John Sandford Quotes
That's my sense of how crime works: that it's not any kind of calculated evil driven by the devil, but just control disintegrating.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.
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I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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I don't know what I'm meant to do. I'm not important, am I? I'm not doing anything that makes a difference.
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I love anything to do with history.
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If a queen bee were crossed with a Friesian bull, would not the land flow with milk and honey?
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He used to have a tent show, a little tent show, and I thought I was going to get a job working one year on the tent show, but he closed it down and I never got to go out there, but anyway, he had a sax and played drums.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense.
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As society diversifies, the number of people who read literature is decreasing. It will be difficult for readers to digest my ideas through literature.
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Social Security, all public and no option, rescued older Americans from living their final years in poverty.
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This is the first time in 10 years I don't know what I'm doing next, and I'm rather enjoying it. Soon I'll be climbing the walls no doubt, but right now, it's not clear, I'm just enjoying the freedom.
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You can't hit what you can't see.
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I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
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It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes. But I haven't manipulated anyone because if you think from the heart, you cannot be calculative. I have spent nights crying.
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Female influence came from my grandmother and my aunt. They would sing Corsican love songs while cleaning the house and dress all in black and say melodramatic things like: 'I want to die.'
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Self-reform automatically brings about social reform.
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My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.
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I think you should automatically donate your organs because that would turn the balance of organ donation in a huge way. I would donate whatever anybody would take, and I'd probably do the cremation bit.
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It is the acceptance of death that has finally allowed me to choose life.
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I'll acknowledge that I'm from Canada but I don't think I'll acknowledge that I'm Canadian.
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That's my sense of how crime works: that it's not any kind of calculated evil driven by the devil, but just control disintegrating.
