John Boyne Quotes
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There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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The whole period of the '60s changed a lot of us; there was never a decade like that in American history... to have the decade capture one of the great accomplishments of this century: man landing on the moon.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I'm not graceful.
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Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.
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Thriller novelists get asked - berated, sometimes - about whether their work glorifies bad behavior, even, exploits human tragedy for entertainment.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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I say this about everything: when I was on 'Neighbours,' I said, 'These are the best years of my life!' When I was filming 'The Wolf Of Wall Street,' I said, 'These are the best months of my life!' I always think I'm having the best time ever, and that I'll never have so much fun again.
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I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.
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Death can't be so bad if mom went through it. It makes it easier for the child to follow.
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I suppose books are my real passion in life.
