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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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
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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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When something comes up, and it's interesting, and I have the time, I'll do it.
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A woman is like a teabag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
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I don't mind dying before you do. In fact, I rather prefer it that way.
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Food is interesting to me because it's a way of understanding culture and societies and history. I would never write about food just as food. Just like I would never write about baseball just as baseball.
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Each painting is its own world, but a lot of times I do see the paintings as one page from a story. You can imagine what has happened before or after. Sometimes they are worded as being a part of a story, especially the paintings where characters are in conversation.
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Destroy my desires, eradicate my ideals, show me something better, and I will follow you.
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The pandering and ignorance-across-party-lines represented by the John McCain- Hillary Clinton united front for a temporary reduction in the gasoline tax should make Americans hold their heads in their hands and moan [...] Please. This is embarrassing. It makes me long for the good old days of debating about flag pins on the lapel.
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Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why, I want to know, are not traitors decorated?
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My basic philosophy is that no human being is a saint.
