T. C. Boyle Quotes
First you have nothing, and then, astonishingly, after ripping out your brain and your heart and betraying your friends and ex-lovers and dreaming like a zombie over the page till you can't see or hear or smell or taste, you have something.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I love movies with spectacle but spectacle can be a performance, it doesn't have to be a creature.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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I got beat up up in Texas because my bootlaces were the wrong color.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Well, I was born in El Paso, Texas, it was in the nearest hospital to the family farm.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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You don't know how good you are until you actually get out on a bike and get riding.
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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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My health is 100% more important than coming back to wrestling. Being a good father is more important than going out there and expounding on my belief that doing more hammerlocks in wrestling is good for the business!
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I was originally set to star in 'The Bourne Identity,' but I found it too difficult to even pretend to forget who I was.
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God can dream a bigger dream for you than you can dream for yourself, and your role on Earth is to attach yourself to that divine force and let yourself be released to it.
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Network marketing is based purely on relationship selling, which is the state of the art in selling today. Small and large companies throughout the country and the world are realizing that individuals selling to their friends and associates is the future of sales, because the critical element in buying is trust.
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The grey skies always make my heart sentimental.
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First you have nothing, and then, astonishingly, after ripping out your brain and your heart and betraying your friends and ex-lovers and dreaming like a zombie over the page till you can't see or hear or smell or taste, you have something.
