Carl Hiaasen Quotes

When I'm deciding to read a book, I never open to the first chapter, because that's been revised and worked over 88 times. I'll just turn to the middle of the book, to the middle of a chapter, and just read a random page and I'll know right away whether this is the real deal or not.

Carl Hiaasen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1953

Topics

RandomBookPageKnowChapterNever

Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be wired in such a way that they'd come up with that?

Joe Abercrombie

BookThinkSomeoneSometimesWayUp

All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance.

Andrew Forrest

ChanceOutIndustryMiningGiveGet

It wasn't conscious, but I guess that one book is the reaction to the other. The first is so imprisoned in a male point-of-view, and the second is a point-of-view that can go anywhere it wants.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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I love doing research.

Tom Goodman-Hill

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Notwithstanding my personal affection for Director Comey, I thought it was appropriate to seek a new leader.

Rod Rosenstein

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'West Side Story' was one of the high points of my career. Yet, when I first saw it, I was really disappointed in how I came off.

Russ Tamblyn

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I think the fundamentals of America are strong.

Judy Sheindlin

StrongThinkAmericaFundamentals

There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'

Jon Anderson

PeopleWorldSayingCorruption

My sister discovered the Beatles when she was about 11 and I'm four years younger. So we had nothing but Beatles paraphernalia. Every night I fell asleep to a different Beatles album.

Christina Ricci

SisterNightNothingSheYearsFour

We need words to name and designate things. But we have only a static language with which to express ourselves.

Piet Mondrian

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In Brazil, we play quite open, but I'm doing my best to adapt as quickly as I can.

Philippe Coutinho

BestDoingI CanPlayAdaptOpen

There's a song called 'Live Blogging the Himmel Family Bris.' I kind of went for it here in terms of - it was really fun to be explaining ritual circumcision in Nashville - a lot of brises are done in hospitals, but many are done in people's homes, and there's a lot of food, and a lot of leftovers.

Rick Moranis

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