Ian Mcewan Quotes

These were everyday sounds magnified by darkness. And darkness was nothing - it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light.

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• Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of what the world is about.

  

  Raf Simons
  • World
  • Art
  • Fashion

• Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.

  

  Zach Galifianakis
  • People
  • Career
  • Wish

• Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • Earth
  • Fate
  • Fly

• I feel like I'm not the greatest general manager in the history of general managers, but I do OK, and I'm learning as I go. I try to just do my best with it.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • History
  • Learning
  • Best

• All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

  

  Edmund Wilson
  • Hollywood
  • Corrupts

• Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.

  

  Obie Trice
  • Work
  • Great
  • Saying

• Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • People
  • Just
  • Everyone

• Godzilla's a monster for the '90s. He's been working out.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • Working
  • Monster
  • Out

• If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.

  

  Katharine Butler Hathaway
  • Time
  • You
  • Realize

• I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.

  

  Madhuri Dixit
  • Up
  • Time
  • Free

• For the strikers, we have more freedom, and even when we lose the ball, if we press together, we can get it back, and it is good system for Chelsea.

  

  Eden Hazard
  • Good
  • Together
  • Freedom

• I think the more experience I have working on films, the more I can shed that character rather than carrying around that heavy weight.

  

  Haley Bennett
  • Character
  • Experience
  • Think

• 'Friends' played in this territory of being funny, and then also just grabbing your heart. And not afraid of that. It was a comedic soap opera. Not being afraid to have an audience feel something, laugh and cry, was quite extraordinary and quite wonderful.

  

  Warren Littlefield
  • Heart
  • Friends
  • Funny

• I would love to write a screenplay for 'Badlands' one day. I don't think I could ever have the patience to do it; I don't even have the patience to write songs. I write some of the shortest songs ever because I don't have the patience.

  

  Halsey
  • Think
  • Day
  • Write

• I consider myself absolutely a character actor, and that's what I want as a career. I don't need to be the lead star or any of that, as long as I'm doing stuff that I'm proud of, really.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Long
  • Character
  • Career

• Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Everyone
  • Started
  • Rumors

• It's honestly true that money means nothing to me.

  

  Lady Gaga
  • Money
  • True
  • Me

• The best thing about being in New York is the people, and you get to walk everywhere.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • People
  • Best
  • New

• When I was old enough to ride a motorcycle and got my license, I bought a '69 Sportster.

  

  Chuck Zito
  • Motorcycle

• And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war.

  

  Maggie Stiefvater
  • War
  • Eyes
  • Smile

• For work, I wear art; in real life, I wear clothes.

  

  Meghan Markle
  • Life
  • Work
  • Real

• The whiskey warmed his tongue and the back of his throat, but it did not change his ideas any, and suddenly, looking at himself in the mirror behind the bar, he knew that drinking was never going to do any good to him now. Whatever he had now he had, and it was from now on, and if he drank himself unconscious when he woke up it would be there.

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Drinking
  • Whiskey
  • Unconscious

• Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

  

  Dagobert D. Runes
  • People
  • Long
  • Hatred

• These were everyday sounds magnified by darkness. And darkness was nothing - it was not a substance, it was not a presence, it was no more than an absence of light.

  

  Ian Mcewan
  • Light
  • Everyday