Peter Temple Quotes

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for.

Peter Temple

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MusicHeroPersonalityWritingYoung

'Hedwig' is not autobiographical, but what she goes through is clearly a big metaphor. She doesn't want to be what she is, but she comes to an understanding that what happened to her has actually made her whole.

John Cameron Mitchell

UnderstandingWantSheClearlyBig

I don't diet. I'll eat fish; I'll eat baked chicken, pasta, beans. When the body is telling you, 'You need to indulge in something,' you need to give the body what it wants.

Jerry Rice

FishDietYouBodyChickenPasta

Even the king of phrasing, Frank Sinatra, did not do as well as Joe Cocker with his reinterpretation of 'Something' by George Harrison, which Sinatra called the greatest love song ever written.

Andrew Rosenthal

LoveKingSongGreatestSomething

I can't see potato chips being popular where there's not land to grow potatoes in or where frying in lots of oil isn't easy or convenient.

Ann Leckie

GrowEasyLandOilSeePotatoes

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable.

Jeff Bingaman

I AmPersonBeyondToolWhereFar

I said, 'Who said African American founders can't build a billion dollar company?'

Troy Carter

AmericanSaidBuildCompanyDollar

We will push those crooks, those mercenaries back into the swamp.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

PushBackWillSwampThoseCrooks

I don't think Silicon Valley understands the power of Wikipedia, how it works, or the opportunities it represents.

Mitch Kapor

PowerOpportunitiesThinkValleyHow

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

Lord Mountbatten

SpeedSuccessfulAttackPrimary

'The Hunger Games' for me is I love the books so much and the character and the story were incredible. That's kind of the game plan is just do really interesting stories with interesting characters.

Josh Hutcherson

LoveCharacterMeGameStoryPlan

The ultimate guitar players can play every scale in the book.

Dick Dale

BookGuitarPlayPlayersScale

It's a great thing when you can show that you've been successful and that you've made a lot of money and that you've employed a lot of people.

Donald Trump

GreatMoneyPeopleYouSuccessful

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