Elmore Leonard Quotes

I left advertising as fast as I could in 1961. And I haven't ever thought about going back.

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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I remember looking up to most any venture capitalist as someone who could make my little company happen with a single million-dollar check.

Andrew Yang

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Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed, I like the Sierra Nevada the best.

John Muir

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As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Robert Quillen

AgeGrowGetOlderOurAnecdotes

You don't rehearse jazz to death to get the camera angles.

Stan Getz

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In order to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear country you have to introduce a system of verification and inspection.

Shimon Peres

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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Tom Peters

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When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.

Rufus Wainwright

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I'm not an ordinary prisoner.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Michelangelo

MeHandWellOnlyChisel

We take safety very, very seriously on every film I make, and that's why I've never had a serious accident or anybody killed when I make a picture.

Michael Mann

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Were it my choice, I would not vote for Russia to hold the Winter Olympics or the Summer Olympics. But it's not my choice.

Mitt Romney

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The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura

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