T. C. Boyle Quotes
When you're in the midst of writing, it's a beautiful thing happening through you. Many people have said that it's not you, it's the soul of humankind and so on, I don't know. But it has the same effect [as music]. It takes you out of your body and out of this planet.
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I believe that you can always learn from observation.
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North Korea is not an undeveloped country; it is a country that has fallen out of the developed world.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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It doesn't matter if people perceive me as being a little strange. I think overall, even when I am on stage, when people see me, I am setting an example.
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We have to think about the future and what it is we want to accomplish from this party.
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I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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Every designer needs a story. Mine is all about glamour because my family has been in the business of glamour for three generations. My grandfather Shamshuddin Khan started his embroidery and fabric-making business in the 1930s.
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I like a set to be a happy place, where people can feel free to experiment.
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We should not have drug laws or a court system that disproportionately punishes the black community.
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My mission is to support our service members. They're volunteers, and if they're going to go to a hostile place like Afghanistan, I think we owe it to them to back them up and try to help them get through it.
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I think '80s pop music subconsciously informs what I'm doing.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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Curiosity is vital to the growth of our society.
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A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.
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I have to give my family credit for putting up with the racket, because as some of you may know, its not the easiest thing in the world to live with a kid who's trying to become a rock and roll drummer.
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I don't see myself as a person who just does one thing. I understand that sometimes that might sound a bit unprofessional. But I disagree.
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There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
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When you're in the midst of writing, it's a beautiful thing happening through you. Many people have said that it's not you, it's the soul of humankind and so on, I don't know. But it has the same effect [as music]. It takes you out of your body and out of this planet.
