David Morrell Quotes

My world view is that it can all go to hell in an instant, and you have to be ready for it. That's pretty much the central theme running through my work. It's about people's awareness of how uncertain life can be and their trying to guard against that.

David Morrell

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LifeWorkPeopleWorldHellView

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

PeopleDestinySufferHaiti

I think books should have secrets, like people do.

John Updike

PeopleThinkSecretsBooksLike

Science exists, moreover, only as a journey toward troth. Stifle dissent and you end that journey.

John Polanyi

JourneyScienceEndYouDissent

I couldn't feel good about myself hanging out in Armani clothes when my girlfriend can't even pay her heating bill. I'd feel foul and I'd be embarrassed.

Shirley Manson

GoodMyselfFeel GoodFeelClothes

I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else.

Tracey Ullman

LoveHateMeSomeoneYouLook

I'm happy to fight anyone. There's no particular person I want to fight next.

Robert Whittaker

FightHappyPersonWantNextAnyone

If you bet on individuals instead of the people, you are going to fail.

Mohamed ElBaradei

PeopleYouFailGoingBetInstead

I'd rather have someone who tells me straight up what happens rather than sweet things that I want to hear.

Diego Costa

MeSweetSomeoneWantUpThings

Just being able to get paid to do something you love is a wonderful thing. That said, a writer's daily routine, unless you're Dominick Dunne, isn't exactly glamorous. Much of it amounts to drudgery, staring at a computer screen all day in a room by yourself, juggling nouns and verbs to make a demanding editor happy.

Bryan Burrough

LoveDailyDayYourselfLove IsYou

In some ways England is more liberal than France, but I also find it more intrusive. But when you go abroad you have to accept the ways of where you live. I have to respect that.

Arsene Wenger

LiveRespectYouFindGoAccept

I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.

Shia LaBeouf

PositiveNegativeDealDifferentHad

Confidence is one of those things that no one ever wants to talk about in this industry because confidence and ego run neck and neck. But you have to understand, those are things that you have to have in order to make it to where Edge has made it. You've got to have a certain amount of ego and confidence in yourself to get there.

Shawn Michaels

ConfidenceYourselfEgoYouEdge

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