John Grisham Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“In life, finding a voice is speaking and living the truth. Each of you is an original. Each of you has a distinctive voice. When you find it, your story will be told. You will be heard.”
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“I always try to tell a good story, one with a compelling plot that will keep the pages turning. That is my first and primary goal. Sometimes I can tackle an issue-homelessness, tobacco litigation, insurance fraud, the death penalty-and wrap a good story around it.”
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“Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.”
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“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.”
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“Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.”
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“When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.”
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“If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.”
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“I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm right.”
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“I earned my first steady paycheck watering rose bushes at a nursery for a dollar an hour.”
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“My mum was never too keen on TV, so we kids all went to the library and got books out. Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something low-level naughty, just like him.”
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“I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.”
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“Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.”
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“My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.”
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“The company later went broke, and of course all blame was directed at the lawyers. Not once did I hear any talk that maybe a trace of mismanagement could in any way have contributed to the bankruptcy.”
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“I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.”
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“I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.”
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“Prisons are fascinating places, especially when the inmates are educated white-collar types.”
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“I always do book signings with the same blue pen. That way, if I add a personalised message to a book I've already signed, it'll be in the same colour as my signature.”
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“Once again, I was reminded that Tally was the prettiest girl I'd ever met, and when she smiled at me my mind went blank. Once you've seen a pretty girl naked, you feel a certain attachment to her.”
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“I seriously doubt I would ever have written the first story had I not been a lawyer. I never dreamed of being a writer. I wrote only after witnessing a trial.”
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“It's a game. We tax lawyers teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich-and the IRS keeps changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them.”
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“Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.”
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“I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.”
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“It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, then they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth.”
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“Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.”
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“I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.”
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“The first thing my family did when we moved was join the local church. The second was to go to the library and get library cards.”
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