Scott Turow Quotes
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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I like to create the music I hear in my interior. As a conductor, you have the ability to squeeze the sounds and interpretation you asked for from 50 to 80 people.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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I'm obsessed with 'Scandal.' I love, love, love it. I've gotten to meet all of the cast at this point, and they're all so, so nice.
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As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.
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If I went out in killer heels and full makeup, blow dry, the whole thing - anyone dressed up like that could be intimidating to men and women, really. It's so, look at me. Do you know what I mean? But I love women.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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Cricket was my reason for living.
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I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.
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I've always considered myself something of a musical rebel.
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There comes a time when you have to stand up and be counted.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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Conflict is the pursuit of truth.
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Problems or successes, they all are the results of our own actions. Karma. The philosophy of action is that no one else is the giver of peace or happiness. One's own karma, one's own actions are responsible to come to bring either happiness or success or whatever.
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I get this anxiety in cities and places like that. When you grow up in kind of a small town and when you grow up around a lot of green and trees and nature and that sort of thing, sometimes I think it's a little mentally disconcerting to be around this concrete.
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I'm not in this sport to take punishment.
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What sweet, what happy days had I,When dreams made Time Eternity!
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You do learn how to cope from those who are coping.
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You have to get out there and compete. You have to work hard. People aren't just going to come knocking on your door and say, 'Please let me invest $1 billion in your back yard.' You need to be able to go and match the pitch and close the deal.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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I'm a fan of odd meters. For example, I've decided to sing 'No Business Like Show Business,' but I'll be doing it in constantly changing 5/4, 7/4 and 11/4 time signatures. I've found a way to make that work.
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The humor section is the last place an author wants to be. They put your stuff next to collections of Cathy cartoons.
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The prosecutor, who is supposed to carry the burden of proof, really is an author.
