Scott Turow Quotes
I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.
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Culturally, the First World War is the war that stands in for other wars.
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There is still a funny notion that women should not write violent fiction.
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Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence.
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Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking about what word should follow another.
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I have a saying. 'Never judge a book by its cover'. I say that because I don't even know who Ozzy is. I wake up a new person every day.
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If I could travel back in time, I'd bring back the entire Wu-Tang Clan.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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When a man has once loved a woman he will do anything for her except continue to love her.
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The best thing you can do for your body is sleep. It's simple. Cater to your body as much as to your mind. Your body, after all, houses your mind. You have to pay attention to your physicality as much as your mentality.
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When I was 16, I had a really big hit in the K-pop world. It was a hip-hop/R&B/pop song. I kinda strayed from that because of the writers I was hanging out with.
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I wanted to better inform the world.
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I got overwhelmed by the magnitude of the celebrity culture in America. My background is as a news journalist, and newsrooms in the US are shrinking - investigation teams are being terminated or shrunk on newspapers all around the country. The one aspect that's expanded is coverage of celebrity culture.
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A good project but a poor director will always make a mediocre film, but an average script and good director can make a good film, as he will put in everything to make the film look good.
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My grandmother always told me you must keep to your old roads and stick to your original friends and just go through smooth, be careful and stay positive.
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There was a dodgy digital period when things didn't sound that great, but now we are figuring that out. The basics haven't changed, which is talented human beings playing together in a room.
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Fortunately, as we all know, it's impossible for anybody but Jimmy Smith to really sound like Jimmy Smith.
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I was born 20 years after my eldest sister. I was the pampered child. That kind of love gives you an almost unbreakable backbone. My mother had three kids before me. She let me be completely free. I just never had anything to beat myself up over.
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I don't want people to think that someone gives me something to wear, and I'll put it on.
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A lunch date is more fun than a dinner date; you're not tired. It's a secret that not a lot of other parents told me about.
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I'm not for women, frankly, in any job. I don't want any of them around. Thank God we don't have any in the Cabinet.
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When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all of my book tours since then have involved me coming to a library and talking about how important libraries are for a community.
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The web can be a fast trip to the library, giving you immediate access to a government report, or it can filter media for you, which is why I look at around 15- 20 of these sites every day.
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Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.
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I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.
