Chris Pavone Quotes
Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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I love anything to do with history.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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The game has given me so much, and I tried to give so much back to the people who have showed me so much love day after day.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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My motto is more, 'If you want to find something new, look for something new!' There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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Stay true to your own voice, and don't worry about needing to be liked or what anybody else thinks. Keep your eyes on your own paper.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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I've been acting since age 8. I just stopped enjoying it as much as I used to.
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Through teaching myself how to be happy and get through things, I hope I can also do that for other people.
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I could enjoy the life that I had by virtue of the educational attainment that my grandparents and parents had pursued. Education was always incredibly valued in our family.
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Over recent years, urbanisation, globalisation and the destruction of local cultures has led to a rise in the prevalence of mental illness in the developing world.
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You have one big mythology in your favor: Everyone believes that you Europeans are impeccable. But I know you are jerks.
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Once boys' and men's challenges are clear, the question 'why now' quickly becomes 'why didn't we see this sooner?' The answer? Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable.
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My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive.
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I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
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When I started 'Case Histories,' the characters were all going to Antarctica on a cruise. The first part was called 'Embarkation.' It was supposed to be about everyone preparing to embark on the cruise, but it mushroomed into an entire book.
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Whatever's good about your book should be good on page 1, or very few editors are going to get to page 2.
