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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Nobody writes like Nabokov; nobody ever will. What I would give to write one sentence like Vladimir!
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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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Most people like to read about intrigue and spies. I hope to provide a metaphor for the average reader's daily life. Most of us live in a slightly conspiratorial relationship with our employer and perhaps with our marriage.
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I never think of poetry or the poetry scene, only separate poems written by individuals.
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And I have one of those very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behind myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up.
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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.
