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Tom Perrotta Quotes

When I was writing 'The Abstinence Teacher,' I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: August 13, 1961

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Teacher Myself Culture Writing Tried

I love Houston.

Love Houston I Love

I am a big believer in sage. Chan calls me his Little White Witch. Every hotel room, every apartment we rent, I am sage-ing. And I have crystals that I travel with. It just makes me feel better.

Travel I Am Me Better Feel Hotel

Westerns were all daddy liked to watch. Give me some Clint Eastwood, some Charles Bronson, and I was a happy girl. It was our father-daughter bonding.

Girl Happy Me Watch Give Me Give

I've never felt like I needed to change. I've always thought, 'If you want somebody different, pick somebody else.' But sure, criticism can sometimes still get to me. Some things are so malicious, they knock the wind out of you.

Melissa McCarthy

Change Me Wind Criticism Thought

Warrior Writer workshops have sprung up across the country, and of the ones I've attended and participated in, most contain at least one or two star writers.

Warrior Country Two Up Star Most

The FBI was formed because the gangsters were better armed, better financed.

Better FBI Because Gangsters Were

What I hope is, over time, users should not have to read a training manual. They should say, 'I totally get the Workday iPad app, because it runs the way my consumer apps run.'

Hope Time Training Say Run Way

One feels that the past stays the way you left it, whereas the present is in constant movement; it's unstable all around you.

Past Present You Way Movement Left

So many of my memories revolve around TV.

Man Door World You Immigrants Want

I keep fit, I work out, I eat pretty damn well, I don't drink like a fish, and all of those things are tempered with a holistic mind-set that you need to damn well respect the vehicle that you're walking around in.

Work Respect Walking Fish You Damn

When my father served in World War II, he wasn't told, 'Go to Europe for four months, for six months, and then you can come back, and there'll be plenty of big bases there for you to serve on, and don't worry about it.'

Michael T. Flynn

Father War World Worry You Back

The reason why I wanted to direct is because there are personal stories that I want to tell, but also because I love every part of movie making - from the wardrobe to the set decoration to cinematography.

Love Want Why Personal Reason Tell

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