The human capacity to be curious has always existed.
- Patricia Cornwell
Curious, Human, Always, Human Capacity
Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.
- Patricia Cornwell
Advice, Being, Tremendously, Elements
In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.
- Patricia Cornwell
Optimism, Which, Allowed, Boundless
Botox not only helps with wrinkles, it actually makes you feel more relaxed as frowning causes tension.
- Patricia Cornwell
More, Tension, Makes, Relaxed
Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.
- Patricia Cornwell
Unpredictable, Feel, Even, Insecure
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
- Patricia Cornwell
Always, Stories, Little Kid, Illustrating
I am a fan of Botox.
- Patricia Cornwell
I Am, Fan, Am, Botox
First of all, it does not deter crime, the death penalty.
- Patricia Cornwell
Death, Death Penalty, Does, Deter
I dropped chemistry. I practically blew up the lab in college.
- Patricia Cornwell
College, Chemistry, Blew
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
- Patricia Cornwell
Interesting, Invent, Forensic
When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
- Patricia Cornwell
Conservative, Ruth, Billy, Down The Road
I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
- Patricia Cornwell
Dead, Never, Taken, Scalpel
I like crazy shoes or unusual cowboy boots and I collect big belt buckles.
- Patricia Cornwell
Cowboy, Big, Like, Boots
The greatest gift is our own eyes, sense of smell, and abilities to deduce.
- Patricia Cornwell
Gift, Own, Deduce, Greatest Gift
I wouldn't want to donate my body for scientific study.
- Patricia Cornwell
Want, Study, Scientific, Donate
Night fell clean and cold in Dublin, and wind moaned beyond my room as if a million pipes played the air.
- Patricia Cornwell
Night, Cold, Dublin, Wind
Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
- Patricia Cornwell
Books, Read, Obviously, Entertained
The biggest risk with a series that goes on this long is that you'll get bored with the character.
- Patricia Cornwell
Character, Biggest, Series, Bored
With DNA, the ability to find out a lot more with a lot less has increased our ability for identification.
- Patricia Cornwell
DNA, Lot, Increased, Identification
I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.
- Patricia Cornwell
Abuse Of Power, Abuse, Root, I Believe
Everyone is doing forensics.
- Patricia Cornwell
Doing, Everyone, Forensics
I'm always surprised when large numbers of people buy my books.
- Patricia Cornwell
Always, Books, Large, Surprised
I've had people turn up to book signings with knives, with guns.
- Patricia Cornwell
Book, Guns, Had, Knives
On the last morning of Virginia's bloodiest year since the Civil War, I built a fire and sat facing a window of darkness where at sunrise I knew I would find the sea.
- Patricia Cornwell
Sunrise, Civil War, Last, Virginia
I've always believed human blood is red because it really needs to draw attention to itself.
- Patricia Cornwell
Red, Always, Needs, Believed
If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.
- Patricia Cornwell
Sometimes, Might, Got, License
I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
- Patricia Cornwell
Technology, Crime, Solved, Remind
I don't do things that are illegal.
- Patricia Cornwell
Things, Illegal
In the first person, the readers feel smart, like it's them solving the case.
- Patricia Cornwell
Person, Like, Solving, Readers
I won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.
- Patricia Cornwell
Myself, Position, Where, Vulnerable
My friends call me Miss Worst Case Scenario.
- Patricia Cornwell
Me, Call, Scenario, Miss
If you chomp down too hard on my work, you're going to break your teeth.
- Patricia Cornwell
Going, Break, Too, Teeth
I refuse to sit on my laurels.
- Patricia Cornwell
Sit, Laurels, Refuse
Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.
- Patricia Cornwell
Success, Revenge, Only, Survival
I am a journalist.
- Patricia Cornwell
I Am, Am, Journalist
Even when I am writing I usually take a break around lunchtime and go for a little walk to clear out my head.
- Patricia Cornwell
Go, Break, Lunchtime, Walk
I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
- Patricia Cornwell
Pain, Suffer, Very, Sensitive
That's why I think the 'Scarpetta' series has worked so well because people like spending time with this character.
- Patricia Cornwell
Think, Like, I Think, Spending Time
I find it difficult to attend autopsies. Especially the smells.
- Patricia Cornwell
Find, Difficult, Attend, Smells
If everybody, every day, would try to do one thing that pulls them beyond themselves the world will start being a better place.
- Patricia Cornwell
Better Place, Everybody, Themselves
I like to get to bed with a clear head.
- Patricia Cornwell
Head, Like, Get, Bed
My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.
- Patricia Cornwell
Want, Say, Them, Critical
I am an Armani and a Dolce & Gabbana kind of a person.
- Patricia Cornwell
I Am, Kind, Person, Armani
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