John Sandford Quotes
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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My interests span biology, though sometimes I feel like an anachronism, somebody from the Victorian era when there weren't so many boundaries dividing the sciences.
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We do not yet have the solutions to these questions, but the awareness that we live in an endangered world is present in more and more life situations.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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When I go into the studio, I completely detach. I let my emotions come out.
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Man knows so much and does so little.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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I have always despised people who thought they were better than others, and I made a promise to myself that I'd never turn into that kind of person. My family also helps to keep me grounded. Whenever I get a 'diva moment,' as they like to call it, they let me know it and say, 'Stop acting like a diva!' They're pretty good at it, too.
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We have a generation of people who think they can stand before the judgment seat of God despite their sins.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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The life of a single human being is worth a million times more than all the property of the richest man on earth.
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Most people like a little sex in their novels.
