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“Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.”

Quote by Nelson DeMille

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Nelson DeMille is an American author renowned for his suspense novels. His works are characterized by their historical settings and intricate plots, which have won him a large following. more

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“You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.”

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“I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.”

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“There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.”

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“There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.”

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“I've always said I have nothing against a woman doing anything a man can do as long as she gets home in time to cook dinner.”

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“Well blest is he who has a dear one dead; A friend he has whose face will never change- A dear communion that will not grow strange; The anchor of a love is death.”

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“... every man on the planet Has just as much right as yourself to the road.”

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“We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not unreasonable that we grapple with problems. But there are tens of thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we can, learn what we can, improve the solutions, and pass them on.”

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“The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is.”

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“The possession of gold has ruined fewer men than the lack of it. What noble enterprises have been checked and what fine souls have been blighted in the gloom of poverty the world will never know.”

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