Elizabeth George Quotes
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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Nobody really believes in equality anyway.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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Our country does not believe in the concept of your God and my God. We believe that all gods are one. We have different ways of accepting Him. All ways lead to Him.
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It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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We solve last year's problems without thinking about the future.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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I really had a problem with being 'the man.' I'm past it now, but that was my insecurity. I ran from that. I was cool with being No. 3 on the call sheet or No. 2.
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I'm an actor, paid to act. I don't bring personal problems to the sets. Dad taught me that.
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People sometimes wear shirts that are really boxy, and you can see them over the top of their trousers, which doesn't look right to me.
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I'm a lot more observational than personal in my writing. My writing is mostly a lot of questions without answers.
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I totally consider Fishbowl my full time job - I have to say I freaking love doing this blog. I just enjoy the medium so much; I love the fact that it requires me to read amazing stuff by hilarious and talented people and forces me to know what's going on in the world.
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
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If uncovering the truth is the greatest challenge of nonfiction writing, it is also the greatest reward.
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My parents never said to me, 'Why don't you go and get a real profession?' And that really helped.
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I went to one doctor who told me I wasn't exercising enough. I was so exhausted, I couldn't raise my arm. When this doctor called it psychosomatic, I was enraged. To think the constant sore throat and swollen glands were all in my head was infuriating.
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The fact that the public are mesmerised by Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and all these miserable people makes me laugh because those celebrities are more miserable than the people reading about them for escapism.
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That's critical to me, the community. When I was 12 years old, I had a mental breakdown; I went berserk for a long time. I felt rejection from the white community. Couldn't understand why the pigmentation of my skin kept me from doing. Everybody always told me "You're going to be something." And of course, I began to raise questions about why it is that white folks treat us the way they do. The breakdown was very vivid. I just all of a sudden felt like I had been overcome by a train.
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It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader.
