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Scott Turow Quotes

I'm a computer guy, and one of the things I did with the good fortune that 'Presumed Innocent' brought me was to buy one of the very first laptop computers. It weighed about eight and a half pounds, by the way.

Scott Turow

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 12, 1949

Topics

Good Me Computers Innocent Way Buy

It's OK to fail once in awhile.

John Gourley

Fail OK Once Awhile

The reality is that the work I do is not private work. I bring all my secrets, my life, to my work. Anybody who's seen my work knows everything about me.

Andy Garcia

Life Work Me Reality My Life Bring

Just to see him come on the stage was an event. They had very high risers, and back a little bit, so he'd walk around behind the risers and right across the front of the stage to the podium, remember?

Robert Ripley

Walk Remember Back Right See High

I had a lovely time growing up. But I was very aware of the miners' strike going on, friends' families collapsing, and people being unemployed.

John Tiffany

Time People Growing Up Friends Up

When people think about 'thinking,' they often think 'academia;' they think 'threat.' They think 'coldness.' I want to reverse all those images and say, 'No, the brain God gave you is intended to throw fuel on the fire of your affections for God. It's really good at it if you let it.'

John Piper

Good God Fire People Brain Thinking

Hollywood is just like high school. The popular people only like the other popular people. And the thing is, some people aren't nice - or they're nice, but only to your face, not elsewhere.

Amanda Seyfried

School People High School Face Nice

I just wanted to tell good stories that helped explain the world to people.

Amy Chozick

Good People World Explain Tell Just

I always loved being in London and being near my parents.

Sophie Winkleman

Parents Loved London Always Being

When I went to college, we had a very good local following, but stations only televised two or three NCAA games a season. And when I went to Europe, once in a while we had a good crowd, but usually not.

Sue Wicks

Good College Three Games Two Europe

I wanted to be a ballerina as a child - I had a tutu, and I used to stage my own ballets in our front room with my family as the audience.

Lucy Hawking

Family Child My Own Stage Room Own

I do receive a summary of daily news, but my work is mostly electronics and I.T.

Jay Y. Lee

Work Daily News Electronics Summary

To my younger self, I would say unless you're literally in danger, ask forgiveness instead of asking permission.

Jonathan Van Ness

Forgiveness Self You Say Ask Asking