John Sandford Quotes
Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.
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The way we do music in Brazil is very different because we are so moved by music; we grow up with that.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Not only did I get an A in music but I got an A in ladies.
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
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In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds.
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I've never read for a movie, I've always been given them.
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A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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My dad is afraid of my laugh.
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I rode horses since I was a kid.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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Having been subjected to the pigeonholing of Hollywood myself, I realized that once you become a studio-approved director, your chances of ever making your own film again are zero. You make the films that the studio wants you to make.
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The first job of a writer is to be honest.
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I don't enjoy doing stand-up. I see it as being like exercise: I feel good about it after I've done it.
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Sport is increasingly played according to the tune, and rules, of those with the biggest bucks, whether their practices be legal or illegal.
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We admire people to the extent that we cannot explain what they do, and the word 'admire' then means 'marvel at.'
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Most of my writing work has been in film. I have done some TV, but most of it has been in film.
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Well, I am becoming doddering and old but I have - I'm writing two books a year now. It's like 220,000 words or something like finished, and, honest to God, I can't do that. I really do need the help of, you know, other people working with me.
