T. C. Boyle Quotes
I'm just having fun making jokes and writing books. But you see me once a year, I come on when I have a new book out, but basically, I've got my nose to the grindstone and I'm doing what I'm supposed to do in life, which is make stories.
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I'm profoundly lucky. I really like it. I really like my work. I've liked it since I was 5 years old.
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Even complex passwords are getting easy to break if they're too short. That's because today's inexpensive computer chips have the power of supercomputers from the year 2000.
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
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Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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I think change needs to be egoless. It's not about my leaving my fingerprints or a legacy. It's more important to be part of a process by rolling up your sleeves, being on the ground, initiating projects, starting campaigns - you know, building stuff.
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'A living dog is better than a dead lion.' Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery? He don't care anything about it.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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I don't wanna sound pretentious talking about myself.
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The good romances are as good as anything.
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I was very close to my mother, and her death, which left a gaping hole in my life, has been very difficult for me and my father in a lot of ways.
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Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.
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In my own prejudice ... I would have of a poet ... whose worlds would not be too esoteric ... fond of talking ... capable of pity and laughter ... appreciative of women ... involved in personal relationships ... susceptible to physical impressions...
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Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.
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Wits, like drunken men with swords, are apt to draw their steel upon their best acquaintances.
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I'm just having fun making jokes and writing books. But you see me once a year, I come on when I have a new book out, but basically, I've got my nose to the grindstone and I'm doing what I'm supposed to do in life, which is make stories.
