Leon Uris Quotes

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• After all, the only thing that is going to save mankind is if enough people live their lives for something or someone other than themselves.

  Leon Uris

  Inspiring, People, Enough

  Leon Uris (1970). “QB VII”

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• All you have the right to ask of life is to choose a battle in this war, make the best you can, and leave the field with honor.

  Leon Uris

  War, Honor, Battle

  LEON URIS (1961). “MILA 18”

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• Often we have no time for our friends but all the time in the world for our enemies.

  Leon Uris

  Friendship, Friends, Enemy

  Leon Uris (1995). “Redemption”, G K Hall & Company

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• Before I was nine I had learned the basic canon of Arab life. It was me against my brother; me and my brother against our father; my family against my cousins and the clan; the clan against the tribe; and the tribe against the world and all of us against the infidel.

  Leon Uris

  Cousin, Brother, Father

  "The Haj". Book by Leon Uris, 1984.

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• The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.

  Leon Uris

  Sorry, Apology, Apologizing

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• To me, a writer is one of the most important soldiers in the fight for survival of the human race. He must stay at his post in the thick of fire to serve the cause of mankind.

  Leon Uris

  Fighting, Fire, Race

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• Who here wants to be a writer?' I asked. Everyone in the room raised his hand. 'Why the hell aren't you home writing?' I said, and left the stage.

  Leon Uris

  Home, Writing, Hands

  Leon Uris (1970). “QB VII”

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• Why must we fight for the right to live, over and over, each time the sun rises?

  Leon Uris

  Fighting, Sun, Sun Rise

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• Life hinges on many factors we cannot control. Two of the most important factors, we can control. We can manage our relationships-and what is life but a series of relationships?-and we can correct our mistakes, here on earth within our life span.

  Leon Uris

  Mistake, Two, Important

  Leon Uris (1995). “Redemption”, G K Hall & Company

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• If you're lucky enough to fall in love, that's one thing. Otherwise all that was ever truly beautiful to me was boyhood. It's the meal we sup on for the rest of our lives. Love puts the icing on life. But if you don't find it...you must call on your childhood memories over and over till you do.

  Leon Uris

  Beautiful, Falling In Love, Memories

  Leon Uris (1976). “Trinity”, Doubleday Books

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• You aren't a true husband/man until you've done the work of a wife/women

  Leon Uris

  Husband, Men, Wife

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• A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning marathon runner. Serendipity and blind faith faith in yourself won't hurt a thing. All the bastards in the world will snicker and sneer because they haven't the talent to zip up their flies by themselves. To hell with them, particularly the critics. Stand in there, son, no matter how badly you are battered and hurt.

  Leon Uris

  Running, Hurt, Son

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• A novelist must know what his last chapter is going to say and one way or another work toward that last chapter. ... To me it is utterly basic, yet it seems like it's a great secret.

  Leon Uris

  Secret, Novelists, Way

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• My greatest accomplishment is Exodus. It changed a lot of peoples lives, it changed the conception of the Jewish people in the international scene.

  Leon Uris

  People, Accomplishment, Scene

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• You can lie to your wife or your boss, but you cannot lie to your typewriter. Sooner or later you must reveal your true self in your pages.

  Leon Uris

  Lying, Typewriters, Self

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• Pride is a fool's fortress

  Leon Uris

  Pride, Fool, Fortresses

  Leon Uris (1980). “Topaz”

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• Look at me, man, look at me and tell me I don't know what I'm about. I'm Conor Larkin. I'm an Irishman and I've had enough.

  Leon Uris

  Men, Had Enough, Looks

  LEON URIS (1976). “TRINITY”

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• A soldier has one item that cannot be neglected. His feet. They are his wheels, his mechanised warfare.

  Leon Uris

  Feet, Soldier, Wheels

  "Quotes for the Air Force Logistician" by Air Force Logistics Management Agency, p. 115, 2001.

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• In order to be a good writer, you've got to be a bad boss. Self-discipline and stamina are the two major arms in a writer's arsenal.

  Leon Uris

  Self, Order, Two

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• My first book was rejected nine times. It turned out to be a best seller, Battle Cry? in 1953.

  Leon Uris

  Book, Battle, Nine

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• Talent isn't enough. You need motivation-and persistence, too: what Steinbeck called a blend of faith and arrogance. When you're young, plain old poverty can be enough, along with an insatiable hunger for recognition. You have to have that feeling of "I'll show them." If you don't have it, don't become a writer.

  Leon Uris

  Motivation, Persistence, Insatiable Hunger

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• The complete novelist would come into the world with a catalog of qualities like this. He would own the concentration of a Trappist monk, the organizational ability of a Prussian field marshal, the insight into human relations of a Viennese psychologist, the discipline of a man who prints the Lord's Prayer on the head of a pin, the exquisite sense of timing of an Olympic gymnast, and by the way, a natural instinct and flair for exceptional use of language.

  Leon Uris

  Prayer, Men, Discipline

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• Anything to declare? the customs inspector said."Two pound of uncut heroin and a manual of pornographic art," Mark answered, looking about for Kity. All Americans are comedians, the inspector thought, as he passed Parker through. A government tourist hostess approached him."Are you Mr. Mark Parker?""Guilty.

  Leon Uris

  Art, Government, Two

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• The first thing you have to do is get immersed in the project, organizing yourself, knowing what you are going after and not going after. It is extremely important to know what you don't want to find. Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

  Leon Uris

  Book, Writing, Knowing

  "Leon Uris" by Eric Homberger, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2003.

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• Anyone who goes into writing has to find out somewhere along the line, he's either naive or insane.

  Leon Uris

  Writing, Insane, Lines

  Leon Uris (1989). “Mitla Pass”, Bantam

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