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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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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Nothing generates more heat in the government than the question of who is chosen to participate in important meetings.
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Respect for the dignity of others includes treating them as rational creatures capable of being persuadad by rational argument, even in the face of frequent evidence to the contrary.
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When I was a child I wanted to be a petrol pump attendant. I suppose you have all sorts of thoughts as a child and at the time I figured that it was a way to avoid doing anything like going on stage.
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People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
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Everyone has egos, and you want to come out on top. You have to pick yourself up and go at it again.
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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.
