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Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business, and so forth. And, of course, a God business, which is called 'religion,' and which is a particularly reprehensible line of endeavor.
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The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss you darlin', so I went out and got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it. Where in Tin Pan Alley they would say, 'Oh I missed you darling, so I went to this restaurant and I sat down and had a dinner for one.' That's cleaned up now, you see? But country and blues tells it like it is.
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Human beings are made up of flesh and blood, and a miracle fiber called courage.
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Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are about how people act in a time of catastrophe. Do they go to their best self or their worst self?
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The romance stuff is easy. A sex scene... that's hard, because you don't know what to do. Those scenes are awkward.
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It's unfortunate that the country of immigrants has turned its back on immigrants. The atmosphere after 9/11 is toxic.
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I would never be fearful of any character.
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One is also reminded of how, in art, the tortoise so often overtakes the hare...
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Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.
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A good financial plan is a road map that shows us exactly how the choices we make today will affect our future.
