Ian Mcewan Quotes
You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.
Quotes to Explore
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I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I am healthy and happy.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with.
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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There's no regrets for me.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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It's not class warfare to suggest that we shouldn't look to seniors and the less fortunate to bear the brunt of deficit reduction. I believe America needs to understand there needs to be a sense of fairness.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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I'm not graceful.
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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When the 'Seinfeld' show said it was going to be a show about nothing, everybody said it couldn't - wouldn't work. It did. 'Thor' is about something, about that character finding his destiny, but it's not doing what was expected... and yet it's doing very well.
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I think love can be really tough. Because it involves ultimately an honesty to the nth degree that you are capable of. Once said, you've lost your deposit. It's best if you don't say it.
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There are people who are bound journalistically to a code of ethics that means they can't quote something that isn't sourced, whereas what I do is entirely unsourced. I effectively fictionalise history and yet somehow aim at a greater truth.
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No burden is so heavy for a man to bear as a succession of happy days.
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In a free market capitalist system, 'price signals' are everything. Prices are determined by buyers and sellers in the free market, and these prices are broadcast from the exchanges, reaching all corners of the economy - where they are used to transact business.
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What in the name of Hitler's panties and matching bra set was she talking about?
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You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.
