Don Winslow Quotes

I think we need to rethink our ideas about what policing is and should be. I think we need to rethink our ideas about the criminal justice system as a whole, including the hysterically named corrections system. I mean, what's being corrected? Look, none of it's working.

Don Winslow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Awards become corroded, friends gather no dust.

Jesse Owens

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Found everybody in a terrible state of excitement on account of the enemy's advance upon this place.

John Buford

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I've gotten myself into some difficult situations because I couldn't say no.

Melissa McBride

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I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.

Angie Martinez

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Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.

Michael Bloomberg

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I played outfield in high school a little bit.

Steve Clevenger

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Individual honors and scoring championships are great, but my No. 1 goal is to win the Stanley Cup.

Sidney Crosby

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I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

Mickey Rourke

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When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on.

LL Cool J

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I like ideas, but I don't like being preached to.

Conor Oberst

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Lou and I met while we were in high school in our senior year. We were in many of the same classes together and quite a few times we went over to his house to hang out.

Phil Harris

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When I first ran for Congress in the 1990s, my background as an openly gay Asian was one of the focal points of the campaign, and, in fact, my opponent attacked me for it.

Mark Takano

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