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After reading Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad when I was a student at Yale, I wanted to live in the world they captured in their books. I had had some experience living in Africa. I was drawn to that kind of adventure.


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LESLIE ALLEN We ...
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LESLIE ALLEN Carroll Dawson has served this organization very well over the past 26 years, and he will continue t...
LESLIE ALEXANDER Daryl will be a great addition to our organization. With the high level of competition in this leagu...
LESLIE ALEXANDER I love Dennis. I want Dennis long-term. I love what Dennis does.
LESLIE ALEXANDER CD is going to be with the organization for a long time. He will be a great adviser. He will remain ...
LESLIE ALEXANDER I'm of the opinion that school systems in the United States are not funded properly. If a school nee...
LESLIE ALEXANDER This is as important as anything I've done as an owner.
LESLIE ALEXANDER I think he could become one of greatest players in the history of the game.
LESLIE ALEXANDER This is an exciting time for the Rockets. Yao is going to be a part of the Rockets for a long time. ...
LESLIE ALEXANDER We try to be good citizens in the NBA. The league thought we weren't good citizens, so we have to ab...
LESLIE ALEXANDER It's as important as anything I've ever done as owner. To have the next great big man of the NBA, it...
LESLIE ALEXANDER 'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
LESLIE NIELSEN Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.
LESLIE NIELSEN Mum and Dad sent us to a bilingual school, so we had half the lessons in English and half in French....
ROSE LESLIE When he makes a play, he comes down the court with a big grin. He's loves being on the court.
DAVID LESLIE For some, life is a trip in the daylight; for others, it's a journey through night.
LESLIE MIKLOSY I never met a plausible excuse I didn't like.
LESLIE MIKLOSY I certainly relate to Ygritte in the fact that she is so strong and also ruthless as well and I feel...
ROSE LESLIE I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.
LESLIE MANN I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, n...
LESLIE FIEDLER I've been lucky enough to work with extraordinary teachers along the way, and I'm excited to...
LESLIE JAMISON Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are...
LESLIE FIEDLER Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the ...
LESLIE FIEDLER For the first time in my life I tried whale. It was very chewy and quite fatty. My friend had had wh...
ROSE LESLIE Indecent assault? What is that all about? Don't they know who I am? I would expect to face something...
JOHN LESLIE It is important to separate the point products [released this week] from the compelling examples of ...
LESLIE FIERING I wish I had a funny story.
LESLIE EASTERBROOK I've always surrounded myself with funny people.
LESLIE MANN Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.
LESLIE FIEDLER I don't think I would have been able to stick with it and been proud of who I am and be feminine...
LISA LESLIE We think wireless is going to grow tremendously. Do I think people are going to watch an episode of ...
LESLIE MOONVES