Stephen Hunter Quotes

I've actually published two compilations, if only barely. Hire a private detective and possibly you'll be able to locate them. One was called 'Violent Screen,' and the other 'Now Playing at the Valencia.' Bantam and Simon and Schuster.

Stephen Hunter

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My mood board is archival images of Brigitte Bardot and Iman, and Naomi Campbell in the '90s.

Jillian Hervey

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It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.

Jerry Jones

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It's the equivalent of putting on the brakes suddenly while driving uphill.

John Gunther

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I've always had a foot in everything. As a kid, I was active in sports and theater. Now, I'm learning I have to focus a bit. I'm trying to get to next projects, like writing a screenplay. Once that comes together, I could put my mind to another book - maybe a fun kids' book.

Maz Jobrani

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I had a portable 8-track player under all my ramps, cranking one of my four 8-tracks - Cars/'Candy-O,' Ramones/'Road To Ruin,' Cheap Trick/'Heaven Tonight' and the first Devo record. I don't remember skating without music.

Jeff Ament

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Educated parents find more time to spend with their children by reducing time dedicated to home-based activities that involve little interaction with children.

Stephanie Coontz

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I walked out of the Chinese restaurant with a fat check, a record deal, and a box of shrimp egg foo yung!

Solomon Burke

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Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success.

Sting

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Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

Robbie Fowler

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I'm not ashamed to be gay.

DeRay Mckesson

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No one else has performed in a play after they've died, and I want to be the first person to do it.

Del Close

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What makes us human depends on what place on our evolutionary path we're talking about. If you go back six million years ago, what makes us human is that we were walking upright. That's all. If you go to 2.6 million years ago, it's the fact that we're designing and making stone tools.

Donald Johanson

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