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David Baldacci Quotes

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 5, 1960

Topics

People Me Book End Information Up

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

John Dalberg-Acton

Justice Nothing Bear Secret Safe

The only difference between an experienced knitter and new knitter is that the experienced knitter makes bigger mistakes faster. Be bold; there are no terrible consequences in knitting.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

Mistakes Consequences Bold New Only

It's the mix of the trivial and the great events that make up history. It's the low things about high people that make it fascinating, and that's why it would be a shame to exclude the trivial things. That mixing up is not just at the heart of history. It's at the heart of how to live a great life.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

Life Live Heart History Great Why

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.

Fame Want Much Ever Experienced

Sir Gordon Richards was the most successful jockey - flat or jumps - there's ever been: champion jockey for 26 years. He set a record of 269 winners in the season 55 years before I broke it. That was my greatest achievement.

Achievement Champion Winners Years

You can get a bit 'head in the clouds' - well, I do - and full of myself if I stick in front of the camera for too long. I forget there is hard work that needs to be done.

Tom Goodman-Hill

Work Hard Work Myself Clouds Camera

The regrets I have are strong enough that I wouldn't share 'em. I think that you can't live without suffering some.

Live Suffering Strong Think Enough

There's no unifying brand about me other than I'm a writer who shares my thoughts. Sometimes my thoughts are designed to help people, and other times, my thoughts are designed to change the political system and challenge those who need a good fight.

Change Good Challenge Fight People

I should be getting photographs of me with my arm around these people like restaurant owners do, because eventually I am going to have to prove to my kids that once I was an actor!

I Am People Me Restaurant Actor

I come from a blue-collar family. My father worked at the American Can Company as a mechanic. He broke his back and was disabled, and the first memory I have of him is in the hospital. My mother was a working mother - she had two jobs. Everybody in the house had to help out.

Family Father Mother Memory Help

I think it's really great when you stand up for something that you really believe, even if you get heat for it.

Christina Aguilera

Great Stand Up Believe Think Stand

When I was in casting, we would bring somebody in, have them read their lines, maybe give them a few pointers, and hire them, and then once they go to the set and you have a director who's directing them, that performance may not be anywhere near what you had in the audition, either good or bad.

Good Performance You Bad Go Bring

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