John Grisham Quotes
I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed by critics.
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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.
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I have an iPod, but I put my music in it from my CDs, and then I have that CD in my library.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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I've always been extremely physically active.
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I never fully understand all the drama and machinations within the Eagles.
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Men are freest when they are most unconscious of freedom. The shout is a rattling of chains, always was.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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Children seem naturally drawn to poetry - it's some combination of the rhyme, rhythm, and the words themselves.
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For years, I believed that anything worth doing was worth doing early. In graduate school, I submitted my dissertation two years in advance. In college, I wrote my papers weeks early and finished my thesis four months before the due date. My roommates joked that I had a productive form of obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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Its only when you are a great actor and are recognised for your good work that you become famous. Unless you are in the news for the wrong reasons!
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Every product you have ever loved was a compromise from the ideal vision of its creators to the realities of shipping on time, on budget, and on price point. Anyone who has ever manufactured a physical product that had to be on the shelves for Christmas shopping knows how painful these choices can be.
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In their search for quality, people seem to be looking for permanency in a time of change.
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What is the relationship between spirituality and ethical practice? Since love and compassion and similar qualities all, by definition, presume some level of concern for others' well-being, they presume ethical restraint. We cannot be loving and compassionate unless at the same time we curb our own harmful impulses and desires.
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Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals. Think of using all obstacles as stepping stones to build the life you want.
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I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction you're going to get bashed by critics.
