"Christ, how did you ever get this screwed……" — Tom Clancy
"Christ, how did you ever get this screwed up! his mind demanded of him. He knew the answer, but even that was not a full explanation. Different segments of the organism called John Terrance Kelly knew different parts of the whole story, but somehow they'd never all come together, leaving the separate fragments of what had ...once been a tough, smart, decisive and to blunder about in confusion - and despair! There was a happy thought."
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105 Quotes by Tom Clancy
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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
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The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is…
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Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need…
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I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.
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Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.
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I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of…
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In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on…
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Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his…
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The good old days are now.
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