T. C. Boyle Quotes
I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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Whatever life lesson I'm going through at any point in my life, projects just somehow magically appear that help me work through it.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Feminism is rooted in racial rights and gender rights, and all of those things intersect, and to say that that's not something you can stand behind - it confuses me. I think it's a really great word.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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When history looks back, it will prove what I'll die knowing.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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I can always go back to education.
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If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I never thought I would go to Gaza. It's incredibly difficult to get into, and when you get there, it's a war zone. Then they have this beach, and there's this incredible, vibrant beach culture there, which is something that I grew up with in Southern California.
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I'm not the girl next door.
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Since the end of the Cold War, metropolitan elites everywhere have identified progress and modernity with the cornucopia of global capitalism, the consolidation of liberal democratic regimes and the secular ethic of consumerism.
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Ultravox were the blueprint for what I wanted to do, but I stumbled across them by accident.
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My passion has been to build an enduring company where people were motivated to make great products. Everything else was secondary. Sure, it was great to make a profit, because that was what allowed you to make great products. But the products, not the profits were the motivation.
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Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.
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It's very hard to motivate yourself and others with only one goal - particularly if it's complex and you might not get there until years down the road. That's why intermediate goals are so important.
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My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.
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I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form... But I never want it to take over my acting.
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I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
