John Lescroart Quotes
One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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For me, it was not destiny to make it to where I am now - I thought for a long- time I would become a go-kart mechanic, or a job like this, not an F1 driver.
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I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
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I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
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I've fallen in love in my life a few times. It's the most exciting part of being alive - that I've experienced, anyway.
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When you're starting out, every line in a show or a commercial is like a huge success.
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I wanted to become an engineer, or get a masters in business. But I had the opportunity to do films when I was about 25 and it was a great way to express myself.
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This is my risk to take.Not yours. I can live with getting myself killed. Technically, you can't live if you get yourself killed.
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The thing with films is that you have to make something that will get people out of their houses, away from the TV set. You must touch people, say something. Otherwise, they'll stay at home.
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A heroic nature is very Greek.
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One of the most productive times in my early writing life was while I had a full-time job as a word processor in a law firm and also worked part-time at night, often working until 11:00 P.M.
