#ear

I was a lawyer for 10 years - a short time, but it molded me into who I am. My clients were little people fighting big corporations, so it was a natural thing to not only represent the little guy but also to pull for him - it's the American way. ↗

— John Grisham

#am #american #american way #big #big corporations

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads. ↗

— John Grisham

#beneath #big #big picture #book #card

Twenty years on, the books are still fun to write and I've still got lots of stories I want to tell, mainly about social injustice and people chewed up by the system. ↗

— John Grisham

#books #chewed #fun #got #i

We've sent 130 men to death row to be executed in this country, at least 130 that we know of, who have later have been exonerated because they were either innocent, or they were not fairly tried. That's 130 people that we've locked down on death row. And they've spent years there. ↗

— John Grisham

#been #country #death #down #either

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity. ↗

— Lewis Grizzard

#fears #football #game #get #life

When the authorities warn you of the dangers of having sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. ↗

— Matt Groening

#dangers #having #important #important lesson #learned

When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. ↗

— Matt Groening

#important #important lesson #learned #lesson #sex

An important consequence of freeing oneself from the fear of death is a radical opening to spirituality of a universal and non-denominational type. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#death #fear #freeing #important #non-denominational

Each of us can manifest the properties of a field of consciousness that transcends space, time, and linear causality. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#consciousness #each #field #linear #manifest

As long as I had easy access to psychedelics at the government-sponsored research project, most of my energy went into psychedelic sessions. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#easy #easy access #energy #had #i