T. C. Boyle Quotes
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I am tone deaf.
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I'm not a great fiction reader. I love history. I love history and philosophy.
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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You can't be a first-world economy in the 21st century if you haven't laid the groundwork to seize the opportunities.
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You never think about what life's going to be like five years down the road or 10 - you just go though the day and try to make good decisions. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. You just hope this day will be a good day.
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I don't know what I want to do. There are people who want me to do things. There's a possible book. There are lots of things to consider. I just have to figure out what I want to do. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing.
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I think you need brains to do any Shakespeare with any authority. I could do Shakespeare, but not with any authority.
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My dad is a comedian, entertainer, you know. He always likes to make people laugh. With me, it just depends on what mood I'm in. You get what you get.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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I am an Indian to the core.
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When I went to the 'Rush' audition, I was blown away by the script. I thought it was fantastic.
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I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.
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Life is like the ocean, it goes up and down.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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If you think about stuff that happened when you were young, it stays with you forever.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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It was a wonderful opportunity. And so for two and a half years we lived with Bernard Leach.
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I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me.
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Well, I didn't learn them I had to do them phonetically. But I've recorded in Dutch and Japanese, too.
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Me and my shadow Strolling down the avenue Oh, me and my shadow Not a soul to tell our troubles to And when it's twelve o'clock we climb the stairs We never knock 'cause nobody's there Just me and my shadow All alone and feeling blue
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Every story is organic, and every story finds its own ending.
