Michael Connelly Quotes

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had.

Michael Connelly

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 21, 1956

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I've worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.

Matthew Nable

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Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books.

Ann Rule

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'Shortly Thereafter' chronicles all the aspects of an Afghanistan deployment, from the terrors of the unknown that await before leaving, to the perverse thrills and adrenaline rushes found in combat, to the return home to a land and a people now more foreign than the war itself was.

Matt Gallagher

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Mad, adj. Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

Ambrose Bierce

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A chunk of seared albacore tuna, salted and peppered, then seared rare in a little oil in a hot skillet for just a minute or so per side, is the perfect addition to a savory plate of fried rice. Just slice the tuna across the grain and fan those mild, meaty slices over the top of the rice.

Tom Douglas

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If you start with a great peach, there's nothing you're ever going to do that's going to make it any better than when it comes off the tree. In 1970, that was a revolution.

Ruth Reichl

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We all go through times when we need help.

Michael Ontkean

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The concept of graphene came along in 1947, but nobody paid much attention to it. I was fascinated because it had a linear E versus K while everything else that people were working on at that time had a quadratic dispersion relationship. I wondered why this was and what was so special about it. That was my fascination.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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In the Buddhist learning process, we say three stages. The first is hearing, the second is contemplation, and the third is meditation.

Lobsang Tenzin

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I think we have to believe we are here for some purpose, and I know there are many cynics who will deny it, but they don't live as if they deny it.

Joshua Lederberg

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I'm enough of a political junkie to know if you have large numbers of people much worse off, you're going to have consequences.

Joseph Stiglitz

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The question was heatedly debated of how much Western culture should be brought into China.

Chen-Ning Yang

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