Ian Mcewan Quotes
I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in artful shapes and accessible form.
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Everybody loves a villain - let's face it.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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Life is so fast these days, and we're exposed to so much information. Television makes us a witness to such misery.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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You know, I would say Incomplete...but what I would say is the steps that we have taken in saving the auto industry, in making sure that college is more affordable and investing in clean energy and science and technology and research, those are all the things that we are going to need to grow over the long term.
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I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer.
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Of what significance the things you can forget? A little thought is sexton to all the world.
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The seasons had always been a part of the way I cooked and ate in Switzerland, and they again became what guided me in New York.
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I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in artful shapes and accessible form.
