Mark Billingham Quotes

I admire writers such as Elmore Leonard who can nail a character in three or four lines of dialogue, so he doesn't need pages of back story or clumsy exposition.

Mark Billingham

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It became clear to me that I had to push it toward a more representational way of drawing.

Joe Sacco

MePushDrawingWayMoreClear

In London, I did feel a pressure to be more avant-garde than I wanted.

Jenny Packham

PressureFeelLondonMoreThanDid

Paul Taylor's 'Offenbach Overtures' has lots of zip and charm, and its pair of dueling soldiers in red, who end up starry-eyed about each other while their disgusted seconds take up the quarrel, is nonstop funny.

Robert Gottlieb

FunnyRedEndSoldiersUpCharm

Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth.

Jean Rostand

TruthNothingScientistPremature

Taxes are way too complicated, and people spend way too much time worrying about ways to get them lower.

Steve Mnuchin

TimePeopleToo MuchComplicatedWay

I made the connection between food and weight, but feeling good or bad was a separate issue.

Robin Quivers

GoodFoodFeeling GoodBadFeeling

So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.

Michael Kinsley

YearConservativeActivismStayBeen

The noble man is only God's image.

Ludwig Tieck

GodManImageNobleOnly

The second purchase was my ranch, Mockingbird Hill. The third purchase was Longhorn cattle.

Janine Turner

HillCattleRanchSecondThird

I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight.

Demetrious Johnson

FocusFightGymGoHealthyOut

We want to control our own destiny and take responsibility for our own outcomes.

Doug Ducey

ResponsibilityControlDestinyWant

I put pressure on myself.

Chen Long

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