George Pelecanos Quotes

Movies were the biggest influence on me when I was a kid.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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As a little girl in Arizona, none of the women in my family had a cultural connection with Girl Scouts, but the opportunity resonated with my mother as a platform that would allow me to excel in school.

Anna Maria Chavez

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I absolutely love the Philharmonic. I also love rock guitar.

Trey Anastasio

LoveGuitarRockAbsolutelyAlso

In a sportsperson's life, pressure is always there; you have to learn to deal with it.

Mary Kom

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I think that the women's magazines and a lot of those quick tips for better sex, I think that they do people a disservice, sometimes, because they become very focused on - they're thinking, 'Okay, I read that I should do this, and am I doing it right?'

Mary Roach

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I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

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This preparatory sort of idealism is the one that, as I just suggested, Berkeley made prominent, and, after a fashion familiar. I must state it in my own way, although one in vain seeks to attain novelty in illustrating so frequently described a view.

Josiah Royce

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Classic rock, psychedelic rock - I like to dig up old music and see what I can get influenced by.

Diplo

MusicI CanRockClassicOldSee

If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all.

Donald E. Westlake

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Every day, you have to prove yourself and convince - move forward and challenge yourself. And doubt all the time.

Christine Lagarde

TimeChallengeDayYourselfForward

I never think I'm making fun of my culture. In fact I'm making fun of myself, because I catch myself doing some very stupid things.

Chuck Palahniuk

MyselfCultureFunStupidThink

Dark matter is one of the dominant constituents of the universe, which piled up in certain parts of the universe due to gravity, and in those regions, galaxies were formed. It is the unseen thing that holds the universe together.

Priyamvada Natarajan

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I concluded that Donald Trump lacked the temperament, the judgment and the self-discipline to heal the divisions in our country - which are very real - and to be commander in chief.

Susan Collins

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