John Corey Whaley Quotes
I know what it's like to be from an incredibly small town and the oppressiveness of it and the desire to get out. But I didn't realize that readers in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco might not get that so instinctively.
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I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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I was an avid reader, but never thought seriously about writing a novel until I was in my thirties. I took no formal fiction-writing courses and never thought about these categories when I wrote my first novel.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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A lot happens in 20 years.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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The Wild West attracts cowboys. A sheriff is a good thing.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.
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It's beyond shameful this House can pass trillions of dollars in tax breaks for those with the most security but not see it to provide its way, see its way to provide health insurance for the children most in need.
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I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.
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I have great respect for the religion. I know a lot of people that are Muslim and are phenomenal people.
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Impact investing has become a broad umbrella that includes all investing with a focus on both financial return and social impact, but in its best form, impact investing prioritizes impact over returns and achieves outcomes that traditional investing cannot.
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I know what it's like to be from an incredibly small town and the oppressiveness of it and the desire to get out. But I didn't realize that readers in Seattle, New York, and San Francisco might not get that so instinctively.
