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21 Best Tom Clancy Quotes

The bestselling author of Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, who died Tuesday at age 66, said some wise things—and some not so wise.

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1. “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” —Larry King Live, 2000, and included in Quotable Quotes.

2. “The only way to do all the things you’d like to do is to read.”

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