John Grogan
John Grogan
John Groganis an American journalist and non-fiction writer. His memoir Marley & Mewas a best selling book about his family's dog Marley...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth20 March 1957
CountryUnited States of America
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It looked like the Jaws of Life had pulled it open.
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Marley strolled like a runaway locomotive strolls. (He) was young and wired, with the attention span of algae and the volatility of nitroglycerine.
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I thought it would be a walk in the park. But every line, every phrase has to count when you're writing for children.
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I was pretty confident the book would be big, but not this big, Marley & Me.
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I was pretty confident it was going to do pretty well, but I had no idea it was going to jump to the top of the best-seller list.
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I want it real bad. I worked really hard these four years of high school, and we finally have the chance to be there, so I don't want to waste it.
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Social attitudes have changed. This would have been inconceivable a decade ago. Now there are more women in Parliament and opposition to smoking goes across the range of age and class.
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Dori is a good person with character. You will notice the little things with her team. Her players will go after a loose ball which rolls out of bounds and hand it to a referee, or they always make sure they tuck their shirts in and are always polite. Those things are even more important than what she's taught them on the court.
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Early in his life I thought there may be a collection of stories about the dog but I didn't realize what it would be until he died . Despite his antics, he brought great joy into our lives.
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A ban would have been inconceivable 10 years ago. Opposition to smoking goes across the range of ages and social classes.
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There's millions of people who clearly understand that a pet is a pet and yet still find themselves really falling in love with these animals. I think I gave voice to that phenomenon.
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It would be very effective if the pub industry joined the other groups in campaigning for a total ban.
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As many as 70 percent of kids drop out of sports by the age of 13, and that's a huge issue.
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When I wrote 'Marley & Me,' I had a clear audience in mind. And it did not include children. I wrote my book for adults and assumed only adults, and possibly teenagers, would be drawn to it.