Chris Pavone Quotes
I try to construct each of my novels around one central theme - core tensions shared by the characters.
Quotes to Explore
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I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
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The great opportunity belongs to him who can see it, to him who can grasp it. The better part of your chance is right inside of you.
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I'm very spiritual. I meditate every day. I don't know if that's surprising or not, but I've been doing that since I was 16 every day, so that's like kind of my thing. I'm really a hippie-chick at heart.
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I'm not going to say what was being used in the clubhouse; whatever happens in the clubhouse stays in the clubhouse. But it was not like it was in your face.
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Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court – that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.
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Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
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My dad's funny. He's laid back and a cool guy.
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Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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I am not a witch doctor, and in fact, you cannot have a witch doctor. You are either a witch or a doctor.
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I admire an actor that can do a lot with doing nothing really, for the most part. I like doing a lot by doing so little.
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Our target is not negotiations, it is the end of the apartheid system. There can be no compromise about that.
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I would not give my first 15 years to my worst enemy.
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I feel very responsible for young models of colour. They come to me and tell me they're not getting jobs, and I do what I can to speak up for them.
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I hope to start enjoying flirting again when I'm 70, like my mother did.
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People want to be with their own and want to be separated from others.
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Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.
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Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
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Rock n Roll is music from the neck down.
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We have a legal and moral obligation to rid our world of nuclear tests and nuclear weapons. When we put an end to nuclear tests, we get closer to eliminating all nuclear weapons. A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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Never allow other people to classify you based on your past and current circumstances, where you were born, your experiences, your gender, or your race.
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Personal brand equity erodes much faster than corporate brand equity.
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I try to construct each of my novels around one central theme - core tensions shared by the characters.
