James Patterson Quotes

I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day of the Jackal' and 'The Exorcist'. I hadn't read a lot of commercial fiction, and I liked them.

James Patterson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 22, 1947

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We all say that we want to repeal Obamacare, and we would all love a clean, full repeal. But the truth is, sometimes it's kind of like making sausage. You have to do it one step at a time. You've got to approach it from the standpoint that you make substantial gains today, and then the next opportunity, you make more.

John Fleming

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When people spot Fallon in public, they do not shriek or drool or go wobbly in the knees. It's a different look entirely. A tilt of the head, mouth agape, eyebrows rolled like you do when you see a puppy.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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Anything is possible. I've got a few more miles in me. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself.

Michael Flatley

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We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be 'In cod we trust.' It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And that's extraordinary. It's all because of either greed or politics - Canadian politics.

Simon Winchester

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In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere.

Rudolf Carnap

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When somewhat at a distance, I cannot hear the high tones of instruments, voices. In speaking, it is not surprising that there are people who have never noticed it, for as a rule I am absent-minded, and they account for it in that way.

Ludwig van Beethoven

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To me, comedy is a game.

Demetri Martin

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Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

David Viscott

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When someone else is making money off of you and using your body, you need to step off the carousel.

CM Punk

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I love the Internet, and I love wasting time on the Internet - even though it sometimes ends up being not being a waste of time.

Claire Cameron

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I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

Claire Denis

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We have to keep pace with changing times.

Ali Fazal

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