Ian Mcewan Quotes
One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
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There's a history where, when women get to a certain age in this industry, the roles become strictly the mother, the wife, or the older single woman. There should be more of a variety because there are so many different paths that humans take, and they should be given a platform to be seen.
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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There's a restaurant I go to whenever I can called The Richmond Cafe. It's a little Thai restaurant owned by a group of Thai women - I think they're all a family, and they're just really, really nice, and they make amazing massaman curry.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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If Joy Behar or Sherri Shepherd was a dude, they'd be off TV. They're not funny enough for dudes. What if Roseanne Barr was a dude? Think we'd know who she was?
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The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
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If someone says, 'I love that lipstick,' I will always try to answer, honestly, if I know what color it is. It's a connective tissue.
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Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
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I like things simple.
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I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
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You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
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There is no reason whatsoever to think that Buddhism can compete successfully with the relentless evangelizing of Christianity and Islam. Nor should it try to.
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I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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The odds of having films made which star women... Everyone still references one movie: 'Bridesmaids!'
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I didn't get bullied any more than anybody else. I think I got bullied more for being poor than being gay. But no more than any other kid. And I'm sure that I did my fair share of picking on other kids, too. We're all humans.
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The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context.
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The world has no idea how much it owes to the presence of righteous men in it.
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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
