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See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner

David Baldacci

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David Baldacci
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 5
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Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.
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You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho
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Pender laughed. Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.
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You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.
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But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
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Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.
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I'm a wicked ping-pong player.
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Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap
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A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?
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When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.
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Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.
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Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.
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In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
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It's often said that God works in mysterious ways. You have to really think about what He's trying to do. You can't be lazy and believe in God He doesn't make it that easy. It takes spirit and faith and passion to really believe. Like most things worthwhile in life, you get back what you put into it. Only with faith, you get back a lot more.
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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 it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.
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People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
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Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
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All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.
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Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.
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Trapped in a trap of your own making.
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