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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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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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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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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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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The function of the novel is the exploration of the human condition. Really, that's what it's all about.
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I quite like the idea - just as an abstract idea - of 12 people's collective life experience and wisdom being this formidable thing. People say juries can be led - I think 12 people from different backgrounds, different races, different genders, different ages, it's hard to hoodwink.
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My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.
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We get real results only in proportion to the real values we give.
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich.
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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.
