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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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Brad Thor
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: August 21
Novelist
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Chicago
Illinois
Bradley George Thor Jr.
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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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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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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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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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Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.
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There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.
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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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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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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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Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.
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I always have a different way of looking at things.
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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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I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave
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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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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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Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, youll reap the same rewards.
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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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Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.
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