David Baldacci Quotes
People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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Whatever you got you have to accentuate. I ran my female card up and down the ladder my whole career, because I was in a man's world. It was worked by women but owned by men. I was the only female owner in my field at that time.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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The director had come to Madrid to court me.
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I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.
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The horror genre is my personal favorite. But then again, I was the kid who read coroner books for fun.
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
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The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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I always put my fantasies in the realm of goals.
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
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I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.
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The list of problems that we all experience may be endless, but I honestly cannot abide by the rule that, 'He who yells louder is heard.'
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The falsification of scientific data or analysis is always a serious matter.
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I never thought I wanted to direct. I love the control of it. I love to dream of scenes.
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If we overregulate, over control, impose too many burdens and too much bureaucracy - or if we do it across the board, without taking into account the differences among businesses and their relative impact on society - that could make people risk-averse and dampen the entrepreneurial spirit.
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If I had a daughter, and some guy came home with her, I'd be on him like a hawk. When I meet people's parents, I know my place. It's not that hard.
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People get a bad impression of it by continually trying to treat it as if it was a bank clerk, who ought to be on time on Tuesday next, instead of philosophically seeing it as a painter, who may do anything so long as you don't try to predict what.
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I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.
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People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
