"So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot."

-- Jeffery Deaver

#Hard Work Quotes #Character Quotes #Plot Quotes

“In 1882 I was in Vienna, where I met an American whom I had known in the States. He said: 'Hang your chemistry and electricity! If you want to make a pile of money, invent something that will enable these Europeans to cut each others' throats with greater facility.'”
“You see, that's the whole point of being in government. If you don't like something you simply make up a law that makes it illegal.”
“I don't do any research. It's all about gut. Editing - it's always about gut.”
“Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.”

Source : Eric Williams (2014). “The Economic Aspect of the Abolition of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery”, p.16, Rowman & Littlefield
“Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions,”
“The foundations demand that public schools and teachers be held accountable for performance, but they themselves are accountable to no one. If their plans fail, no sanctions are levied against them. They are bastions of unaccountability.”
“The truest art I would strive for in any work would be to give the page the same qualities as earth: weather would land on it harshly; light would elucidate the most difficult truths; wind would sweep away obtuse padding.”
“I want to hold onto that because I think every kid when they dream about playing basketball, they don't dream about being a role player. They dream about being the man. I have that position in Toronto and to give that up and go somewhere else to be an addition would kinda defeat the purpose of my dreams.”

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