George Pelecanos Quotes

I used to sit in my pickup truck at 7 o'clock in the morning outside my office and listen to the Replacements or something full blast, thinking, 'What am I doing here?'

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MorningTruckThinkingDoingOffice

I feel L.A. is unlike anything I've experienced. It's nice when I can relate to people, but that's not very often. I know they're out there, but I feel that there's a very big pressure here to be seen as being gorgeous and special. I don't think there's the same pressure in Australia.

Jocelyn Moorhouse

PeopleThinkPressureFeelI Can

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

Jenna Bush

EducationMyselfThinkImportant

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

Matthew Heineman

ChangePeoplePoliticiansEffectToo

Kids can sniff out a moral. They can feel the heavy hand of an adult.

Jeff Kinney

FeelMoralHandOutAdultHeavy

There's no excuse, it's just an opportunity that presented in a limited way and that happened and as soon as the press rang me I didn't deny it I just said 'that's it' and I had to go home and explain it.

John Prescott

HomeOpportunityMeGoSaidWay

I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg.

Tre Cool

FireStageOutTwiceLegJust

There's no way to recover after tarnishing an undefeated record.

Ronda Rousey

WayUndefeatedRecordRecoverAfter

I don't even know how to spell 'legacy!'

Ronnie Dunn

LegacyKnowEvenSpellHow

The truth is, pro wrestling is such an incredibly vast, incredibly surreal world. There's no telling how many words could be written about the subject - especially when the subject involves WWE.

Mick Foley

TruthWordsWorldTruth IsWrestling

The poetry of heroism appeals irresistibly to those who don't go to a war, and even more to those whom the war is making enormously wealthy. It's always so.

Louis-Ferdinand Celine

WarPoetryGoMoreHeroismAlways

When I walk up on that shore in Florida, I want millions of those AARP sisters and brothers to look at me and say, 'I'm going to go write that novel I thought it was too late to do. I'm going to go work in Africa on that farm that those people need help at. I'm going to adopt a child. It's not too late, I can still live my dreams.'

Diana Nyad

WorkDreamsLiveWalkChildPeople

There's a difference between talent and skill. You might have writing talent, but skill is learned. You have to practice. I remain teachable. I was sure that I didn't know everything. People who work with me will tell you I don't think I know everything. I watch people sink around me thinking that they knew everything.

Courtney A. Kemp

WorkTalentPracticePeopleMeYou

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