Brad Thor Quotes

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

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Powerful, Writing, America

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We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night we have them standing fast to protect us from the tremendous amount of evil that exists in the world.

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Country, Warrior, Night

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If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

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Winning, Quitting, Ifs

Brad Thor (2013). “Hidden Order”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.

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Country, Socialist Countries, People

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Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

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Freedom, People, Speech

Twitter post from Nov 10, 2015

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There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

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Justice, Social Justice, Social

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... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

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Smile, Plans

Brad Thor (2012). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #3: The Last Patriot, The Apostle, and Foreign Influence”, p.328, Simon and Schuster

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From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.

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Mean, Thinking, Purple

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If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

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Glasses, Half Empty, Doe

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There aren’t many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? It’s our fault as voters. We don’t demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserve—on both sides of the aisle.

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Men, Ego, Demand

Brad Thor (2012). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #3: The Last Patriot, The Apostle, and Foreign Influence”, p.359, Simon and Schuster

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...all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they'd never be able to do it but it's a great idea and would wake people up in this country.

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Country, Thinking, Ideas

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Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.

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Razors, Madness, Incredibles

Brad Thor (2013). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #4: The Athena Project, Full Black, and Black List”, p.109, Simon and Schuster

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You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding.

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Real, Moving, Body

Brad Thor (2013). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #4: The Athena Project, Full Black, and Black List”, p.796, Simon and Schuster

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I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue

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Writing, Issues, Important

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When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.

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Growing Up, Names, Feet

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I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal

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Moving, Book, Character

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I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

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Believe, Mind

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What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is

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Writing, Thinking, Islam

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I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

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Honored, My Friends

Brad Thor (2012). “Brad Thor Collectors' Edition #3: The Last Patriot, The Apostle, and Foreign Influence”, p.295, Simon and Schuster

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Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean

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Thinking, Talking, Want

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I always have a different way of looking at things.

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Different, Way, Different Ways

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Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, youll reap the same rewards.

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Sowing, Rewards, Clue

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There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

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Spots, Whole Life, Whole

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Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

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Als, Opinion, Protection

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I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that

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Book, Ideas, Use

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