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8b16bef	Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.	courtroom-drama crime	John Grisham
ca50982	You live your life today,		John Grisham
a1ee884	Some people have more guts than brains.		John Grisham
488ff5d	If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.		John Grisham
e0b4cf9	I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm .		John Grisham
8228778	Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.	immunity addicts shame	John Grisham
df3a4a8	I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.		John Grisham
2b08960	Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.		John Grisham
16e7cf0	I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.		John Grisham
c42e29a	Life is short..Live to the fullest..		John Grisham
9712069	A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills the bastard.		John Grisham
5688127	How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?		John Grisham
c78aba7	In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.		John Grisham
cf659c9	When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.	perjury	John Grisham
3390fb5	I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.		John Grisham
d052c12	He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics.		John Grisham
df01fe2	Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.		John Grisham
b8e2b27	All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.		John Grisham
62bcfb0	I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.		John Grisham
96598bf	You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon."	gallon some yes only you need	John Grisham
30047a0	It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, then they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth.		John Grisham
b0b9641	Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury, I would not have indicted him. If I was the judge, I would not try him. If I was the D.A., I would not prosecute him. If I was on the trial jury, I would vote to give him a key to the city, a plaque to hang on his wall, and I would send him hom..	rape murder time-to-kill vigilante-justice retribution	John Grisham
581a600	The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.		John Grisham
87b03de	With murder, the victim is gone, and not forced to deal with what happened to her. The family must deal with it, but not the victim. But rape is much worse. The victim has a lifetime of coping, trying to understand, of asking questions, and the worst part, of knowing the rapist is still alive and may someday escape or be released. Every hour of every day, the victim thinks of the rape and asks herself a thousand questions. She relives it, s..		John Grisham
e73bd31	Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.		John Grisham
7f5c23a	You count the days and watch the years go by. You tell yourself, and you believe it, that you'd rather just die. You'd rather stare death boldly in the face and say you're ready because whatever is waiting on the other side has to be better than growing old in a six-by-ten cage with no one to talk to. You consider yourself half-dead at best. Please take the other half. You've watched dozens leave and not return, and you accept the fact that..		John Grisham
11c77d1	You advised him not to get a lawyer, giving as one of your reasons the opinion that lawyers are a pain in the ass. Gentlemen, the pain is here. -Reggie Love	reggie-love	John Grisham
5ad1d76	And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!		John Grisham
37c57e5	The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.		John Grisham
2d6dfa6	judge not that ye be not judged		John Grisham
908a9ce	I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.		John Grisham
8803ceb	life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done.	truth-of-life	John Grisham
03f6ce2	Quitting is not the answer. Life is not fair, and you can't quit every time something unfair happens to you.		John Grisham
5fde237	Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact.		John Grisham
fd58654	She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.		John Grisham
fb66dce	He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.		John Grisham
3c874de	Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.	lawyers	John Grisham
66ffa46	Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.		John Grisham
9433f18	Poverty is a great equalizer		John Grisham
e277595	We cuss them because we're not good enough for them. We hate them because they wouldn't look at us, couldn't be bothered to give us an interview. I guess there's a Trent & Brent in every city, in every field. I didn't make it and I don't belong, so I'll just go through life hating them.		John Grisham
499db49	It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.		John Grisham
0448882	There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.		John Grisham
c715bf7	Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don't get caught, then you haven't violated any ethics.		John Grisham
0e9a99a	you'll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender of the Constitution; a guardian of the oppressed; an advocate for your client's principles. Then after you practice for six months you realize you were nothing but hired guns. Mouthpieces for sale to the highest bidder, available to anybody, any cro..	legal sad-truth profession law	John Grisham

Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.

John Grisham

ca50982

You live your life today,

John Grisham

a1ee884

Some people have more guts than brains.

John Grisham

488ff5d

If you're gonna be stupid you gotta be tough.

John Grisham

e0b4cf9

I'm alone and outgunned, scared and inexperienced, but I'm .

John Grisham

8228778

Shame was an emotion he had abandoned years earlier. Addicts know no shame. You disgrace yourself so many times you become immune to it.

immunity addicts shame

John Grisham

df3a4a8

I didn't dare think of the future; the past was still happening.

John Grisham

2b08960

Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping.

John Grisham

16e7cf0

I don't feel stupid, just inadequate. After three years of studying the law, I'm very much aware of how little I know.

John Grisham

c42e29a

Life is short..Live to the fullest..

John Grisham

9712069

A battered wife is a married woman until she gets a divorce. Or until she kills the bastard.

John Grisham

5688127

How could homosexuals possibly srew up the sanctity of marriage any worse than heterosexuals?

John Grisham

c78aba7

In one long glorious acknowledgment of failure, he laid himself bare before God.

John Grisham

cf659c9

When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.

perjury

John Grisham

3390fb5

I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.

John Grisham

d052c12

He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics.

John Grisham

df01fe2

Death row is a nightmare to serial killers and ax murderers. For an innocent man, it's a life of mental torture that the human spirit is not equipped to survive.

John Grisham

b8e2b27

All students enter law school with a certain amount of idealism and desire to serve the public, but after three years of brutal competition we care for nothing but the right job with the right firm where we can make partner in seven years and earn big bucks.

John Grisham

62bcfb0

I looked at her and tried to speak, but all I could think about was how shocked she'd be if I said what I was thinking.

John Grisham

96598bf

You need some coffee, don't you?" "Yes, I've only had a gallon."

gallon some yes only you need

John Grisham

30047a0

It's amazing how lies grow. You start with a small one that seems easy to cover, then you get boxed in and tell another one. Then another. People believe you at first, then they act upon your lies, and you catch yourself wishing you'd simply told the truth.

John Grisham

b0b9641

Mr. Buckley, let me explain it this way. And I'll do so very carefully and slowly so that even you will understand it. If I was the sheriff, I would not have arrested him. If I was on the grand jury, I would not have indicted him. If I was the judge, I would not try him. If I was the D.A., I would not prosecute him. If I was on the trial jury, I would vote to give him a key to the city, a plaque to hang on his wall, and I would send him hom..

rape murder time-to-kill vigilante-justice retribution

John Grisham

581a600

The coffee arrives, and we backslide into what lawyers do best---talking about other lawyers.

John Grisham

87b03de

With murder, the victim is gone, and not forced to deal with what happened to her. The family must deal with it, but not the victim. But rape is much worse. The victim has a lifetime of coping, trying to understand, of asking questions, and the worst part, of knowing the rapist is still alive and may someday escape or be released. Every hour of every day, the victim thinks of the rape and asks herself a thousand questions. She relives it, s..

John Grisham

e73bd31

Privileged people don't march and protest; their world is safe and clean and governed by laws designed to keep them happy.

John Grisham

7f5c23a

You count the days and watch the years go by. You tell yourself, and you believe it, that you'd rather just die. You'd rather stare death boldly in the face and say you're ready because whatever is waiting on the other side has to be better than growing old in a six-by-ten cage with no one to talk to. You consider yourself half-dead at best. Please take the other half. You've watched dozens leave and not return, and you accept the fact that..

John Grisham

11c77d1

You advised him not to get a lawyer, giving as one of your reasons the opinion that lawyers are a pain in the ass. Gentlemen, the pain is here. -Reggie Love

reggie-love

John Grisham

5ad1d76

And they drank heavily, partied with great enthusiasm, and relished the drug culture; they moved in and out and slept around, and this was okay because they defined their own morality. They were fighting for the Mexicans and the redwoods, dammit! They had to be good people!

John Grisham

37c57e5

The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.

John Grisham

2d6dfa6

judge not that ye be not judged

John Grisham

908a9ce

I guess under the right circumstances, a man will do just about anything.

John Grisham

8803ceb

life is too short to despise people who simply can't help what they've done.

truth-of-life

John Grisham

03f6ce2

Quitting is not the answer. Life is not fair, and you can't quit every time something unfair happens to you.

John Grisham

5fde237

Like every false rumor, it gained credibility while being repeated, and before long it was practically a fact.

John Grisham

fd58654

She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.

John Grisham

fb66dce

He's my client, and he's counting on me. I'll take him, warts and all.

John Grisham

3c874de

Any lawyer worth his salt knew the first offer had to be rejected.

lawyers

John Grisham

66ffa46

Prisons are hate factories, Pastor, and society wants more and more of them.

John Grisham

9433f18

Poverty is a great equalizer

John Grisham

e277595

We cuss them because we're not good enough for them. We hate them because they wouldn't look at us, couldn't be bothered to give us an interview. I guess there's a Trent & Brent in every city, in every field. I didn't make it and I don't belong, so I'll just go through life hating them.

John Grisham

499db49

It's as if we spend our entire lives avoiding Jell-O but it is always there at the end, waiting.

John Grisham

0448882

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

John Grisham

c715bf7

Ethics are determined by what they catch you doing. If you don't get caught, then you haven't violated any ethics.

John Grisham

0e9a99a

you'll acquire] A certain amount of cynicism. This business works on you. When you were in law school you had some noble idea what a lawyer should be. A champion of individual rights; a defender of the Constitution; a guardian of the oppressed; an advocate for your client's principles. Then after you practice for six months you realize you were nothing but hired guns. Mouthpieces for sale to the highest bidder, available to anybody, any cro..

legal sad-truth profession law

John Grisham