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Greg Iles Quotes

I have not written a perfect sentence, in the literary sense. It's a lot easier to throw a perfect pass than to write a perfect sentence, if that sentence is meant to perform more than a mechanical function.

Greg Iles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1960

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Perfect More Write Mechanical Sense

I have never understood why so many gardeners favour straight lines and narrow, regulated borders; perhaps they think wildness could work only in a larger space.

John Burnside

Work Space Think Why Never Borders

In my view the structure of the whole atom was that of an individual, with all its parts interconnected, and the emission of a spectral line appeared to me to be the result of the coherence and co-operation of several electric quanta.

Johannes Stark

Me View Result Structure Line Atom

I sometimes wonder if the inability to find oneself makes one seek oneself in other people, in characters.

John Cazale

People Find Wonder Sometimes Seek

The best thing I have are 5 percent bonds from 1780, denominated from $1 to $20. As far as I can tell, they are obligations from the United States of America, so I should be able to walk down to the Federal Reserve and redeem the uncanceled ones. With 217 years of accrued interest, for a $20 bond, that's about $800,000.

Andrew Tobias

Best Walk Bond America Down I Can

I want to build friendships. I want to come across as being a good illustration of what Jesus is like.

Robert H. Schuller

Good Want Build Being Come Like

I think it is very important to keep the kids off the street and out of trouble.

Amir Khan

Think Trouble Important Street Out

To me, cooking is man's natural activity. But I think writing is really hard. Certainly writing fiction is the hardest thing I've ever done.

Ruth Reichl

Cooking Man Me Writing Think Done

Economists who have studied the relationship between education and economic growth confirm what common sense suggests: The number of college degrees is not nearly as important as how well students develop cognitive skills, such as critical thinking and problem-solving ability.

Derek Bok

Education Growth Relationship College

I'm not a great hunter. But I have fired guns in the past, when I was growing up. But it was part of growing up where I lived. You go out hunting or target practice. They also taught you to respect guns.

Scott Wilson

Respect Great Past Practice You Go

There's nothing I like better than going to my apartment, closing the door, cooking my little dinner for one and just tuning out. My apartment really is my haven. It's a nest where I go to heal.

Tim Gunn

Cooking Door Dinner Better Nothing

I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are able to sustain ourselves in spite of ourselves.

Ntozake Shange

Art Joy Healing Think Force Give

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

Ricky Martin

Courage Teacher Hero Best Help