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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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The 1950s to me is darkness, hidden history, perversion behind most doors waiting to creep out. The 1950s to most people is kitsch and Mickey Mouse watches and all this intolerable stuff… – James Ellroy

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Twentieth Century
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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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dad
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I was always obsessed with being famous. I had Marilyn Monroe paper dolls as a child, and I was always obsessed with her. Ive just been really driven in that direction, and none of my friends were. So, I dont know what put that bug in me at a young age. – Holly Madison

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Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? – Dennis Prager

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We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill… it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress. – Li Ka Shing

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I cant look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just cant. Id rather age. – Heidi Klum

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Age

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Where there is no vision, there is no hope. – George Washington Carver

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If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. – Vince Lombardi

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Man loves company even if it is only that of a small burning candle. – Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

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