Alistair Maclean Quotes

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

Alistair Maclean

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: April 28, 1922 - February 2, 1987

Topics

BookDaysGetJustFlatFinished

Globalization, as defined by rich people like us, is a very nice thing... you are talking about the Internet, you are talking about cell phones, you are talking about computers. This doesn't affect two-thirds of the people of the world.

Jimmy Carter

TechnologyPeopleWorldComputers

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

John Buchanan Robinson

BusinessGovernmentSaidPrinciples

I've seen a lot of horror, but I'm not a horror guy.

John Carroll Lynch

HorrorSeenGuyLot

Cops and robbers resemble each other, so there's not a lot to learn in terms of learning the logistics of committing the crime or investigating the crime.

Andre Braugher

LearningLearnCrimeLogisticsCops

I grew up in Ann Arbor, about 25 miles west of Detroit. And when you grow up in that area, you get a healthy dose of Motown automatically.

Mayer Hawthorne

GrowYouHealthyDetroitGrow UpUp

There's a civic nationalism in Britain and dozens of other countries.

Michael Ignatieff

NationalismCivicOtherCountries

If you look at where innovation - defined as ideas, not as commercial product - tends to live, the university system is remarkably innovative.

Steven Johnson

LiveInnovationIdeasYouLook

I didn't have any knowledge of the music industry when I first got to L.A., and I really didn't know on a creative level what I wanted to sound like, so I had to do a lot of experimenting. It led to a spiral of depression and being broke.

Skylar Grey

MusicKnowledgeDepressionCreative

While 'Twilight''s popularity was undeniable among both the teenagers they were aimed at and middle-aged women who flocked to the series in droves, Meyer has drawn her share of criticism for her writing. Some feminist critics assailed what they saw as Bella's mooning over her vampire lover.

Michelle Dean

WomenWritingCriticismCriticsOver

My dad, like, he's the most trusting human in the world.

Miley Cyrus

WorldHumanLikeMostTrustingHe

Not eating meat is a decision, eating meat is an instinct.

Denis Leary

FoodDecisionEatingMeatInstinct

I'm always being inspired .

Boy George

AlwaysInspiredBeing

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