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I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I dont

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I dont want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. – James Ellroy

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As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years. – James Ellroy

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I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. Ive got the life people dream about: I am rich, I am famous, Ive got a fabulous marriage to an absolutely, spell-bindingly brilliant woman. – James Ellroy

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At a certain age it just became apparent to me that this was probably the work that I would have to do. – Daniel Day-Lewis

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When I was a little kid I used to play with guys twice my age, so, I was the last one picked, so if I picked I knew that I had to get the ball to the scorer if I wanted to stay on the court, so that was pretty much my job. – Jason Kidd

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Im totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and thats the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved the power of positive thinking, letting yourself go. – Jason Mraz

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These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most narrow, conservative tenets of religion or else seek comfort in the ancient traditions of New Age ritual. – Joan D. Vinge

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Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. Its all a bit silly. – Will Thomas

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When a watch goes ill, it is not enough to move the hands; you must set the regulator. When a man does ill, it is not enough to alter his handiwork, you must regulate his heart. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best. – Walt Whitman

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