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When I was writing The Abstinence Teacher, I really tried to immer

When I was writing The Abstinence Teacher, I really tried to immerse myself in contemporary American evangelical culture. – Tom Perrotta

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I read The Great Gatsby in high school and was hypnotized by the beauty of the sentences and moved by the story about the irrevocability of lost love. – Tom Perrotta

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I have actual dreams of Bruce Springsteen calling me up on stage to wear a bandanna and play rhythm guitar next to Little Steven. – Tom Perrotta

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I dont really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when Im writing. The two go together – Im interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes. – Tom Perrotta

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Jackson went from the professors chair to the officers saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood. – Daniel H. Hill

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Lets reintroduce corporal punishment in the schools – and use it on the teachers. – P. J. ORourke

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I didnt read so much Japanese literature. Because my father was a teacher of Japanese literature, I just wanted to do something else. – Haruki Murakami

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We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them. – James Carville

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