John Sandford Quotes
Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing.
Quotes to Explore
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We're all concerned about sports rights being so expensive. Obviously, we are funded by the licence fee payers, so it's not always easy to compete with those who can get greater revenue.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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You need to make sure you hire people who are capable of being strong team players. Team members should fit the company's culture, be committed to the team, and be capable of being genuinely vulnerable and selfless.
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Before I do a stunt, I have to make sure it is safe.
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When I was writing my dissertation, I wrote about Freud and the process of sublimation, which is when you learn to stop breast-feeding, or stop going to the toilet whenever you want to. It's about learning to repress a desire for instant gratification.
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Fighting bitterness can be a full-time job.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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My own military background is wholly un-distinguished. I was a sergeant.
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You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.
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A certain administration which I won't call by name took the arts out of the schools, and that left the brothers out on the street with nothing, so they went to the turntables and started rhyming. Then they had a way to express themselves, and that's the birth of hip-hop.
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Today painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. Most modern painters work from a different source. They work from within.
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I am not trying to conform to an unrealistic model of beauty. I am, however, being proactive in being the healthiest I can be.
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I would love to be on 'Glee,' thus furthering the myth that I'm a gay man.
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If you're working out and taking care of your body, you don't really want the greasy food that makes you feel tired or blah. You actually crave the good stuff!
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The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them. Man's attitude is to be one of obedience and subjection. He is to follow the lead of the angels, and consequently some reverence is already implied in the very relationship that exists between man and angel.
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I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.
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I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.'
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Just go outside and look at something and write it down and you'll find it is a very nice piece of writing.
