Alafair Burke Quotes

Just as I know the usual rules of law enforcement, I also know the exceptions and invoke those frequently. I don't feel a need to bog the reader down with an explanation of why the procedures are realistic, as long as I know that there is, in fact, an explanation.

Alafair Burke

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LawLaw EnforcementFeelLongRules

To me, nothing else about a tree is so remarkable as the extreme delicacy of the mechanism by which it grows and lives: the fine, hair-like rootlets at the bottom and the microscopical cells of the leaves at the top.

John Burroughs

TreeMeNothingTopBottomCells

If you don't put 99 percent of yourself into the writing, there will be no publishing career. There's the writer and there's the author. The author - you don't ever think about the author. Just think about the writer. So my advice would be, find a way to not care - easier said than done.

Andre Dubus III

YourselfWritingThinkCareAdvice

I'm much more interested in writing about the things that engage and enrage me as an adult rather than in wallowing in childhood sorrows.

Robert J. Sawyer

ChildhoodMeWritingMoreEngage

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

Mattie Stepanek

OpportunityGiftFeelingsOthers

It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.

Robin Wright

ImaginationMeBetterActingNothing

I always had a soft spot for Sandra Bullock.

Rupert Evans

AlwaysSoftSpotHadSandra Bullock

It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.

Denis Diderot

NatureHuman NatureHumanShould

You gain know-how from playing matches because every moment of a football match has its own rhythm.

David Silva

MomentFootballYouRhythmOwnGain

Ronaldo used to be my neighbour, and he passed my house every day. We always greeted each other.

Antoine Griezmann

DayEvery DayHouseAlwaysUsedHe

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.

Todd Phillips

DecisionsVegasYouBadPlaceWhere

I'm largely interested in people who are just great actors, and they're not necessarily hugely famous.

Tobias Menzies

GreatPeopleFamousJustInterested

Modern tyrants are terror managers. Do not allow your shock to be turned against your freedom.

Timothy D. Snyder

FreedomModernTyrantsAgainstYour

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