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Elmore Leonard Quotes

There are cities that get by on their good looks, offer climate and scenery, views of mountains or oceans, rockbound or with palm trees. And there are cities like Detroit that have to work for a living.

Elmore Leonard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 11, 1925 - August 20, 2013

Topics

Work Good Mountains Trees Scenery

No level of border security, no wall, doubling the size of the border patrol, all these things will not stop the illegal migration from countries as long as a 7-year-old is desperate enough to flee on her own and travel the entire length of Mexico because of the poverty and the violence in her country.

Jeh Johnson

Travel Border Enough Violence Wall

I have always loved music and singing, and I am open to listen to any type of music. Regardless of my mood, my heart is always set racing when I listen to opera. When I decide which music I want to hear, my choice is almost invariably an opera recording.

Andrea Bocelli

Music Heart I Am Singing Loved Mood

The thing is, I never see my characters as psychopaths. I see them as really crippled victims who just happen to do bad things. And I never see them as bad guys; I see them as darker characters. I never see anything as good or bad; it's more light or dark, and the in-between is the grey.

Michael Eklund

Good Light Bad Dark Grey Never

When I'm writing, sometimes it gets to that place where I feel like the piece is writing itself and I'm trying not to get in the way.

John Zorn

Writing Feel Trying Place Sometimes

I didn't think music was possible for me - it's such an up-and-down life.

Sigrid

Life Music Me Think Possible

From my perspective, if I say that I'm done, I would hope - and I trust - that my corner would throw in the towel for me.

Rose Namajunas

Hope Trust Perspective Me Done Say

Some people would do anything just to get a break; that's where the bad guys get you.

Johnny Van Zant

People You Bad Some People Anything

The time I spend with my kids informs every fiber of who I am.

Annette Bening

Time I Am Who Kids Fiber Every

I'm kind of boring.

Ashley Tisdale

Kind Boring

HIV brings out the best and the worst in humanity, and the laws reflect these attitudes.

Shereen El Feki

Best Humanity Worst Reflect Out HIV

Composers and lyricists are not responsible for storyline and casting. One can imagine actors shouldering this responsibility, since they charge for half the film. But producers never ask actors to share the losses. Instead, they train their guns on composers and lyricists.

Shaan

Responsibility Train Never Ask Guns

Women's boxing has received a major boost from the success of 'Million Dollar Baby.'

Thomas Hauser

Success Women Baby Boxing Dollar