1. "The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
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Quote by Tom Clancy
2. "The only way to do all the things you'd like to do is to read"
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3. "Beware the fury of a patient man"
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4. "Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change."
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5. "What the government is good at is collecting taxes, taking away your freedoms and killing people. It's not good at much else."
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6. "Nothing is as real as a dream. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away."
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7. "I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops."
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8. "Success is a finished book, a stack of pages each of which is filled with words. If you reach that point, you have won a victory over yourself no less impressive than sailing single-handed around the world."
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9. "Remember, for every shot you fire, someone, somewhere, is making money."
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10. "Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself every 10 minutes or so; but it's more a cry than a question.) Every novel begins with the speculative question, What if "X" happened? That's how you start."
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Quote by Tom Clancy