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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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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I have the attention span of a mosquito from multitasking and all the things that have affected my poor little brain.
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I feel like any time John Oliver is added to something, the comedy is instantly there. He's so funny.
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In terms of representation, television is reflecting an era that has passed. It's the wrong time; it's the wrong period. In all sorts of television, it doesn't feel like the 21st century.
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Finding the perfect lookalike to work with is crucial and a lengthy process. We have our regulars, but we also use social media all the time to find people. It's amazing who you can unearth on Twitter.
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I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
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I was playing violin for a long time, about 6 years. It takes a while. You need very patient people in your house when you have a violin.
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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.
