Tony Hillerman's Quote - The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a

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The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a

The essays in The Great Taos Bank Robbery were my project to win a Master of Arts degree in English when I quit being a newspaper editor and went back to college. – Tony Hillerman

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I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites. – Tony Hillerman

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If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. – Vince Lombardi

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[I]t is clear the future holds great opportunities. It also holds pitfalls. The trick will be to avoid the pitfalls, seize the opportunities, and get back home by six o’clock. – Woody Allen, "My Speech to the Graduates," Side Effects, 1980

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You must realize that honorary degrees are given generally to people whose SAT scores were too low to get them into schools the regular way. As a matter of fact, it was my SAT scores that led me into my present vocation in life, comedy. – Neil Simon

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The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner. – Martha Reeves

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