John Grisham Quotes
I had never written anything. And I had never studied writing. So my motives were pure: I had a great story... a courtroom drama that I sort of fictionalized, and that became 'A Time to Kill.'
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am extremely critical of all religious faiths.
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Wise choices can put us in control of situations where we might otherwise be tempted to compromise our principles. We cannot control all that happens to us; however, we can choose to be in control of our responses.
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Part of Michael's uniqueness, I think, comes from the fact that he worked with music. He had a tape which he gave me with many different compositions, really eclectic. These pieces of music were sources of inspiration.
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What I loathe is the multi-national conglomerates who must take responsibility for the degradation and pollution of so much of our landscape with their factory farming and greed.
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Love that is not jealous is neither true nor pure.
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In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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As a competitor, I want to continue to keep turning the chapters and keep challenging myself.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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Destroy him as you will, the bourgeois always bounces up - execute him, expropriate him, starve him out en masse, and he reappears in your children.
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There are two options: adapt or die.
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My goal is to be the tough negotiator but... not to air differences through press releases.
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Every time you go to an airport and get on a plane, you are basically taking advantage of the work that was done at Langley. Between World War I and World War II, they did just tremendous amount of fundamental research into basically making airplanes safer, making them more stable.
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By the time they get to 6th grade honor roll students won't risk making a mistake, and sometimes to be successful, you have to risk making mistakes.
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I had never written anything. And I had never studied writing. So my motives were pure: I had a great story... a courtroom drama that I sort of fictionalized, and that became 'A Time to Kill.'
