Mark Billingham Quotes

When you think of a great twist or a red herring or a way of misdirecting the reader, it is good, but you know that they are just tricks at the end of the day, and the way to keep interest is to write characters that people care about.

Mark Billingham

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Gradually, decentralized trust will be accepted as a new and effective trust model. We have seen this evolution of understanding before - on the Internet.

Andreas Antonopoulos

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I always wanted to be an anchorman, but after college I wound up working behind the scenes at CBS News for 10 years.

Andy Cohen

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The enemy of the modern woman is not women who like fashion or are writing about it. The enemy is stereotypes that come from all places and that tell you to be one way or the other. The enemy is really real sexist people, like Todd Akin, and people who are violent against women physically or sexually.

Megan Amram

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In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.

John Paul DeJoria

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Crashing is part of the sport. It sucks when it happens, but that's the way it is.

Tory Nyhaug

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I've actually traveled quite a bit with various authors. Judith Miller and I toured the highlands in Scotland with Liz Curtis Higgs, and that was incredible fun. However, I love going with my husband, who - although he is not a writer per se, he is a historian and can give me a lot of insight on various historical locations.

Tracie Peterson

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I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.

Roger Clemens

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Social conservatives are very focused on strengthening the family, and I think they are right to do so. One of the worst blind spots of the Left has been its reluctance to say that marriage matters for children.

Jonathan Haidt

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I've always been successful at what I do.

Donovan Bailey

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I would love to do a movie with Albert Brooks; we're so different, but I find him so funny, and I can be just as seemingly narcissistic as he comes off, the 'it's all about me' kind of thing.

Chevy Chase

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When I was a kid. I had traveled the world by the time I was 13 years old because of all the competitions I did for inline skating.

Brittany Bowe

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Juries are the constitutional institution designed to protect ordinary citizens against the wealthy and powerful.

Sheldon Whitehouse

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