Don Winslow Quotes

When you criminalize something, only criminals can deal with it. When criminals deal with it, there's no recourse to law, so there's only recourse to violence.

Don Winslow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 31, 1953

Topics

LawViolenceYouSomethingDeal

Most of us aren't defeated in one decisive battle. We are defeated one tiny, seemingly insignificant surrender at a time that chips away at who we should really be.

Jocko Willink

TimeBattleSurrenderDefeatedUs

My dream of dreams is to write Broadway musicals. All of this Twitter and TV writing is just a day job.

Megan Amram

DreamsDayJobWritingDreamWrite

There's nothing more interesting than the details of someone's life.

Robert Harris

LifeDetailsInterestingSomeone

Life would have been easier for me if I had taken the path of least resistance.

Michael Gove

LifePathMeResistanceBeenWould

One of the workshop participants had shown me a single 8 X 10 photograph of a power plant where he actually was the general manager of this power cooperative. It was quite magical to me.

John Sexton

PowerMePlantManagerSingleWhere

Some of the biggest changes that have happened are behind the scenes, in the way we produce the magazine. E.g., much of our production has been brought in-house via desktop publishing.

Stanley Schmidt

WayChangesProductionBeenHappened

I think there's really strong social stratification in South Asia.

Mohsin Hamid

StrongThinkSocialAsiaI Think

A writer is seldom satisfied with the condition he finds himself in. We're all given to fretting a lot.

Joseph Brodsky

SatisfiedWriterSeldomHeHimself

Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression.

Jonathan Sacks

FreedomTyrannyNewOppressionRuler

People create from different places. Some love to create from a tortured place, some from a joyful place. And when I feel like I'm a 5-year-old kid in my backyard playing pretend, that's when I'm happiest.

Jonathan Groff

LovePeopleFeelPlaceCreateKid

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

Dionne Warwick

WaitOpportunitiesCreateWillYears

Everybody doesn't get to do each and every film. I don't compete with others; I compete with myself. I have been an athlete, a sportsperson; so I know how to be competitive in a healthy way.

Deepika Padukone

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