#ding

What is overriding that and most important is that readers generally are interested in a good character. They might be more comfortable with Harry because they think they know him, but they always seem willing to give somebody new a chance. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#because #chance #character #comfortable #generally

I'm going to have to be impressed and feel confident in the people I'm handing a book to - or I'm not going to do it. Once you hand it to them, you're out. You have no control over it. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#confident #control #feel #going #hand

Rereading, we find a new book. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#find #new #new book #rereading

While we are reading, we are all Don Quixote. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#quixote #reading #while

Promiscuity is like never reading past the first page. Monogamy is like reading the same book over and over. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#first #like #monogamy #never #over

I've never heard of a comedy that hasn't had reshoots, especially for the ending of a movie in a comedy. ↗

— Bradley Cooper

#ending #especially #had #hasn #heard

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#both #breeding #candor #equally #frame

Conservative think tanks like the Heritage Foundation and Cato Institute have criticized Bush for his big increases in spending, which far exceed those of the Clinton era. ↗

— Jim Cooper

#bush #clinton #conservative #criticized #era

You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don't enforce them, people are going to find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It's not the law-abiding citizens, it's not the person who uses it as a hobby. ↗

— Michael Steele

#bad people #citizens #control #country #doing

The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate. ↗

— Dexter S. King

#family #government #materials #million #nixon