Dan Brown Quotes
Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
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The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
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You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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Reddit is where anyone can come and tell their real story.
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The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.
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My father was ruined by hard drink - he sat on an icicle.
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I just want to be educated.
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Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
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I sell ideas. Actually, if you think about it, everything is really no more than idea. The past is nothing more than a memory, which is one kind of idea. The future is still a hope, another kind of idea. The present is fleeting and becomes a memory before you can put your hands on it. All ideas. I sell ideas.
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Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
