Andy Kindler Quotes
I've sold a lot of different product. Very briefly, I sold Time Life Books on the phone.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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In the investment business, you must expect to be wrong.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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When men or women make their work their top priority and become hostile to the normal, natural needs of their children and spouse - obviously, something is wrong.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
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I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.
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Independent film is for actors that love to act.
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I love long-range rifle shooting. I like anything that deals with precision. I also find that with archery. On my ranch, I have my own range with 3-D targets of animals and hay bales from different distances.
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It doesn't take courage to drink too much and be wild or jump around. That doesn't take any kind of boldness, just riding a motorcycle or whatever the idea of being tough is. Tough is having four kids. Tough is committing to life and being disciplined.
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I've sold a lot of different product. Very briefly, I sold Time Life Books on the phone.
