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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

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David Baldacci
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 5
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Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
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You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.
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You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho
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People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
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Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.
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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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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 about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.
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The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.
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Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.
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Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.
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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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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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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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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 outcomes can occur.
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A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?
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People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
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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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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.
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But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
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I'm a wicked ping-pong player.
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