Elmore Leonard Quotes

The truth is that the writers who most influenced me weren't people categorized as crime writers. I'd say I learned more from John O'Hara, who isn't much read today but whose short stories I really admired, and Hemingway, who I think has lasted pretty good.

Elmore Leonard

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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It's been hard, but I've finally come to the realization that it's okay to not be perfect.

Jessica Simpson

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Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.

John Eldredge

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I campaigned for Obama, and that was such a big component of getting the vote out, was social media.

John Cho

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You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

John Irving

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I'd like to think I inspire young people to be creative.

Tracey Emin

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I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution.

Roscoe Bartlett

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I never believed that my service in the U.S. Congress should become a permanent career.

Mike Ross

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You have to have integrity.

Michelle Yeoh

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The monastery of Christ in the Desert had its resident hermit, Brother Xavier, chosen after years of devotion and service, a monk so trusted and experienced that he qualified by Benedictine standards to be sent to the front lines in the fight against the devil.

Michael Paterniti

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Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

Miuccia Prada

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My interest in art must have started with my Catholic upbringing. Art was everywhere: churches with its paintings, sculptures, stained glass, textiles, and fine metalwork.

Cheech Marin

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Not without hope we suffer and we mourn.

William Wordsworth

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