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This is a surprise to me.
LEE KERMODE

We win; they win. This is our contribution to Apollo Beach.
LEE KERMODE

I suppose it would be better if one were aggressive, contentious and so on. But there's rarely any o...
FRANK KERMODE

You sometimes hear people say, with a certain pride in their clerical resistance to the myth, that t...
FRANK KERMODE

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
LEE CHILD

In deference to American traditions, my family put our oven to rare use at Thanksgiving during my ch...
JENNIFER LEE

Christmas is more stressful with present buying and making sure everyone gets included, but Thanksgi...
SANDRA LEE

What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out tha...
AILEEN LEE

There's a McDonald's in the Louvre.
LEE RADZIWILL

I was always a drama queen. I remember playing in the kitchen, trying to get my mom to think I was d...
AMY LEE

Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our chil...
LEE HANEY

I love my cats more than I love most people. Probably more than is healthy.
AMY LEE

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, wh...
TANITH LEE

I've been criticised for writing in too complex a manner for younger people.
TANITH LEE

I also love Disney, and will defend doing so, because there's so much in those films and I don&#...
TANITH LEE

I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Ma...
TANITH LEE

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone sa...
TANITH LEE

No one is ever ordinary.
TANITH LEE

I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most e...
TANITH LEE

I like films, or some films, and would be intrigued to see my work on screen.
TANITH LEE

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.
TANITH LEE

As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to rev...
TANITH LEE

Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.
TANITH LEE

I think of myself as a storyteller, and that is it.
TANITH LEE

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as ...
TANITH LEE

If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say i...
TANITH LEE

The other writer who had a very important early influence on me when I was about 17 was C.S. Lewis.
TANITH LEE

People are always the start for me... animals, when I can get into their heads, gods, supernatural b...
TANITH LEE

It's very selfish when I write. I'm not aware, ever, of writing for another person; I'm ...
TANITH LEE

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them....
TANITH LEE

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. A...
TANITH LEE

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fictio...
TANITH LEE

Pirates have always fascinated me.
TANITH LEE

I just love writing. It's magical, it's somewhere else to go, it's somewhere much more d...
TANITH LEE

There is too little courtship in the world.
VERNON LEE

The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
VERNON LEE

Well, they're Southern people, and if they know you are working at home they think nothing of wa...
HARPER LEE

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.
HARPER LEE

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it th...
HARPER LEE

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
HARPER LEE

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't ...
HARPER LEE

I'm going to win so much money this year, my caddie will make the top twenty money winner's ...
LEE TREVINO

There was something special and unique about the love triangle that existed between Clark Kent, Supe...
JIM LEE

It has been my observation that parents kill more dreams than anybody.
SPIKE LEE

Putting on a movie is like going to war - for me, at least. It's all about time; time is money, ...
LEE DANIELS

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in ...
HARPER LEE

I think it would be very boring dramatically to have a film where everybody was a lawyer or doctor a...
SPIKE LEE

Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.
BRANDON LEE

I don't dictate, you don't dictate to Stevie Wonder, not successfully.
SPIKE LEE

Oh, if I had only known then what I know now, I would have stopped it last year when I was still you...
ANNA LEE

I was a star in England, but I've never been a star in America. Now I am.
ANNA LEE

They see me wheeling around in a beautiful gown, and they realize you can look elegant, and you can ...
ANNA LEE

My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.
ANNA LEE

Yes, I'm a great believer in angels.
ANNA LEE

Every day that I get to step onto a set is a good day for me.
LEE NORRIS

If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. Not...
LEE TREVINO

That last winter was a tragic story and I got no personal honour out of it but I was a witness to it...
LAURIE LEE

I still sweat. My guts are still grinding out there. Sometimes I have enough cotton in my mouth to k...
LEE TREVINO

I was always in trouble. I was mischievous. And movies were always a part of my world.
LEE DANIELS

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.
HARPER LEE

I never expected any sort of success with 'Mockingbird'... I sort of hoped someone would lik...
HARPER LEE

I am so used to having two faces. A face that I had for black America and a face for white America. ...
LEE DANIELS

General relativity predicts that time ends inside black holes because the gravitational collapse squ...
LEE SMOLIN

Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where rea...
HARPER LEE

I'm always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge ...
TOMMY LEE

I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.
BRANDON LEE

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that...
AMY LEE

The thing we call critics are not really reviewers, they are not really critics. They don't have...
ANG LEE

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
LEE IACOCCA

There were so many things I couldn't do when my brother-in-law was president.
LEE RADZIWILL

I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre...
LEE DANIELS

The first time I drew a Superman story was 'For Tomorrow' with Brian Azzarello in 2004. It d...
JIM LEE

I told Mr. Nader today that a vote for Ralph Nader is really a vote for George Bush.
BARBARA LEE

We all agree that we've got to bring these terrorists to justice and to make sure that they'...
BARBARA LEE

What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into somethi...
BARBARA LEE

I am convinced that military action will not prevent further acts of international terrorism against...
BARBARA LEE

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our de...
BARBARA LEE

I wish the press were paying more attention to the erosion of the Constitution and the slippery slop...
BARBARA LEE

We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must ...
BARBARA LEE

We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served t...
BARBARA LEE

You only have the burdens on you that you choose to put there.
BRANDON LEE

Every shot feels like the first shot of the day. If I'm on the range hitting shot after shot, I ...
LEE TREVINO

When I was growing up, I had lots of smart classmates that were girls, but none of us were really pu...
AILEEN LEE

So much of the world's suffering results from the sinful action or inaction of ourselves and oth...
LEE STROBEL

When your goal is to put on muscle mass you must increase your calorie intake as you increase the ac...
LEE HANEY

I don't sound disloyal, but I've never had a pair of Marvel pyjamas or underwear. I do have ...
STAN LEE

Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and come...
FRANCIS LEE

Working a job I love is mentally less stressful than punching in a clock everyday, but it's a lo...
LEE DEWYZE

No one really buys records anymore. You can look at sales and do that math real quick. Unfortunately...
TOMMY LEE

The truth is I've been doing Kickstarter before there was Kickstarter; there was no Internet. So...
SPIKE LEE

The first day when I saw the scores I knew I could have the win because only three people shot in th...
ALAN LEE

He must teach evolution exclusively observable scientific fact, not beliefs or religion. I fully bel...
ALAN LEE

They're not sure exactly where they're going.
ALAN LEE

Most are extremely embarrassed and humiliated. They're not used to asking for help. We've given them...
ALAN LEE

Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as ...
ANG LEE

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasing...
BLAINE LEE

The leader who exercises power with honor will work from the inside out, starting with himself.
BLAINE LEE

What we actually learn, from any given set of circumstances, determines whether we become increasing...
BLAINE LEE

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy ju...
LEE CHILD

The world does not pay for what a person knows, but it pays for what a person does with what he know...
LAURENCE LEE

If you have some magical chemistry that actually find the music you make compelling, that is a big b...
GEDDY LEE

My doctor suggested doing some blood tests and immediately discovered that my white blood cell count...
SHERYL LEE

A Bond movie falls into a specific genre, and you have to provide certain elements. You must respect...
LEE TAMAHORI

Understanding where your food comes from, trying to bolster local farmers and local economies and ha...
AMOS LEE

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
SPIKE LEE

Someday I'd love to come back and start a theater company in Boulder. That would be a dream come...
SHERYL LEE

I used the principles of Kickstarter to make 'She's Gotta Have It.' We filmed that in 19...
SPIKE LEE

I used to brag that I can hold up any eviction - even if the landlord had legal rights, I could hold...
ED LEE

The truth is, I think country music... there's a lot of great people, and just being raised the ...
LEE BRICE

Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you ...
BRUCE LEE

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their...
IVY LEE

I think what I do is borderline art. Most people who do borderline art have to have other jobs, so I...
STEWART LEE

Victory Stadium, I'm surprised it's not No. 1. It tells me that the people who are in position to ef...
AARON LEE

He understood his economic situation. That's part of his work ethic. He knows how Stephanie struggle...
AARON LEE

When you see him smile, you really don't know what he's gone through to get to that point emotionall...
AARON LEE

The African proverb, 'It takes a village to raise a child' -- that speaks volumes about where the ki...
AARON LEE

Any death is tragic and our condolences are extended to Mr. Lee and his family, ... We regret his de...
AARON LEE

Once he was in custody, an ambulance was immediately called because of his bizarre behavior, his nud...
AARON LEE

He was Tased multiple times. Understand that when the probes go out and attach to the body, you can ...
AARON LEE

He was sweaty at this time and that made it difficult for the officers to control him,
AARON LEE

We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more conveni...
AILEEN LEE

I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.
LEE MARVIN

Put your ears to the ground, to the sky, to the sun and the moon... tune in to Mother Earth's sweet ...
MELODY LEE

I'm still that rowdy dude who has after-parties in his dressing room with a concert-sized PA sys...
TOMMY LEE

I played with different words like 'home run,' 'megahit,' and they just all sounded ...
AILEEN LEE

I've always loved the mixture of crushing live drums with a programmed groove, that really cool ...
TOMMY LEE

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars.
LEE SALK

People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught...
LEE IACOCCA

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
LEE IACOCCA

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand ther...
LEE IACOCCA

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start ...
LEE IACOCCA

No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
LEE RUDOLPH

The pomp of death is far more terrible than death itself.
NATHANIEL LEE

When there is freedom from mechanical conditioning, there is simplicity. The classical man is just a...
BRUCE LEE

Let the spirit out - Discard all thoughts of reward, all hopes of praise and fears of blame, all awa...
BRUCE LEE

There will be calmness, tranquility, when one is free from external objects and is not perturbed.
BRUCE LEE

Absorb what is useful, Discard what is not, Add what is uniquely your own.
BRUCE LEE

Transform it, decorate it, let it become a new Bruce Lee museum,
BRUCE LEE

The world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he know...
LAURENCE LEE

No one wants a good education. Everyone wants a good degree.
LEE RUDOLPH

Obviously when you play, you play to win. That's our goal, to go out and win the region first and th...
ALEX LEE

I don't think we're your average first-year team. We have a lot of guys who have played before and h...
ALEX LEE

With today's 60-year-old, it's a very different generation of 60-year-olds than the last generation....
ALEX LEE

Japan is a fast adopter of new ideas. If you're hot in Japan, you're hot really fast.
ALEX LEE

It will take approximately four months to get the existing bridge down. But we are still looking at ...
ALEX LEE

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
HARPER LEE

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you c...
HARPER LEE

Now, 75 years [after

Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whisky bottle in the hand of (another)......
HARPER LEE

I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to...
BRUCE LEE

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions......
HARPER LEE

I was a very lonely child and it's funy but the first word that comes to my head is "starved". I fel...
CAROL LEE

Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks."

Jen turned and punched hi...
HARPER LEE

Atticus, he was real nice."

"Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.
HARPER LEE

I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
HARPER LEE

I also did some jail time a few years ago. Spent a whole summer in jail reading books. I pumped a to...
TOMMY LEE

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you kn...
HARPER LEE

The spirit of the individual is determined by his dominating thought habits.
BRUCE LEE

Don't fear failure. — Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious eve...
BRUCE LEE

It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was...
HARPER LEE

A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.
BRUCE LEE

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it throug...
HARPER LEE

My father always used
to say that when you die,
if you've got five real friends,
t...
LEE IACOCCA

I hate the way, once you start to know someone, care about them, their behavior can distress you, ev...
TANITH LEE

You are not flawed, you are as beautiful as you have always been and blessed with evidence of a life...
BECCA LEE

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there...
HARPER LEE

As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell yo...
HARPER LEE

It is really important that young people find something that they want to do and pursue it with pass...
SPIKE LEE

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
LEE IACOCCA

You've got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It...
LEE IACOCCA

Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserati...
LEE IACOCCA

It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
LEE HANEY

The one word that makes a good manager -- decisiveness.
LEE IACOCCA

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
LEE IACOCCA

You're only has good as your last haircut.
SUSAN LEE

Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong wit...
LEE IACOCCA

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, y...
LEE IACOCCA

Any change, any loss, does not make us victims. Others can shake you, surprise you, disappoint you, ...
BLAINE LEE

Circumstances hell! I make circumstances!
BRUCE LEE

People want economy and they'll pay almost any price to get it.
LEE IACOCCA

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
LEE IACOCCA

I don't want to do business with those who don't make a profit, because they can't give the best ser...
LEE BRISTOL

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
LEE IACOCCA

How can they beat me? I've been struck by lightning, had two back operations, and been divorced twic...
LEE TREVINO

Man, the living creature, the creating individual, is always more important than any established sty...
BRUCE LEE

If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your wo...
BRUCE LEE

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
HARPER LEE

You can talk to a fade but a hook won't listen.
LEE TREVINO

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think no...
HARPER LEE

My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eigh...
LEE TREVINO

We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
LEE IACOCCA

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually nev...
LEE IACOCCA

I'm not out there just to be dancing around. I expect to win every time I tee up.
LEE TREVINO

I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to min...
BRUCE LEE

There is no such thing as natural touch. Touch is something you create by hitting millions of golf b...
LEE TREVINO

Ever since I was a child I have had this instinctive urge for expansion and growth. To me, the funct...
BRUCE LEE

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you...
LEE IACOCCA

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. The...
LEE IACOCCA

Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
BRUCE LEE

You just wait. I'm going to be the biggest Chinese Star in the world.
BRUCE LEE

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