Donald E. Westlake Quotes

A friend of mine, now retired, was then a major exec at a major bank, and one of her jobs, the last four years, was the farewell interview.

Donald E. Westlake

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 12, 1933 - December 31, 2008

Topics

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I'm very proud that I have learned German and Russian. Especially Russian, because of how difficult and beautiful it is and because of how much I struggled in the beginning to get my head around how it works.

John Grant

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If you can't be honest with yourself, then you can't be honest with anybody.

Michael Beasley

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When learning was monopolized by the monks in the Middle Ages, people specialized only in warfare and statecraft. And even these were not altogether free from the scholastic influence.

Ameen Rihani

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Early on in the writing, there is often a sentence that pins down a character for me.

Amor Towles

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I make music to generate atmospheres, not to complement already existing ones.

Tom Jenkinson

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Insurgents have capitalized on popular resentment and anger towards the United States and the Iraqi government to build their own political, financial and military support, and the faith of Iraqi citizens in their new government has been severely undermined.

Tom Lantos

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Today, in 2011, if you go and buy a color laser printer from any major laser printer manufacturer and print a page, that page will end up having slight yellow dots printed on every single page in a pattern which makes the page unique to you and to your printer. This is happening to us today. And nobody seems to be making a fuss about it.

Mikko Hypponen

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For my diet, I choose mostly organic. But in general, I am a big believer in trying to strike a balance with everything.

Liya Kebede

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I talked to Grant Hill, and I told him, 'I played against you a lot, and now, hopefully, I'm getting to coach a player like you. Jabari has the opportunity to be a special player in this league. But it's not handed to you. He's going to work, and our jobs are to make him better each day.'

Jason Kidd

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I wanted to be Langston Hughes.

Jason Reynolds

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When I first started as a cover band, I built everything based on hanging out every night after the shows and talking to as many people as I can and making relationships.

Chris Lane

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Uncommon valor was a common virtue.

Chester W. Nimitz

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