"I enjoy being influenced by other writers."

-- Steve Toltz

“The truth is simple, you do not die from love. You only wish you did.”
“I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Because I could throw so hard when I got to college, they made me a pitcher. If I had to it all over again, I would have stuck to playing in the outfield. I loved running. I can catch everything in the outfield. I could throw people out from the fence.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“A cap and trade bill will likely increase the costs of electricity. . . . These costs will be passed on to the consumers. But the issue is, how does it actually...how do we interact in terms with the rest of the world? If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we would be at a disadvantage. . . . We should look at considering duties that would offset that cost.”
“Anything that I do is something that I'm passionate about and really believe in, no matter how it turns out.”
“Scandals are the fertilizer of Western democracy.”
“My heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me, and that what misses me was never meant for me.”
“It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.”

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