George Pelecanos Quotes

'The Turnaround' isn't even really a crime novel. But you need conflict to make a novel, any kind of novel, and I don't know any other way to do it than crime.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1957

Topics

ConflictYouKnowKindWayNeed

When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality.

Joe Paterno

ConfidenceExcellenceTeamReality

We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.

John McCain

FreeNeedFree PressMustPress

I intentionally aided them by being there and blocking an avenue of escape for the victims.

Robert Iler

EscapeBeing ThereBeingBlocking

I read 'The Hobbit' only when I was an adult. I had a lot of friends, teenagers, who discovered reading through 'The Hobbit,' but it wasn't something that I discovered until later in life.

Matthew Reilly

LifeReadingFriendsAdultSomething

I want to warn potential victims. Many of them are women, and many of them are battered women. It's a cause for me. When I look back, though, so many of the books I've written are about wives who just couldn't get away.

Ann Rule

WomenMePotentialLookBackWant

Definitely dub is in my body forever. I think I hear everything through a dub filter. Even when I play rock music, I play through a dub filter.

Meshell Ndegeocello

MusicThinkBodyPlayRockFilter

Business is not the aim of life; it's a game.

Suleyman Kerimov

LifeBusinessGameAim

I have always been restless, had a lot of energy.

Riz Ahmed

EnergyAlwaysRestlessBeenLotHad

I mostly did musicals and concerts when I was younger, and then I realized I don't quite have the voice for it, so I went into acting, which I enjoy more.

Lucy Griffiths

VoiceEnjoyActingMoreConcerts

Creating a strong company culture isn't just good business. It's the right thing to do, and it makes your company better for all stakeholders - employees, management, and customers.

Julia Hartz

GoodBusinessCultureManagement

Most people are nostalgic in a way that they're fond of the past, but they still are happy that they are where they are now. You know, when you say, 'Oh, high school was this or that,' you don't want to go back. No matter how much you loved high school, you don't want to actually be back in high school. I certainly wouldn't.

Jason Reitman

PastSchoolHappyPeopleHigh School

The Spaniard is gallant and patriotic, and sacrifices everything, in favorable moments, for his country's good. He has the intrepidity of his bull.

Jose Rizal

GoodMomentsCountryBullEverything

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