John Sandford Quotes
With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the scene pop.
John Sandford
Quotes to Explore
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I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.
Calvin Klein
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I've never been to the Himalayas, and I'm not really interested in them. I'm more interested in a dirty old quarry in Lancashire, and by god, they can be dirty.
M. John Harrison
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One of the problems with the Internet is that a lot of times it is inaccurate.
Vince McMahon
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The very man who has argued you down will sometimes be found, years later, to have been influenced by what you said.
C. S. Lewis
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Lord, what am I, that, with unceasing care,Thou didst seek after me, - that Thou didst wait,Wet with unhealthy dews, before my gate,And pass the gloomy nights of winter there?
Lope de Vega
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Man wants little, nor that little long.
Edward Young
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Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it-whole-heartedly-and delete it before sending your manuscript to press. Murder your darlings. sic
Arthur Quiller-Couch
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As all historians know, the past is a great darkness, and filled with echoes. Voices may reach us from it; but what they say to us is imbued with the obscurity of the matrix out of which they come; and, try as we may, we cannot always decipher them precisely in the clearer light of our own day.
Margaret Atwood
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We treat sex so casually and use it for everything but what it is - which is ultimately making another human being with thoughts and feelings and rights who will grow up to be an adult.
Lisa Kudrow
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Substandard housing was a blow to your psychological health, not only because things like dampness, mold, and overcrowding could bring about depression but also because of what living in awful conditions told you about yourself.
Matthew Desmond
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When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'
Jason Reitman
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You can't get all of your news from Jon Stewart, especially since it's a comedy show.
Joe Klein
