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The only one who can make you give up is yourself.
Sidney Sheldon
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Sidney Sheldon
Age: 89 †
Born: 1917
Born: February 11
Died: 2007
Died: January 30
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Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.
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Coleridge wrote, Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.
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To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.
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My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.
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We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.
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I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.
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I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting.
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the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.
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I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.
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Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.
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What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.
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If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel, and therefore I think my readers care about them.
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She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.
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If. A two-letter word for futility.
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It's bEtter tO hAte me 4 whO i Am,thAn tO lUv 4 wAt i'm pretNdng tO bE.
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The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.
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