Ian Mcewan Quotes
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.Ian Mcewan
Quotes to Explore
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I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
Cara Delevingne -
Home to me is the world because my books have been translated into more than 30 languages.
Nawal El Saadawi -
I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
Imran Khan -
It's something you dream about, working in Scotland, working in Glasgow, walking down the same streets I used to walk down when I was a drama student, daydreaming about being in an American TV show or doing something that was well known. I guess I sort of pinch myself.
Sam Heughan -
I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's easy to understand why the 'girl dressed as a boy' trope resonated so much. In a world that didn't want to give people like me adventures or significance, books with cross-dressing girls were treasures.
Rae Carson -
A lot of things and a lot of money is involved in a movie. It is very upsetting when a movie doesn't fare well at the box-office.
Mahesh Babu
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
B. C. Forbes -
Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.
Irene Rosenfeld -
There have been weeks when I've not been hydrating properly or not eating properly or training too hard. When I do that, I don't feel good. It has to be the exact formula.
Landon Donovan -
A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
Hans Haacke -
I am an observer, I like to watch people. I am into psychology and people - how they act and such.
Dane Cook -
I don't campaign for the end of the aristocracy or the upper classes; I don't really want to destroy anything at all. I just want more plurality.
Caitlin Moran
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I have to prove myself in a lot of ways - as an actor, as a person, as someone who can handle pressure.
Sam Claflin -
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz -
I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
Park Shin-hye -
Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
Sam Brownback -
Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
Gale Sayers -
He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
Cab Calloway
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Becoming wealthy is like playing Monopoly.. the person who can accumulate the most assets wins the game.
Noel John Whittaker -
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of clichés.
H. L. Mencken -
No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
Venus Williams -
I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
Sam Hunt -
When I began I thought that literature was contained within a bubble that somehow floated above the world commented upon by newspapers. But I became more and more interested in trying to include some of that world within my work.
Ian Mcewan