Martin Amis Quotes
America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.
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I'm not a big fan of talking about dying. And then I make a movie where I kill everybody.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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My whole life, people have been saying, Why are you so angry?
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I'm a bit of a layman physics junkie. I don't really understand it, but I love trying to understand it.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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As a successful romantic novelist - one of my publishers is Mills & Boon - I create the sort of male heroes that no woman could fail to adore and few real men could hope to emulate.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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There is no age limit on the enjoyment of sex. It keeps getting better.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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I love being a part of something so many people can relate to and enjoy.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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Respect is such a simple and easy thing to have and to give, and it doesn't cost anything.
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The people running the business have to be people of good character. They have to have good Internet support. You can't be struggling to get payments. It has to be properly organized. You can only beat that horse of good and easy money so many times before it eventually dies.
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She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard to assemblies that is held concerning oysters, that they are never good in a month that has not the letter R in it.
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I am not one to go for traditional female roles, because I don't think traditionally female characters are very interesting, and I don't think they represent real life.
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America has had much more respect for its writers because they had to define what America was. America wasn't sure what it was.
