep on contributing to the - to Mexico.
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Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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It's a great feat for me to have broken my world record.
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It was a small provincial place with great people and I had a happy childhood growing up in Queens.
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Look, all you can do when you find your niche is go with it.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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People stayed with me and worked extra hard for me because I could see the potential in them – I'm not so sure they could see the potential in me.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for. It will probably be interesting, and it is sure to be large.
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Whenever I write a new song, it always happens when I come back from Europe or Egypt or something like that. It's always from travelling.
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Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.
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Let me tell you that I love the United States.
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There is inspiration all around us.
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I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate.
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I have fallen in love so many times. If one relationship ended, I would search for another girl. I was always madly in love with all the girls that I dated.
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I desperately want to visit the Galapagos and meet some giant tortoises.
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We should listen to both philosophers and scientists, because the philosophical contribution is different from the scientific contribution, and both of them are worthwhile.
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I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.
