George Pelecanos Quotes

My father was a Marine who fought in the Pacific in WW II. He was a very tough guy, but after the war, he lived his life in a quiet and reserved manner because he had nothing to prove. I know now that he internalized his war experience.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeFatherExperienceWarTough

I think when you get to the point where you don't need to be in love, then you could be in love. You have to just be OK with yourself-and that's a long process.

John Cusack

LoveThinkProcessLongYouNeed

Success is not a stop sign.

Robert Kiyosaki

SuccessStopSuccess IsSign

I never start anything 'I want to be No. 1. I want to win Grand Slam.' For me, no. It's always step by step. The only thing I want to do, it's to push the limit.

Stan Wawrinka

StepMeWinStartPushWant

There is no Baltic identity with a common culture, language group, religious tradition.

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

CultureIdentityLanguageTradition

I don't take things for granted, because everything feels more fragile. It's made me wonder about mortality and how long you've got somebody in the world. I'm more fearful than I used to be.

Robin Gibb

MeWorldLongYouWonderMore

There's always going to be a war going on inside of me. That's just, I think, my make-up.

Mickey Rourke

WarMeThinkInsideAlwaysGoing

One of the features of a democracy is the disentanglement of the sacred from the secular because in religiously pluralistic countries, no one can legitimately claim special status by faith membership.

Michael Shermer

FaithDemocracySpecialStatusClaim

For Silk Route, my album 'Dooba Dooba' was a resounding success.

Mohit Chauhan

SuccessSilkRouteAlbumResounding

You can't expect that because you find a story and report it out that your newspaper and broadcasting company is going to want to publish and broadcast it - and you're going to be a hero.

Lowell Bergman

HeroStoryYouFindWantNewspaper

Destroy or take away the employment and wages of those artisans - which the corn laws in a great measure do - and you will, ere long, render the land in Great Britain of as little value as it is in other countries.

Joseph Hume

GreatValueLongYouMeasureLand

The fact is: It's true what they say about the United States. It is a land of opportunity. It is too various to get bored with it.

Christopher Hitchens

OpportunitySayTrueLandThey Say

I'm an actor, and I keep observing people and their reactions to figure out what they are thinking. There's only so much you can do on your own, so you have to keep learning. Art imitates life.

Preity Zinta

LifeLearningArtPeopleThinking

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