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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."
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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."
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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
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"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
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"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
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"I admire Bruce Springsteen because he's a heroic person who has lots of integrity and has this incredible body of work that is so vital."
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"The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process."
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"Working overtime is an underpaid man's salvation."
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"I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession."
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Explore more quotes by Sara Paretsky

"White-collar crime gets more outrageous by the second in America."
Crime

"I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science."
Science

"Around the time I turned 30, I wanted to publish a novel."
Time

"I thought it was time for a tough, smart, likable female private investigator, and that's how VI came to life."
Life

"Most people don't have the money to spend on advertising to create awareness among readers, nor do they have the contacts at newspapers or magazines to get their books reviewed."
Money

"I wish I could remember where I put things. I spend half my life looking for my keys. With the other half I look for my glasses."
Life

"I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work."
Work

"The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are."
Publishing

"You get weird and unsettling behaviour in the country."
Nation

"I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming."
Friendship
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