Iain Sinclair Quotes
Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump bin of aborted ambition.
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I cannot turn down this incredible honor twice.
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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I'm more interested in producing than acting.
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Instead of personal security, citizens are afraid to walk down the street in Jerusalem.
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I love the perspective afforded by having lived five decades, a degree of bemused and muted calm, a relief from the insistent demands of a turbulent ego and rampant ambition. I'd love to stay here forever. But something tells me that 50 is a sunny idyll, a temporary state of grace, a golden afternoon.
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I prefer to be a villainess. There's something a bit more delicious about their wickedness.
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I've never really broken this down before, but, in movies, you almost have no connection to fans. And if you do TV, you're kind of connected, but they know you as the TV name not your real name. If you do radio, there's more of a bond there. And then if you do a podcast it's like you're literally inside of your fans.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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DJ Premier, this guy is like a god, a walking god. Guru, he put it down legendary.
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The Normans came over, lance in hand, burning and trampling down every thing before them, and cutting off the Saxon dynasty and the Saxon nobles at the edge of the sword; but the right of petition remained untouched.
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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.
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What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.
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Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For most, meals were informal, a kind of rolling refueling; often only the men sat down.
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The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
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I have vertigo. Vertigo makes it feel like the floor is pitching up and down. Things seem to be spinning. It's like standing on the deck of a ship in really high seas.
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Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
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Having the ambition of becoming Olympic champion is a whole different ambition from wanting to be the greatest.
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When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.
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I actually find it a lot easier to interview people I don't agree with because I'm far more curious about how they've arrived at that place.
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'Planet Earth' was such an extraordinary series and the 'Making Of'... is fascinating: the creatures and stories behind the camera are just as fascinating as those in front. It's a bit of a dream come true to be a part of the team in some small way.
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I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.
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Hackney at certain epochs has given itself suburban airs and graces, before being slapped down and consigned once more to the dump bin of aborted ambition.
