David Baldacci Quotes

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• As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and…
• Because life doesn't work that way. You can do everything perfectly. Do everything you think you're supposed to be doing. Fulfill every expectation that other…
• The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.
• Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap
• You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach…
• It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why they…
• It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with…
• People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
• People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
• Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.
• The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot…
• Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?
• Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.
• Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!
• I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.
• As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.
• But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
• But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
• Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right…
• I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at…

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