James Patterson Quotes
People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn't.
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I don't think many of us launched ourselves into the world of writing books fully formed.
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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Our soldiers show every single day that they are more than good enough.
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The young men in the inner city are without guidance, robbing and shooting each other with no remorse... Our system is crazy because we're planning to fail. Everybody needs something to grasp on to.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.
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If I wanted to make spy movies for the rest of my life, that would be one thing, but I don't want to just make spy movies.
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There's a lot of pressure on Broadway. There's this feeling that the show has to be a commercial success and the producers have to make their money back and Tonys and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
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In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
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My mother opened a bank account for me when I made $60 on my first day of work as an extra. She's that kind of mother.
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I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it's about.
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I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.
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I was excited to make my own 'Neverland.'
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I am not overlooking any mail. I'm looking at all of it. I even wrote back to the Viagra people.
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I'm pretty boring.
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Improv training allows you to get out of your head a little bit and take more risks, which is something I would like to continue to improve upon.
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I'm selfish.
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I've looked that old scoundrel death in the eye many times but this time I think he has me on the ropes.
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Something happens between a novel and its reader which is similar to the process of developing photographs, the way they did it before the digital age. The photograph, as it was printed in the darkroom, became visible bit by bit. As you read your way through a novel, the same chemical process takes place.
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It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed to say absolutely anything without fear of punishment.
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People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn't.
