Ian Mcewan Quotes
Finally, you had to measure yourself by other people - there really was nothing else. every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something about yourself.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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The biblical method of change begins in the heart of man with the Gospel. It transforms the mind of man and gradually works its way out. And it builds a nation from the bottom up.
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My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!
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The mobile Internet is growing, fueled by increasing smartphone penetration and better networks.
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I think people need to understand that with plays and with cinema, when you hear about it, call and get a ticket then or go and see it then. It's especially with the play, which I can do because it's a limited run.
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Democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep.
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Finally, you had to measure yourself by other people - there really was nothing else. every now and then, quite unintentionally, someone taught you something about yourself.
