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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There are lots of wonderful actors doing animated films these days, but I prefer it when you can't recognise them - it means they've really become the character.
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The trouble with most Englishwomen is that they will dress as if they had been a mouse in a previous incarnation they do not want to attract attention.
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It is not worth while to consider whether a truth be useful-it is enough that it is a truth.
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In capitalist society individuals are controlled by a pitiless law usually beyond their comprehension. The alienated human specimen is tied to society as a whole by an invisible umbilical cord: the law of value. This law acts upon all aspects of one's life, shaping its course and destiny.
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I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.
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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.
