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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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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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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Charity plays an important role in upholding the values and advancing the work of the United Nations.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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I think that every person has many, many people inside of them. We change our personality depending on who we are talking to or what situation we are in.
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If some day you're struggling with math, and you think, 'I don't think I can do this,' you can - you actually can. Everybody has their hard days - I definitely had mine - and you get through them, and you learn from that stumble, and then you're onto the next problem.
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The NFL, like life, is full of idiots.
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Life's philosophy, hm... I just say, 'Do what you do and have fun doing it and try not to be too miserable.'
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I never saw myself as being ambitious, I saw myself as being in love with the profession. I'm a people person. I love to get to know different kinds of people.
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I suppose books are my real passion in life.
