Lisa Scottoline Quotes

The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

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• It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Up
  • Day
  • Thought

• I think country needs to have a sporting culture. I think if sports were taken as curriculum in school and are encouraged in right way like government of Maharashtra and Haryana have done given Marks for Sports and encouraging them with good jobs.

  

  Gagan Narang
  • Good
  • Country
  • School

• I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would.

  

  Taylor Jenkins Reid
  • Long
  • Country
  • Love

• Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.

  

  Zach Johnson The Fray
  • Time
  • Food
  • Stop

• Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.

  

  Wendy Davis
  • Change
  • Second Amendment

• I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.

  

  Dan Stevens
  • School
  • Age
  • Learn

• I hate wars and violence but if they come then I don't see why we women should just wave our men a proud goodbye and then knit them balaclavas.

  

  Nancy Wake
  • Men
  • Women
  • Why

• Actors, after all, dream.

  Nastassja Kinski
  • Dream
  • After

• It seems that no two people came to this specialized area of work via the exact same route.

  

  Randy West
  • People
  • Work
  • Same

• The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.

  

  Dan Gable
  • Up
  • World
  • Sleep

• He only half dies who leaves an image of himself in his sons.

  

  Carlo Goldoni
  • Image
  • Half
  • Himself

• Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Down
  • Mine
  • Appearances

• I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'

  

  Nadia Comaneci
  • Remember
  • Win
  • Gold

• The sci-fi movies I grew up with, the metaphor was very rich, and they used to really mean something: David Cronenberg's films, or John Carpenter's films, or the Phil Kaufman and Don Segel versions of 'Invasion Of The Body Snatchers,' or George Romero's early zombie films.

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Up
  • Body
  • Movies

• Trying to make a feature film yourself with no money is the best film school you can do.

  

  Quentin Tarantino
  • Trying
  • School
  • Money

• Most people draw from the mind, not the eye. They draw the idea of a table or a face, not what's in front of them. We don't actually see the line of the jaw as a line and we don't see an eye as a perfectly outlined almond shape.

  

  Caio Fonseca
  • People
  • Mind
  • Eye

• Even the best community organizations and faith-based initiatives and the extraordinary charity of Americans across the country can't carry the brunt of eliminating poverty.

  

  Irwin Redlener
  • Country
  • Faith
  • Community

• Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Little
  • Come
  • Enlightenment

• This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.

  

  Marin Cilic
  • Great
  • Victory
  • Tennis

• Military police is very timely for our army.

  

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky
  • Military
  • Army
  • Police

• I'll never limit his time during a game, but we'll give him days off from practice. I've never done that in my career, but this is a special case.

  

  Brad Soderberg
  • Game
  • Career
  • Practice

• We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes.

  

  Kathryn Harrison
  • Art
  • Truth
  • Chaos

• In the movies, you want a good story and characters that are honest, but you are also looking for a good director who can lead the ship. That's how we look at business. Everybody has a great idea for a start-up, and so do their relatives, and they tell me, 'You gotta build it.' I say, 'I have to believe in it.'

  

  Ashton Kutcher
  • Up
  • Good
  • Great

• The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.

  

  Lisa Scottoline
  • Trying
  • Truth