John Sandford Quotes
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I like Dolce & Gabbana's fragrance Light Blue - it's my everyday perfume.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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My dad was a kind of semiprofessional Dixieland-type drummer, and I learned the drums from him. When I was about twelve, we bought our first Ludwig drum set from a pawnshop - a marching-band bass drum, great big tom-toms, and big, deep snare drums.
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The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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I'd say a good couple of my closest male friends are directors.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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The bottom line: health care reform is about the patient, not about the physician.
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There are two rules I've always tried to live by: turn left, if you're supposed to turn right; go through any door that you're not supposed to enter. It's the only way to fight your way through to any kind of authentic feeling in a world beset by fakery.
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It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.
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I remember watching Gilda Radner when I was a kid and everyone thought she was so funny and no one ever said that she was a funny woman, she was just funny.
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I don't have any regrets at all.
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I never went to school. I never went to acting school because I was so scared.
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I was home-schooled, was always very close with my mom and was very straight-laced and square. I was never the rebellious one, and I never threw hissy fits.
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During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.
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I say it speeds thee not That Christ rose from the grave, So long as thou art still To death and sin a slave.
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The Internet will continue to be valuable so long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring data. Bitcoin's value is the same: It will remain as long as it is the most efficient mechanism for transferring ownership.
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