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# James Hynes

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James Hynes is an American novelist.

##  Quotes by James Hynes

> [“A Michigander can be every bit as prickly as a New Yorker, just not out loud. The Midwesterner’s credo: keep it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hynes/a-michigander-can-be-every-bit-as-prickly-as-a-new-yorker-just-not/)

[James Hynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hynes/)

[Midwesterner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/midwesterner-362595/)

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> [“Indeed, it was not unusual for the dais to be littered with panties and boxer shorts after one of Branwell's talks at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hynes/indeed-it-was-not-unusual-for-the-dais-to-be-littered-with-panties/)

[James Hynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hynes/)

[Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/trump/)

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> [“The only distinguishing characteristic of a literature professor at the millennium was that he or she wrote about other people's writing. Apart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hynes/the-only-distinguishing-characteristic-of-a-literature-professor-at/)

[James Hynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hynes/)

[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“An advertising man understands even more viscerally than an academic that the world is made of discourse, Pescecane argued; he understands in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hynes/an-advertising-man-understands-even-more-viscerally-than-an-academic/)

[James Hynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hynes/)

[True power](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/true-power/)

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