George Pelecanos Quotes

There's a science to brain development. The brains of teenage boys are crowded with impulse and adrenaline. By the time they hit their 20s, their brains are dominated by conscience and reason.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Sandler's always good. Tom Hanks gave me some good advice.

Jimmy Fallon

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The U.K. is one of the few places in the world that has final salary pensions.

Jim Ratcliffe

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You can't save anybody.

Jodie Sweetin

YouSaveAnybody

I met Heinlein after 'The Forever War' had won the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He shook my hand and said he loved the book so much, he'd read it three times.

Joe Haldeman

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Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kinda falls into place.

Jennifer Aniston

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In secondary school I was floating - I wasn't passionate about anything. I did a little sport, but it was pretty joyless because the competitiveness was too much to bear.

Andrew Garfield

SchoolToo MuchBearPassionate

The art of what they call female impersonation, or the drag shows, really helped me to hone what type of woman I was.

Angelica Ross

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The free market is not a god; we have to do everything we can to make the market competitive.

Michael Gove

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I like to entertain in all aspects. When you're with somebody and you're out, you want to be entertained. I like to be around entertaining people. Even if they're bored, and you're in a convalescent home, there's something entertaining about that, in a way.

Amy Sedaris

HomePeopleYouWantWayOut

Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself.

Amy Cuddy

QualityYourselfPeopleSelfYou

God be thanked for the thinkers of good and noble thoughts! It wakes up all the best in ourselves, to come into close contact with others greater and better in every way than we are.

Lucy Larcom

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I grew up playing football and baseball and moved on to play college baseball, and, you know, as a kid, my dream was to play professional baseball.

Chris Lane

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