Leslie Charteris Quotes

The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of a somewhat fanatical desire to avoid the risk of unconscious imitation.

Leslie Charteris

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: May 12, 1907 - April 15, 1993

Topics

ReadingCountryDesireRiskMy Own

I grew up studying martial arts, playing violin, swimming competitively, so I already had athletic focus, discipline and training. When I brought that to climbing, I became passionate.

Jimmy Chin

DisciplineFocusTrainingSwimming

Rush Limbaugh, we expect nonsense from him. But the Vatican, that's another story. When the Vatican is so threatened that it launches attacks on nuns, well, you know what they say in politics, a hit dog hollers.

Jennifer Granholm

DogPoliticsStoryYouKnowSay

Making fun of guys to get them to perform and prove themselves, that's always going to exist. But we have to equally celebrate them and empower them.

Michael Gurian

FunCelebrateProveEmpowerAlways

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.

Sun Tzu

WarWinGoDefeatedFirstSeek

Dr. Kissinger was a former child. Jerry Ford was a former child. Even F.D.R. was a former child. I retired from the movies in 1949, and I'm still a former child.

Shirley Temple

ChildMoviesStillEvenFordFormer

I think there is widespread agreement that there is a crisis in public education.

Mitch Kapor

EducationThinkPublic Education

I was a shy and insecure kid and didn't know quite where I fit.

Jason Alexander

KnowShyKidWhereFitQuite

Using music to promote hate seems to be the bastardisation of music to me.

Chris Lowe

MusicHateMeSeemsPromoteUsing

The Purdue education was fine, but I wasn't ready to learn when I was at Purdue.

Brian Lamb

EducationLearnReadyFine

The album that defined my childhood was probably Ella Fitzgerald's 'Greatest Hits,' whereas my half-sister, who didn't have the same conservative upbringing, was listening to Cash Money and crunk.

SZA

MoneyChildhoodListeningSameCash

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country; it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.

Susan Sontag

FutureEqualityThinkAmericanWhite

But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless.

Shia LaBeouf

WorkGoodPeopleOpinionGood Work

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