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George Pelecanos Quotes

Every day I'm not working or writing is a wasted day to me.

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Day Me Writing Every Day Wasted

Contemporary Swedish artists that chose Swedish as their language tended to sing about certain topics and use words I wanted to avoid.

Words Language Artists Sing Avoid

In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Alone Great Organization Wrong Right

In tennis, a lot of parents are accused of driving their kids into tennis. I would say I'm the opposite: I drove my parents into it. They didn't take it that seriously until I was about 11 or 12 years old, when they realised I had an opportunity to go pro.

Opportunity Parents Driving Seriously

I do not identify as a person with a disability. I'm a disabled person. And I'll be a monkey's disabled uncle if I'm going to apologise for that.

Uncle Person Monkey Disability Going

I never carry a notebook while walking around London. I just pick those things up. I'm very good at quizzes.

Good Walking London Never Up Carry

I did the commencement speech at UNH in 2006, and one of the biggest jokes was a 'Guts' joke.

Speech Joke Jokes Guts Did Biggest

I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.

Michael Parenti

Capitalism Defend Argue State Itself

I grew up in Chillum Heights in the Washington, D.C. area., and it was never a garden spot. When guys go, 'Hey, when I grew up, my neighborhood was tough, and it was this and that'... the reality is that it was just a terribly sad place. And thank God, I was able to escape it.

God Sad Tough Thank God Reality Go

That's the only thing that got me here is my teammates. My teammates and my coach. That's the only reason I'm here.

Me Teammates Coach Reason Here Got

My mother's families were Mennonites or Anabaptists that came to Minnesota from Russia. They were actually moving around Europe doing diking and lowland reclamation work, and they moved into Minnesota.

Work Mother Moving Doing Europe

After my own for instance, my favourite is Princess Leia.

Princess My Own Own Favourite After

I moved right to L.A., and I had a year of active unemployment. I had 50-something auditions for 50-something different projects, testing and doing callbacks, and could not get hired. And then, almost a year to the day of being out in L.A., I booked my first job, and then I started booking something every other month.

Day Job Doing Year Right Active

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