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.Ian Mcewan
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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.
Samuel Larsen -
I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
Damian Woetzel -
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.
Dakota Fanning -
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.
Fionn Whitehead -
One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
Camila Alves -
The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
Faran Tahir
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There is no such thing as a perfect player; it doesn't exist.
Marat Safin -
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.
Tamron Hall -
Washington and Congress are steeped in history and tradition, and that's been very male-oriented.
Nancy Pelosi -
I don't feel the need to prove myself by writing the next generational novel.
Camilla Lackberg -
You can take the boy out of Bombay; you can't take Bombay out of the boy, you know.
Salman Rushdie -
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.
Sam Harris
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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.
Sam Raimi -
I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
Valentina Zelyaeva -
Planning a dinner party in a way that you're actually capable of getting it done without panicking is important. It's bad hospitality for the host to be freaked out.
Ted Allen -
I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.
Zubin Mehta -
It's interesting having a son. Someone told me that it's good when you have a son first because when you have a daughter first and then a son, you think your son's slow. A lot of parents freak out because they've seen a daughter progress so quickly, and they think their male child is, like, damaged. But boys are just naturally slow.
Olivia Wilde -
I had more clothes than I had closets, more cars than garage space, but no money.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
Bear Grylls -
When you do a remake, there's a lot of pressure because people always love the original.
Indiana Evans -
I am determined to live without illusions. I want to look at reality straight. Without hiding.
Hanif Kureishi -
I have a tendency toward being a micromanager. Which, the bigger the project you're involved in, the harder that becomes.
Christine Quinn -
'Blood Meridian' was without question the novel that made me want to become a writer.
Rachel Kushner -
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.
Ian Mcewan