William Boyd Quotes

I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go to antiquarian booksellers to buy their fifth or eighth novel or whatever it is.

William Boyd

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YouGoKnowNowWhateverOut

You got nothing to lose. You don't lose when you lose fake friends.

Joan Jett

FakeFriendsYouLoseNothingGot

Werner Herzog, when I auditioned for 'Bad Lieutenant,' he had never seen any of my films. He thought I was this actress living in New Orleans and it was my first job.

Jennifer Coolidge

JobThoughtBadNewLivingNever

Rebels in Darfur have learned the value of mobilizing western human rights groups to prolong wars, and this lesson is working gloriously for them.

Stephen Kinzer

ValueLessonHumanRightsWorking

We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

Toussaint Louverture

TodayGovernmentFreeStrongerWill

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. They realized they couldn't beat us.

Tom Clancy

EdgeOverBeatUsRealizedPushed

Rock & roll was the only thing I wanted to get into.

Roger Daltrey

RockRollGetOnlyWantedThing

You can stay angry at someone who hurt you. Or you can get busy doing your visions and changing our world. But you don't get to do both.

Robin S. Sharma

AngryWorldBusyHurtSomeoneDoing

It isn't as if a writer merely records life as it unfurls. Reality does not automatically transcribe as literature; real people are not shapely, compelling characters to be harvested. Charming facts and sharp observations rarely slide seamlessly into whatever narrative is at hand.

Michelle Huneven

LifePeopleFactsRealityLiterature

Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.

Dimebag Darrell

YouAlwaysFavoriteYourCollection

The Horny Toad in Cave Creek has great food. When I'm in Arizona, I have at least one meal there. I have a daughter who lives out there, and Dee Dee Wood, who was the choreographer on 'Mary Poppins,' lives out there. I still get out there once in a while, but not in the summer.

Dick Van Dyke

DaughterGreatFoodSummerWoodOut

When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.

Chris Evert

LifeChangeGrowing UpThinkReality

There's no deadline that a movie has to be made by. We have to believe that we have served the responsibility, however long it takes us to get to that point.

Chris Meledandri

ResponsibilityBelieveLongDeadline

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