James Ellroy Quotes

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.

James Ellroy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 4, 1948

Topics

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It's hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer.

John Grisham

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Music is about people for me. It's not about sounds. It's about people; it's about putting people into challenging situations. And for me, challenges are opportunities.

John Zorn

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One person's embarrassment is another person's accountability.

Tom Price

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I would like to say that what Mel Phillips was doing was not sexual harassment but more sexual abuse of children, because he was doing it in a sexual manner now that I look back on it.

Tom Cole

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Texas was home. We went to Anchorage to get rich in 1959. Someone told us, 'If you drive a nail, you could make $100 a day in construction work.' We were hungry, and we stayed there for a year and a half. But I never did plan to stay there - the same with Nashville. I was gonna go up there and work, but Texas was home.

Johnny Gimble

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The happiest times in my life were the days when I was traveling with Les Brown and his band.

Doris Day

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I didn't think anyone was going to buy 'Do You Really Wanna Hurt Me?' It was really personal, not a hit record, I thought. I wanted us to sound completely different. Shows how much I knew.

Boy George

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Since my work is theoretical, the financial needs are very little. Doing the research itself is the toughest challenge.

Ashoke Sen

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The state has not only the obligation to stay neutral in matters of religion but also to ensure that freedom of thought and conscience of all individuals is protected.

Asma Jahangir

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You can't be afraid. You have to be open. I feel like I've always been a leaper, and I've always leapt into things without thinking.

Sutton Foster

ThinkingFeelYouAfraidOpenBeen

I have more guns than I need and not as many as I want.

Todd Tiahrt

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I don't know who's 18 years old today that, 20 years hence, is going to be a jazz fan.

Norman Granz

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