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John Connolly Quotes

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don't recognise what I do is crime fiction.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: irish
Birth: May 31, 1968

Topics

Crime Conservative Fiction Element

I go out and take oysters, clams and mussels every 2 weeks or so during late fall, winter and early spring. I particularly like to go out when there is a below-average ebb tide because that exposes clamming grounds and oysters that are usually under water.

Winter Water Spring Fall Tide Early

Coaches have got to be given rank within the university so that you can't fire a coach unless you go through an academic committee, just as you would with a professor. If coaches are to have any stability and security, they need to be treated like an English professor.

Fire You Security Go Need Coach

When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Life Great Think Sleeping Complain

Our progress as a nation can be no swifter than our progress in education. The human mind is our fundamental resource.

John F. Kennedy

Education Progress Mind Human Nation

I don't think lying has any ultimate justification. I don't think it ever leads to anything positive. The good fight to have is not to lie. That's one of the challenges in a way.

Positive Good Lie Fight Challenges

I love insects. They are amazing.

Love Amazing Insects I Love

That feeling is so intoxicating, walking off the court holding the Larry O'Brien trophy. So I just want to do that again.

Walking Feeling Want Trophy Off

I mean, no one asks beauty secrets of me, or 'What size do you wear?' or 'Who's your couturier?' They ask me about really deep things and I love that.

Shirley MacLaine

Love Beauty Me Deep You Secrets

You know if something is good because you remember the lines because it is written so well. The rhythm of the speech is spot on.

Rob James-Collier

Good Remember Speech You Know Well

For better or worse, poetry is my life.

Life Poetry Better My Life Worse

I do create songs and play the guitar. But my focus is definitely on acting. I think, if there's going to be singing involved in my career, it would probably be in musical theater.

Focus Singing Think Guitar Acting

Getting knocked out in your underwear in the Octagon is pretty embarrassing, but people are like, 'The guy he's fighting is really, really good, and he is a UFC fighter, so he can still beat up 99 percent of the world,' so it's not that embarrassing.

Good People World Fighting Fighter

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