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T. C. Boyle Quotes

I envy Jesus because he's dead.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: December 2, 1948

Topics

Envy Dead Because He Jesus

It always interests me how obsessed people are about age.

Age People Me Always How Obsessed

The end was surely near. The Nazis killed you only when you were naked, because they knew, psychologically, that naked people never resist.

Simon Wiesenthal

People End You Never Naked Because

In my early years, my father was away as a soldier in the war. When he came back, work was very difficult to come by. Even though he was a highly skilled man, a maker of furniture, the payment for that work was very poor.

Work Father Man War Back Early

Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.

Greatness America Wonder Sometimes

If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'

Joyce Carol Oates

Waiting Weather Airplane Cold Phone

I would support eliminating certain tax breaks that are not economically justifiable if they are offset with reductions in tax rates.

Support Tax Would Breaks Certain

Why do I have an issue with banks? They have their greedy fingers in everyone's money. No other industry has the power to deduct a bill or fees directly from your own bank account without so much as a notice.

Jonathan Raymond

Power Money Why Bank Greedy Without

I've always been fascinated by chefs and the worlds of chefs - what they do is incredibly cinematic.

Always Been Worlds Chefs Cinematic

Usually during the regular season, if you're starting pitcher, you're kind of walking back and forth from the clubhouse to the dugout and not really paying attention to what's going on.

Walking Attention You Back Kind

If legislators come to believe that police power is an ever-present constitutional trump card they can play whenever it suits them, overreaching is inexorable.

Power Police Believe Suits Play

Never think you can't do something. I definitely never thought I could write a book, and even after I started writing it, I was like, 'Oh my God, how am I gonna write a book?' Just set your sights high and reach for the stars. Go live your dreams, and never think you can't.

Stars Dreams Live God Your Dreams

If the Republican party essentially becomes the white party, it is going to be the death of it, not only for demographic reasons but for reasons of principle. The party of Lincoln is a party of opportunity for everyone. It's a party about the right to rise, and Mr. Trump unfortunately doesn't represent that view.

Opportunity Death View White Party

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