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Tom Clancy Biography

Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. (April 12, 1947 – October 1, 2013) was an American novelist best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels were bestsellers, and more than 100 million copies of his books are in print. His name was also used on movie scripts written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects, and video games. He was a part-owner of the Baltimore Orioles and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.

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Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why embarrass him?

Computer, Embarrass, Guy, Memorable, Sort

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change about you, but your dream will not. It will always be your link with the person, young and full of hope. If you hold on to it you may grow old but you will never be old. And that is the ultimate success

Change, Dream, Inspirational, Person, Real, World

If you don't write the book, the book ain't gonna get written.

Book, Gonna, Write, Writing, Written

A lawyer is just like an attack dog, only without a conscience.

Attack, Conscience, Dog, Funny, Lawyer, Like

I just finished reading the Koran, and there's nothing in there I didn't hear in Sunday school.

Nothing, Reading, School, Sunday

My life is a very simple life thank you

Life, Life Is, Simple, Simple Life, Thank

Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change.

Change, Eyes, Forward, Inspirational, Memorable, Motivation

"Literature" is written material that, 100 years after the death of the author, is forced upon high school students.

Author, Literature, School, Written, Years

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI. . . They realized they couldn't beat us. . .

Beats, Edge, Memorable, Over The Edge, Probably, Realized

America is the most inventive country in the world. Why? Because everybody has access to information. In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them.

America, Country, Everybody, Information, Memorable, Union

Helicopters don't fly, they vibrate so badly the ground rejects them.

Badly, Helicopters, Memorable, Rejects

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.

Imagination, Instead, People, See, Stereotype, Understand

Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the whole world just goes downhill.

Believe, Believing, Santa, Stop, World

People live longer today than they ever have. They live happier lives, have more knowledge, more information. All this is the result of communications technology. How is any of that bad?

Bad, Communication, Happier, Knowledge, Memorable, Technology

They fought their first action in March of 1775. Embarked on eight small ships, they sailed to the Bahamas and captured a British fort near Nassau, seizing gunpowder and supplies. Later, during the Revolutionary War, Marines fought several engagements in their distinctive green coats, such as helping George Washington to cross the Delaware River, and assisting John Paul Jones on the Bonhomme Richard to capture the British frigate Serapis during their famous sea fight.

1775, Action, Capture, Fighting, Marine, War

It was one thing to use computers as a tool, quite another to let them do your thinking for you.

Computers, Quite, Thinking, Tool, Tools, Use

The smaller the mind, the greater the ego.

Conceited, Ego, Mind, Smaller

In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them. They tried to classify everything.

Classify, Everything, Looks, Photography, Train, Unions

I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of subconscious thought that goes on. It amazes me to find out, a few chapters later, why I put someone in a certain place when I did. It's spooky.

Amazes, Character, Created, Goes On, Thinking, Typing

Ice hockey is the closest thing to religion permitted by the Soviet Union.

Closest, Hockey, Ice, Religion, Unions

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