Avi Quotes

I definitely have an affection for detective fiction, and when I first read Dashiell Hammett's 'The Maltese Falcon,' that book and its author made an enormous impression on me as a reader and a writer, and led me to other hard-boiled American writers like Raymond Chandler and Ross McDonald, among many.

Avi

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 23, 1937

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I sometimes think that I might be slightly autistic. There might be a syndrome that hasn't been named. I don't seem to see the world in the same way that most people I know see it. They don't seem to be baffled by it.

John Banville

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I want to be a champion for the people I have fought for all my life - regular people.

John Edwards

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If you don't have money or you come from a background that doesn't have money, it's harder to achieve your ambition in life. It's not that you can't, but it becomes harder. Inequality is one of the worst things that can exist in our society, so I am interested in those kind of things.

Andrew Haigh

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I love Jonathan Adler but more importantly I love throws. To clarify, a throw is not to be confused with a blanket. A blanket is to be slept under, a throw is to accent a chair or sofa and give the illusion that in some scenario someone might rest underneath it. In reality, this scenario does not exist and I never want it to.

Max Greenfield

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I cannot tell you how many times I have seen the original 'Steel Magnolias' with Dolly Parton and Sally Field and Julia Roberts.

Matthew Moy

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I grew up with my uncle's comic books at my grandma's house, so I've always loved my comic book reading.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan

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There's probably a way to use that great content and to live under the radar now and then in order to reach a new audience. That's the thinking I'm talking about.

John Tesh

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It brings a smile to my face every time I look in the record book and see my name with the likes of Hutson and Lance Alworth and Raymond Berry, some of the fabled receivers of the NFL. It's all like a dream to me. I can't believe it's true.

Steve Largent

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By and large the United States has been able to resist the temptation to close its doors to the world.

Roger Mahony

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If they're booking a PWR BTTM show, they know what they're in for.

Liv Bruce

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People used to say nobody can sing my songs but me - they're too personal.

Joni Mitchell

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I think international business experience is an asset in a congressional candidate, particularly in a district with so much international commerce.

Jon Ossoff

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