Scott Turow Quotes
At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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Vocally, I have learned to find my strength, and my voice has developed a lot since 'Be Here.' I learned to sing with all of my body.
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To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
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I think for a lot of people, friendship is a relationship that gets devalued once they move on to what people consider to be more important relationships: once you find a partner or when you have kids.
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Because my business life is so busy, my home is really my sanctuary. That is where I reflect and spend quality time with my girls.
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I really admire paintings that look like an actual snapshot - I think that's just extraordinary.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.
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I have like 20 snap-up shirts in my closet, and I never, never would have thought before FNL would I have had that.
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Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
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I wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers, 'Look, I'm interested in Ottoman things, and I'm not afraid of it, and I'm doing something creative.'
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While I feel it's important for films to examine our society, I don't particularly like watching the films that do it.
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During my time at high school and university in Kreuzlingen and St. Gallen, I traveled around Europe looking at art, visiting artists, studios, galleries and museums.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
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I try to write in a way that makes people feel things.
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I am extremely grateful for two big gifts from my father. First, my sense of humor - the ability to see the humor in something while it is happening. That has cushioned my life. I am also grateful for the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It has enriched my life and made me a very different person.
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The gap between what one knows and what one thinks one knows may be higher in the ranks of the elite. The result is supposedly-clever government interventions, introduced with excessive confidence, leading to disastrous results.
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The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organised habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
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Overwhelmed by the miraculous potentialities of the machine, our human greed has interfered with the biological cycle of human companionship which keeps the life of a community healthy.
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At the end of the day, perhaps the best argument against capital punishment may be that it is an issue beyond the limited capacity of government to get things right.
