Nick Petrie Quotes

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of fascinating people.

Nick Petrie

Recitation: by Male by Female

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GreatPeopleBehaviorCrimeWay

I think the films that work the best are the ones that seem to be about one thing but then, under the surface, bubbling away, are lots more important questions that you're not really aware of, and when you leave the cinema, your mind is ablaze with different thoughts!

Andrew Haigh

WorkBestMindThoughtsThinkYou

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

John Newcombe

LifeCalmMy LifeYouSeriousWay

In my day, MI6 - which I called the Circus in the books - stank of wartime nostalgia. People were defined by secret cachet: one man did something absolutely extraordinary in Norway; another was the darling of the French Resistance. We didn't even show passes to go in and out of the building.

John le Carre

DayManPeopleBuildingNostalgia

I think that was the whole idea behind doing the solo record was to be able to do musically whatever I wanted to do.

Slash

ThinkDoingMusicallyWhateverSolo

Art doesn't spring from the muses alone, but from hard work.

Tom Rachman

WorkHard WorkAloneArtSpring

Let's take flight simulation as an example. If you're trying to train a pilot, you can simulate almost the whole course. You don't have to get in an airplane until late in the process.

Roy Romer

AirplaneProcessTryingYouLate

It's hard to keep family life and workplace separated.

Monique Lhuillier

LifeFamilyWorkplaceHardKeep

If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough.

Moby

ArchitectureYourselfLookingDoing

Voters aren't asking to be pandered to and aren't asking to be tricked.

Jason Kander

AskingVotersTricked

The federal government seeks to control and regulate the Internet, but the last thing this Congress should be doing is trying to stifle public debate online.

Dennis Hastert

GovernmentControlInternetDoing

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

Douglas Coupland

LieYouTellPhotoCrop

What could be a better recipe than mixing fashion and food?

Chiara Ferragni

FoodFashionBetterRecipeThan

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