George Pelecanos Quotes
I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care.
Quotes to Explore
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I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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Every concert I've finished with the knowledge I've played a fistful of wrong notes.
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It's a special place, and I believe in the prominence of America, and having America be and continue to be an exceptional place, and making no apologies for America being a superpower.
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Whatever people thought the first time they held a portable phone the size of a shoe in their hands, it was nothing like where we are now, accustomed to having all knowledge at our fingertips.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections.
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Pakistan is alarmed by the rising Indian influence in Afghanistan, and fears that an Afghanistan cleansed of the Taliban would be an Indian client state, thus sandwiching Pakistan between two hostile countries. The paranoia of Pakistan about India's supposed dark machinations should never be underestimated.
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When I grew up, I never – I wasn't allowed to go out. I missed my prom because I went to an AAU tournament and all that stuff. For me, it was basketball, basketball, basketball.
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Skin cancer became personal to my family when my father was diagnosed with basal cell carcinoma.
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With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.
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Too often, campaigns are all flash and no substance.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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You have to make enough noise to be cast in the right films, and the best way to make that noise is to do lots of good work.
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Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my roles, then how will I do it? So, with all my roles, somewhere I feel comfortable about them, and that is why I play them.
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I would really love to play a superhero. That is definitely up there on my list. Captain Marvel especially. That would be so cool.
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It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
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I wasn't really geeky. In terms of the high school hierarchy, I was very much in the middle ground. You have the really popular guys, you have the nerdy guys, and then you have the people who really don't care - and that was me. I wasn't really picked on or anything like that.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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Our main battle has always been against Israeli soldiers and Jewish settlers.
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I live in a blue-collar neighborhood, and if anyone knows what I do for a living, they don't seem to care.
