David Maraniss Quotes
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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When I was nine years old, my family lost our home, and the six of us moved into my grandparents' converted garage.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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In our fast-forward culture, we have lost the art of eating well. Food is often little more than fuel to pour down the hatch while doing other stuff - surfing the Web, driving, walking along the street. Dining al desko is now the norm in many workplaces. All of this speed takes a toll. Obesity, eating disorders and poor nutrition are rife.
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I believe in the will. I believe in discipline. I believe in the organization. I believe in the rigor that gives us work. I believe in love as an engine of all things. I believe in the light. I believe in God. I believe in kindness.
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All right, every day ain't going to be the best day of your life, don't worry about that. If you stick to it you hold the possibility open that you will have better days.
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At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.
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I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it.
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There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
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You do your bit and then you hope for the best and you think, oh I hope there's an audience at the end of the day.
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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
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Matthew being a constant attendant on our Lord, his history is an account of what he saw and heard; and, being influenced by the Holy Spirit, his history is entitled to the utmost degree of credibility.
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I have this certain vision of the way I want my comics to look; this sort of photographic realism, but with a certain abstraction that comics can give. It's kind of a fine line.
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It's a crazy world, stardom. I don't even think of myself as a star. I just like to go to work.
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You, your employer and your plan's investment managers fail to follow even the most basic rules of investing. You overtrade, chase performance, do not think long term. All of you - All Of You - have done a horrible job managing your retirement plans.
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Ryan and I worked as hard as we could every day. All we wanted to do was to show that we belonged up here, that we wanted to stay up here and that we never have to play another game down there.
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Like every actress, I, too, had movies that got stuck, but I have learnt to always look at the best in every situation and to give my best to every situation.
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Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you didn't want to be left in the dressing room with him. It took many years to come to terms with it and to forgive those incidents that I felt had deeply hurt me.
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Here's the secret to weight loss: It's all about crowding out, not cutting out.
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I would like, in my life, to always be doing things I'm proud of. I know that probably won't happen all the time. But I'd prefer to be telling stories I can be proud of and understand why they're being told. I do watch a lot of films and TV, but sometimes I think: "Why the hell did you make that then?" I won't say what they are though.
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My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.
