J. A. Konrath Quotes

I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.

J. A. Konrath

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You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real.

Jim Balsillie

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North Korea is going to get away with keeping its nuclear weapons.

John Bolton

Nuclear WeaponsAwayGoingGetNorth

I truly believe that as a novelist, you cannot adequately describe the weather in England - the light, the dampness, the bitterness, the summer softness, and so on - without having experienced it.

Stephanie Laurens

LightWeatherBelieveYouBitterness

Flatulence peaks twice a day... five hours after lunch and five hours after dinner.

Mary Roach

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If we provide the young with a strong foundation, we can leave behind a legacy substantially greater than most are able to bequeath. As for the women, the old adage that you invest in a woman, you invest in a generation, still rings true today.

Joyce Banda

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You make your first album, you make some money, and you feel like you still have to show face, like 'I still go to the projects.' I'm like, why? Your job is to inspire people from your neighborhood to get out. You grew up there. What makes you think it's so cool?

Jay-Z

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Vanity is something that will only get in the way of doing your best work, and ultimately if you're truly vain you care more about your work than how you look in your work. I actually consider myself a pretty vain guy when it comes to that.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

WorkMyselfBestCareDoingLook

But I haven't met a player or a coach whose goal isn't to win the Super Bowl.

Pete Rozelle

WinGoalSuper BowlCoachWhoseMet

When it comes to the form the narrative will take, whether first person, third person, or Aunt Grace's cat, I usually find that the story tells me which voice it prefers, and that often changes as I go along. And in the end it really doesn't matter as long as the author can rig those voices all in harness to pull the same load.

Thomas Steinbeck

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Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone.

Tituss Burgess

DayRacismSomeoneWishYouOne Day

In a world of shared data services, where you have third-party networks selling ads on your behalf and displaying them in real time to your users, it's very difficult for you to control everything.

Mark Pincus

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I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation.

Gerald Scarfe

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