John Grisham Quotes
Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.
Quotes to Explore
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It's insecurity that is always chasing you and standing in the way of your dreams.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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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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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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When 'Mulholland Dr.' was voted the Best Film of the Decade, that was very meaningful for me. That film opened up incredible doors for me, and I believe that that was the reason I was given opportunities to play all kinds of characters.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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I don't follow anything blindly. I have to know the entire thing, if I have to get in to it. It might sound funny to you, but it's like using English language. I use an English word only when I know its meaning and understand its connotation. You won't hear me say, 'What's up, dude' or anything like that just for the heck of it.
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To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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I think we're the first generation to successfully integrate American society.
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As a kid I had all kinds of questions about how I fit it with my neighborhood and friends and other Latinos.
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Part of adulthood is searching for the people who understand you.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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AppStudio is a native app builder that allows you to build the app and automatically deploy it on Android, iPhone, and Windows. It lets you design it once and then implement it anywhere.
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I think you could find some waves on the west side of Denmark, but I never tried it.
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I'm just going out there and doing exactly what I'm coached and doing exactly what I'm supposed to do and just trying to help this team win.
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Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
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I believe that God has a plan and purpose not only for the human race, but for my individual life.
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One of the defense mechanisms I have for the difficulties in the business, one of which is rejection, is that if I do the work, I go in, and I'm prepared and I audition and they don't hire me, I'm always just amazed, thinking, 'Wow! For that money, they could've had Bruce McGill, and they didn't take me? I just think that's amazing.'
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You can't be afraid to be honest and to be yourself. We all have imperfections and fall short at some point. Showing your human side creates a sensitivity, openness and trust. That's the beginning of the demise in a relationship - not being honest and not being you.
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Because I've lived a risky and unconventional life, I don't often struggle for subjects to write about.
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Sometimes I can tackle an issue -homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty - and wrap a good story around it. These are the best books, the ones with a story and a message.
