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Quote by John Grisham
Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big p

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say Im a famous author in a country where no one reads. – John Grisham

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More than 100 people have been sent to death row who were later exonerated because they werent guilty or fairly tried. Most criminal defendants do not get adequate representation because there are not enough public defenders to represent them. There is a lot that is wrong. – John Grisham

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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. Thats the fun stuff. – John Grisham

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I cant change overnight into a serious literary author. You cant compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not. – John Grisham

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A lot of people are like, So you want to be famous. And Im like, No, I want to be good at my craft. I dont care about fame, I dont care if I even ever make it. As long as people know what I am as an actress in this business, Im set for my career right now. – Chloe Moretz

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I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. Im more in the second group. – Franka Potente

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Im famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the earth because I figure, a) They pay my salary, and b) Its probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, Just come on up. – James Wood

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People are famous for being famous and for nothing else. And good luck to them, because it lasts about a year and then theyre nothing again. – Brian Johnson

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As long as enough people can be frightened, then all people can be ruled. That is how it works in a democratic system and mass fear becomes the ticket to destroy rights across the board. – James Bovard

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The dark shadow we seem to see in the distance is not really a mountain ahead, but the shadow of the mountain behind – a shadow from the past thrown forward into our future. It is a dark sludge of historical sectarianism. We can leave it behind us if we wish. – David Trimble

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The simplest explanation is that it doesnt make sense. – Professor William Buechner

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We look for some reward of our endeavours and are disappointed; not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well. – Robert Louis Stevenson, “Pulvis et umbra,” 1888

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