George Pelecanos Quotes

I don't judge anyone of any stripe by what they read. Reading is always good for you. It's a positive act.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PositiveGoodReadingJudgeYouAct

When you've nothing to live for, you get to thinking inside your head.

Andrei Platonov

LiveThinkingYouNothingInside

You don't get to choose what your legacy is.

John Hickenlooper

LegacyYouChooseGetYour

When you get a draft pick right, you should be given full credit.

Jeff Van Gundy

CreditYouRightGetDraftPick

I want young people to look at me and go, 'Damn, I want to be like that brother. He sharp, he be on point. He represent black people.' I want to make the life of the mind sexy.

Michael Eric Dyson

LifeBrotherPeopleMindMeSexy

In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which proposes creating a constitutional monarchy under the Bagrationi dynasty, with a Spanish racing driver, Prince 'Jorge' Bagrationi, as king.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

TimeKingRacingCreatingPresident

He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?

Robert Adamson

BestMeWritingConfusedGoPark

I've learned a lot in life, travelling, living abroad, just in the school of life.

Ronaldo

LifeSchoolLivingJustAbroadLot

Our children, two daughters and a son, were born in 1874, 1876, and 1879.

Mary Augusta Ward

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As much as my parents were worried about me moving to London at 17, they could see that I was hungry to find my path. And it probably helped that they saw me succeeding at it, slowly but surely.

Luke Evans

PathParentsMeMovingFindLondon

You're a musician: You play. That's what you do.

Lou Reed

YouPlayMusician

I made a Christmas album a couple of years ago and just put it out on my Web site. It kind of smacked of this flavor. All of the reviews said it was Western swing even when it was Christmas standards.

Suzy Bogguss

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Watching children grow up, you learn a lot about life and about being a better person - you learn a lot about what's really important in the world and what isn't.

Sharon Stone

LifeChildrenWorldBetter Person

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