"As a novelist, I'm incredibly lucky to make a living, but that doesn't mean that I don't lie awake at four o'clock in the morning, worrying."

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David Nicholls

#Morning Quotes #Lying Quotes #Mean Quotes

“adolescence is a sort of underworld we have to live through. Everything is in us, even vice and crime. At the same time we discover free will. I wonder that it doesn't tear us off our bases for good and all.”

Source : Ethel Vance, Grace Zaring Stone (1942). “Reprisal”
“When I gave up a grand slam to Pete LaCock, I knew it was time to quit.”
“...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make an offhand reference, 'I recently read where--' and they'll cut you off and say, 'Oh, I don't read'... This is a tragedy on so many different levels. First, because they don't read, they don't know enough to keep it to themselves. Next, and this is the most amazing part, they use a demeaning tone like I'm the stupid one for wasting time with books.”
“You know, your ears record. You might can sing a song once you hear it.”
“To me, that means getting back to the point where our Constitution means that you don't tap people's phones and poke into their e-mail and you don't arrest people and keep them hidden for a year and a half without charging them.”
“To be an effective leader, you must be trustworthy. If people donâ€™t trust you, they wonâ€™t follow you. And if they wonâ€™t follow you, your organization wonâ€™t meet its goals. Sandy Allgeier explains that personal credibility comes down to a simple truth: Itâ€™s not about the type of person you are; itâ€™s about the types of things you do. If you want to be a great leader, read The Personal Credibility Factor.”
“One of greatest thieves this world has is procrastination, and he is still at large. Are we aiding and abetting the criminal?”
“On the lip of the Grand Canyon. I've always wanted to do that. My very first TV special out of the Olympics was on a glacier in Alaska. Right after that one, I went and pitched this idea to skate in three National Parks. Like Voyageurs National Park, because it freezes over and you have these little islands that you can skate around. [The networks] were like, 'Way too expensive.'”

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