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John Burdett Quotes

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: british
Birth: July 24, 1951

Topics

People Brilliant Out Stressed Who

While some politicians argue over whether to believe scientists' almost overwhelming consensus on climate change, the business sector is a believer and is wisely planning ahead.

Change Business Believe Planning

There's less clutter in the beverage category than in the music category. A lot less clutter.

Music Clutter Beverage Than Category

'The Muthaship' was an experiment. All my friends are working at Endemol, so they just kind of pushed me into it to see if we could shoot a little web series on an iPhone - and that's what we did: we shot it on an iPhone. So it's so experiential and so silly.

Me Friends Silly Kind iPhone See

I don't have a Bluetooth thing on my ear. That bugs me.

Me Bugs Ear Thing

I don't like the idea of a book being a test or being used for a test. The way - in my opinion - to make good readers is to let kids choose their own books and not test them.

Good Opinion Book Choose Test Way

And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had been an incident at Three Mile Island, that it was shut down, that there was water that had escaped but it was contained.

William Scranton

Morning Time Water Down Three Been

Marlon Brando came up to me many, many years ago. He wanted me to do a little doodle for him on the back of an airline ticket.

Me Back Him Years Up Little

I loved Le Taha'a private resort in Tahiti. It's accessible only by private boat or helicopter, and it sits on a tiny strip of land just big enough for one hotel. It's extraordinary and faces the Vanilla Island where Tahitians grow vanilla.

Boat Loved Grow Hotel Enough Land

It's either love or hate with me. People really can hate me.

Love Hate People Me Either Really

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

Parents End Week Three London Days

Mobile communications and pervasive computing technologies, together with social contracts that were never possible before, are already beginning to change the way people meet, mate, work, war, buy, sell, govern and create.

Howard Rheingold

Work Change Together Beginning War

The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.

Technology Moment People Rest Modern

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