Ed McBain Quotes

• The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down.

  Ed McBain

  Wisdom, World, Stairs

  Ed McBain (1986). “Eight Black Horses”

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• Readers are what it's all about, aren't they? If not, why am I writing?

  Ed McBain

  Writing, Reader, Ifs

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• A detective sees death in all the various forms at least five times a week.

  Ed McBain

  Detectives, Week, Form

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• I try to keep all my novels in print. Sometimes publishers don't agree with me as to their worth.

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  Agreement, Trying, Sometimes

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• Changing writing styles is like an actor taking on a different part.

  Ed McBain

  Writing, Style, Different

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• Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.

  Ed McBain

  Change, Writing, Different

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• I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with rotten cops who will take a bribe, who will beat somebody up.

  Ed McBain

  Character, Roots, Balance

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• Disfruto con lo que hago cada minuto del día, incluso cuando las cosas se ponen difíciles. Cuando empecé a escribir, trabajaba en un escritorio en el dormitorio de una pequeña casa de construcción. Mis tres hijos, todos menores de tres años, entraban y salían corriendo de la habitación cada minuto.

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  Running, Writing, Son

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• I wanted to be an artist. I was studying art. I wanted to be a great painter. When I went into the Navy, there wasn't much to draw at sea. So I began writing, and I began reading a lot.

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  Arte, Lectura, Escritura

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• I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were all by me.

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  Writing, Editors, Careers

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• I never take ideas from the headlines. I feel that if a story is good enough, a real story that is, then it's already been covered by the media, and if it's not good enough, why would I want to bother with it?

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  Real, Media, Ideas

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• We need leaders who can reflect theologically and help develop more robust thinking that understands how context affects our understanding of God, humankind, the fall, and redemption.

  Ed McBain

  Fall, Thinking, Leader

  Fuente: www.patheos.com

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• Me gustaría ganar el Premio Pulitzer. Me gustaría ganar el Premio Nobel. Me gustaría ganar un premio Tony por el musical de Broadway en el que estoy trabajando ahora. Aparte de éstas, mis aspiraciones son modestas.

  Ed McBain

  Winning, Awards, Musical

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• Palestinian believers have a unique experience with US foreign policy and our close ties with Israel. This alliance has many layers, but given the strong support of the US church, and the frequency of religious language surrounding these policies, Palestinian Christian friends raise important and challenging questions about how we understand the intertwining of theology and politics in the US.

  Ed McBain

  Christian, Religious, Strong

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• In the US, we consider our foreign policy as something rooted in the protection of American ideals of democracy and human development. However, we often fail to see the damaging consequences, many of which may be unintended, on others - including Christians - living in other parts of the world.

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  Christian, Democracy, World

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• Formal theological teaching in Africa is deeply rooted in the Western missionary movement . However, in practice, the church wrestles with how to bring theology to bear on the realities it faces in the context.

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  Teaching, Reality, Church

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• El auge del evangelio de la prosperidad es uno de los grandes desafíos al verdadero mensaje de Jesucristo. Aunque no es un problema expresamente occidental, las promesas de esta falsa enseñanza suelen estar profundamente arraigadas en el materialismo y la riqueza mundana de Occidente. Los maestros se centran en una recompensa temporal como prueba de la bendición de Dios, ignorando a menudo las cuestiones más importantes de la justicia, la reconciliación y la redención, tan necesarias en el mundo de hoy.

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  Maestro, Jesús, Enseñanza

  Fuente: www.patheos.com

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• We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose the global body of Christ can help challenge us in very important ways.

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  Men, Political, Challenges

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• Nunca he sido policía ni espero serlo, gracias.

  Ed McBain

  Thanks, Cop

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• In conversations and visits with friends from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe I am often struck by the gaps in our Western theological approaches. The most common texts used in evangelical schools have been written in the US, UK, and Australia. However, they miss some fundamental contextual issues.

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  Latin, School, Missing

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• McKinty is an exciting new talent.

  Ed McBain

  Talent, Exciting, New Talent

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• I would certainly never suggest that any lesbian should be ashamed of her sexual preference.

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  Preference, Should, Ashamed

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• I have a book coming out in September, for example, where the plot concerns counterfeiting, and I had to do a lot of research on that. Or on any legal matters, for example, I have to do a lot of research online.

  Ed McBain

  Book, Example, Plot

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• Me parecía... que las únicas personas válidas para enfrentarse a la delincuencia eran los policías, y me gustaría que el protagonista, en lugar de una sola persona, fuera un escuadrón de policías.

  Ed McBain

  Character, Squad, People

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• Es una cuestión de estilo. El estilo Evan Hunter y el estilo Ed McBain son muy, muy diferentes.

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  Style, Hunters, Different

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