"I enjoy doing the research of nonfiction; that gives me some pleasure, being a detective again."

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Source : Interview with Ann Bruns, www.bookreporter.com. May 17, 2002.

Joseph Wambaugh

#Giving Quotes #Research Quotes #Detectives Quotes

“When you're an actor, you're mollycoddled and you're treated with kid gloves.”
“I don't care about fashion at all. And I know it's kind of a dodgy thing to be a fashion photographer, a kind of pathetic occupation, but I like it, even though I question it.”
“To be happy, one must rid oneself of prejudice, be virtuous, healthy, and have a capacity for enjoyment and for passion ...”
“I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way against holders of power...power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Source : "Historical Essays and Studies". Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, oll.libertyfund.org. 1907.
“I always say that everyone has to start by being true to themselves.”
“To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.”
“Ceaseless as the interminable voices of the bell-cricket, all night till dawn my tears flow.”

Source : Lady Murasaki, Murasaki Shikibu, Arthur Waley (2000). “The Tale of Genji”, p.7, Courier Corporation
“I think Americans expect optimism in their leadership. The most popular and effective leaders, whether it was Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan or Jack Kennedy, brought to it a sense of optimism and possibility.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org

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