David Grann Quotes

I spend my life mostly disproving conspiracies.

David Grann

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LifeMy LifeSpendMostly

I didn't go to university straight after school. I went at night.

Jim Crace

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Some readers allow their prejudices to blind them. A good reader knows how to disregard inappropriate responses.

John Barton

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For something to collapse, not all systems have to shut down. In most cases, just one system is enough. For example, the human body is a system of systems. If just one system, such as the cardiovascular system, shuts down, death follows.

Robert Kiyosaki

DeathEnoughBodyDownHumanSystem

Patience has never been my strong suit.

Michael Chiklis

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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Ambrose Bierce

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The sets on 'Defiance' are incredible. I've never really seen a set like this, where the world is so built around us. There's not too much left for us to have to imagine. We do a lot of stuff on the green screen as well, but when we're outside in the streets, it's all there. It's amazing! The creators have just been incredible.

Stephanie Leonidas

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My favorite pieces that I've written, either for St. Lucia or for myself, have always had a transporting quality to them, where they take you out of the moment and somewhere positive that feels nostalgic and happy but sad at the same time.

St. Lucia

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Garage rock is music for older people with young souls and young people with old souls. It's a certain sensibility, and you may have it when you're 17 or when you're 67.

Steven Van Zandt

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I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.

Ronnie Corbett

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The alienated man lashing out at society is a trope that popular culture loves to explore.

Michelle Dean

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We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.

Mira Nair

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Acting as a profession came to me by chance: in 1946, after the war, I was having lunch with my cousin, who was the Italian ambassador, and he asked, 'What are you going to do now you're out of uniform?' I said, 'I'm pretty inventive, and I can imitate people,' and he said, 'Have you thought about being an actor?'

Christopher Lee

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