John Sandford Quotes
People ought to be slapped up side of the head, not always get what they expect. That's why sometimes the bad guy gets away.
Quotes to Explore
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I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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I had an Indiana Jones fedora that I loved. I don't know what happened to it. I don't know where it went. Wish I had it back. Whoever's got it, you suck.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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Any deal that allows Iran to enrich uranium, which allows them to ultimately break out within a few months with a nuclear weapon, is a disaster for the world.
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She told me that she would support me regardless of what I decided, but I'm so glad that I actually got to be a kid before having to grow up. My mom knows best about this kind of thing.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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When I was 11, I decided to start rapping, playing guitar, and writing songs. Everything really blossomed from there.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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I think that souls agree to come in and do what they're going to do and then leave when they're going to leave. So there's nothing tragic when a soul leaves. I think it was already preordained.
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Show me the country that has no strikes and I'll show you the country in which there is no liberty.
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I heard somewhere that whenever you write a book, people will ask you One Question about it over and over. And while I'm no expert in these matters, this is proving to be true. My first book dealt with a not-that-pleasant degenerate type, and the One Question was, 'Is this an autobiographical story?'
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My life has never been wonderful. Maybe when I was a child, but not after age 15.
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Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.
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My wife Cecily Adams was dying of cancer, my daughter Madeline was struggling to overcome an autism diagnosis, and my father was dying, all at the same time. Writing the journal was a cathartic experience, and an extremely positive one.
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People ought to be slapped up side of the head, not always get what they expect. That's why sometimes the bad guy gets away.
