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

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


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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.

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.



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.

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.



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.

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.



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

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



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

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



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

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



I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer

I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer



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

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



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.

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.



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

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





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It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought.

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He lost himself in the words and images conjured in his mind and for a while forgot ... He found himself flying among stars and planets.

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Every single fighter I've ever been in with, including the guys who beat me, I have hurt.



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Whatever you do in terms of telling a story, the most important thing that you can define is who you are.



Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn't any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!

Some fool aims to go to heaven; some clever knows that there isn't any; and some intelligent tries to create one with his own effort! Be intelligent!



Show me a person who hasn´t known any sorrow and I´ll show you a superficial.

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