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I cannot write as well as some people my talent is in coming up with good stories about lawyers.That is what I am good at.
John Grisham
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John Grisham
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: February 8
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And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.
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The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.
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I'm not in favor of the death penalty. But I'm in favor of locking these people away in maximum security units where they can never get out. They can never escape. They can never be paroled. Lock the bad ones away. But you gotta rethink everybody else.
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So many book sections in newspapers and magazines used to be lively and vibrant places. Now they are gone. You just don't see many reviews anymore. I can't control that, so I don't worry about it. I just try to do what I do and write books that people find every entertaining. I don't worry about the critics.
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I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am.
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Live your life the way you want. You'll figure it out.
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judge not that ye be not judged
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