T. C. Boyle Quotes
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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The unlikely combination of potatoes and pasta does appear in some Italian recipes.
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I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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Action is the foundational key to all success.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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Security was another reason. You never know what can happen to you when you earn a lot of money.
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Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.
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Instead of passing on choppy waters to the next generation, we should endeavor to leave them a calmer sea.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I just want to try writing for other people 'cause it's quite exciting.
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I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent.
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Mountain climbing is my passion, and to empower women through my expeditions is the reason. I am doing the mountain climbing to empower women.
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The essential function of art is moral. But a passionate, implicit morality, not didactic. A morality which changes the blood, rather than the mind.
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Because modernism has conquered art, kitsch is the savior of talent and devotion.
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Gonna pull in the shutters on this heart of mineRoll up the carpets and pull in the blindsAnd retreat to the chambers that I left behindIn hopes there still may be love left to findStill may be love left to find.
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I raised my arms as if in prayer and heard the mutter of response behind me. Then I scattered the dried grains, red and brown and black, and studied the patterns they formed on the stone ledge before Sibbos. This is not such a mystic thing. You see what it is sensible to see, or else you interpret what you see so that the meaning comes out as you want it.
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The German decision to fight is implacable. Even if they were given more than they ask, they would attack just the same, because they are possessed by the demon of destruction.
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Art saved me. It may sound corny, but it's true.
